Social enterprise company Meat Market Regeneration CIC is behind the redevelopment of the site between the city centre and Dennistoun.

The National Lottery Heritage Fund’s support will back both the physical regeneration of the B-listed Victorian sheds and a wide-ranging Heritage Activity Programme. Ensuring community involvement and putting the rich history of the site at the heart of a successful future for it.

Patrick Flynn, chair of Meat Market Regeneration CIC, said: “The Meat Market remains an important site in Glasgow’s collective memory. Many of us have past family connections to the variety of businesses that were active there.

“This very welcome Heritage Fund investment, thanks to National Lottery players, will secure both community and built heritage in the redevelopment of the site as we bring it back to life and realise its potential as an asset for the east end and the whole of Glasgow.”

Caroline Clark, The National Lottery Heritage Fund director for Scotland, added: “This is a community-led project with a focus on delivering significant local benefits while also creating new opportunities on a key site.

“We supported the development phase with £170,000 and the applicant has used that to work with the wider community and bring forward a plan that will protect and return to use the most important built heritage on the site and the more intangible heritage of the people whose work, life and community were so closely connected with the Meat Market.”

This project will bring back into use the historic Bellgrove Meat Market providing 7,860m² of useable land and space in Dennistoun in Glasgow’s East End.

Councillor Susan Aitken, leader of Glasgow City Council, commented: “The regeneration of the historic Meat Market is a vital project for this community and for the wider city.
“This funding will help to deliver some key elements of that work – including the redevelopment of the Victorian sheds, which will be transformed into community spaces.”

The derelict B-listed structures will be restored and developed into a multi-use covered site including:

• Sports facilities
• Bar and bistro with space for events
• Learning Centre providing space for hire for organisations to deliver training
• Enterprise Zone with co-working spaces and small business space
• Interpretation and heritage displays throughout the site

Capital works include the restoration of the listed structures, demolition of some of the unlisted structures, the creation of a new build element within the historic structures and landscaping works.

Heritage engagement activities include collecting citizen’s heritage and establishing a Citizen Heritage Archive, creative commissions, heritage exhibitions, themed events and a learning programme, heritage skills events and participation in Doors Open Day.