The Pyramid At Anderston
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Mission Statement
Improve the wellbeing – health, prosperity, and quality of life – of our community. Ensure that our community has access to good affordable food, improved outdoor spaces, and a range of support, services, advice, activities, events and opportunities to improve their lives, with a particular focus on those who are marginalised, affected by poverty and/or disadvantage. Deliver and develop community wealth and capacity building activities to progress local economic regeneration. Cement our position as a Community Anchor Organisation and play a key role in a thriving, well-connected neighbourhood. Further grow our membership and number of participants, particularly from underrepresented groups. Protect and improve our environment, including developing and renovating our building and surrounding estate, reducing carbon emissions and improving energy efficiency.
About This Cause
The Pyramid is both an organisation and a building. The Pyramid at Anderston was constituted in 2018. It was formed to benefit the communities of Anderston and Finnieston as defined by postcode areas G3 7 and G3 8. Our constitutional purposes are: To prevent and relieve poverty. To advance citizenship and community development. To advance the arts, heritage and culture. To provide recreational facilities and organise recreational activities for members of the public in order to reduce isolation and to improve well-being and confidence; and to bring together people from different backgrounds. Activities are primarily intended for people who have need of them by reason of age, ill health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage; and for members of the public. The Trust owns and runs the building known as The Pyramid at Anderston, 759 Argyle St, Glasgow G3 8DS on behalf of the community. The iconic B-listed building (formerly Anderston Kelvingrove Church) was bought in 2019 with a grant from the Scottish Government’s Scottish Land Fund. Phase 1 of the capital redevelopment of the building was completed in a £1.3 million project which was on site from 2021 – 2023. Further fundraising is underway for the capital redevelopment and renovation of the rest of the building. The Scottish Government recognised our pandemic work and provided capacity building support funding to allow us to cement our position as a Community Anchor Organisation. This allowed us to appoint our first Chief Officer in 2022. Our core staffing and running costs are currently funded by Glasgow City Council Communities Fund, the Scottish Government Supporting Communities Programme, project funding from a range of funders, and selfgenerated income. Our ultimate aim is to be a thriving enterprise that is not reliant on funding for core costs. Our first two staff members were appointed in September 2019. The Pyramid has developed rapidly since then, with over £2 million raised (for capital works, core running costs and a range of projects), the establishment of our community shop, capital works on site and accessibility improvements made, a significant range of community events, activities, projects and support developed and delivered, and the growth of the staff team to a current complement of eleven. We take a rights-based approach to improve the wellbeing of our community, and to protect and improve our environment.