Chirnsyde Community Initiative

CHIRNSYDE COMMUNITY INITIATIVE http://www.sundaymail.co.uk/news/tm_headline=grave-wars-&method=full&objectid=18160875&siteid=64736-name_page.html http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/tm_headline=the--gerbil--is-gunned-down-by-bogus-cops-&method=full&objectid=18115487&siteid=66633-name_page.html

Sunday Mail:Attack on headstone of cancer boy, 8, triggered Daniels v Lyons gun war, 26th November 2006
Sunday Mail:Gangsters desecrate memorial to cancer boy, 8, and spark gun feud, 26th November 2006
Daily Record: The 'Gerbil' is gunned down by bogus cops, 17th November 2006
Glasgow Herald: Community leader’s son hurt in shooting, 10th November 2006
Daily Record: The 'Gerbil' is gunned down by bogus cops, 17th November 2006
Sunday Mail: Anger as councillors bankroll gang boss, 17th September 2006
Glasgow City Council: Chirnsyde Community Initiative - Report by Executive Director (Culture and Sport) (pdf), 15th September 2006
Glasgow Evening Times: Crime-row community centre could lose grant, 14th September 2006
Glasgow Herald: Community centre linked to crime faces loss of funding, 13th September 2006
Sunday Mail: Shut up or we'll torch house, 30th July 2006
Daily Record: Gang Clan Son's BMW Torched, 22nd July 2006
J.G.McLean: Re: Director of Culture and Leisure Bridget McConnell, June 2006
Sunday Mail: Gangland centre probe is blasted, 30th April 2006
Sunday Mail: Gang hit me with cattle prod then scrawled grass on my head, 23rd April 2006
Glasgow Evening Times: Hunt goes on for doorstep gunman, 20th April 2006
Daily Record: Crime Family Son is Gunned Down, 20th April 2006
Glasgow Evening Times: Hunt for gunman after dad shot on doorstep, 19th April 2006
STV: The perfect picture of suburbia (wmv video), 19th April 2006
STV: Man serious following Cumbernauld shooting, 19th April 2006
BBC: Shooting treated as 'murder bid', 19th April 2006
Sunday Mail: Lyons Den is Probed, 5th March 2006
Sunday Mail: Ł63,000 Drugs Cash Seized From House of Community Leader, 12th February 2006
Sunday Mail: Thugs Net own Goal, 5th February 2006
Evening Times: Watchdog raps city chiefs over police secrets, 8th September 2005
Glasgow City Council: Chirnsyde Community Initiative - Report by Director of Cultural and Leisure Services (pdf), 22nd June 2005

THE POLICE RESPONSE
The advice received from the Police has been absolutely consistent for a number of years and forms the basis for the current Council approach to this issue. Their advice is that:

There is currently no evidence of any criminal activity or wrongdoing at Chirnsyde Community Initiative or on the part of any member of staff.

All allegations made to the Police or passed on to them by other agencies are investigated thoroughly and yet, to date, no allegations have been found to have any substance.

CONCLUSION
By all of the measures available to Cultural and Leisure Services, Chirnsyde Community Initiative is a successful community facility delivering quality services

It has demonstrated, through numerous investigations, that it meets all of the current conditions required of it by the Council

RECOMMENDATION
The Committee is asked to note the contents of the report and agree to the continued support for the management committee of Chirnsyde Community Initiative.

Glasgow City Council
Cultural and Leisure Services Committee
Report by Director of Cultural and Leisure Services
Bridget McConnell
22nd June 2005