The Community Welcome

Our Community Welcome was held on Friday 15th May at the PEEK venue. We came together as a group to try to spread the word about GX and what we're doing in Glasgow, inviting Host Families, colleagues at our work placements and other contacts that we have in the city.

The evening was a great success, with everyone dressing up in traditional Pakistani dress and providing much tasty Pakistani food - it was a real celebration of Pakistani culture and the whole team worked together to create a memorable night in a real short space of time!

The evening started with a meet-and-greet session, with everybody admiring the beautiful decorations that had been put up and the fantastic clothes that everyone was wearing, not to mention the delicious food being served! All of the community contacts we had really started to get to know one another and began to network - everybody met a lot of new faces! After the food and the chatting some presentations were given on Global Xchange, on Pakistani culture and each of the work placements in which we are based. There were a lot of proud faces in the crowd as our workplace supervisors heard the glowing reports of their programmes! After the presentation the celebration truly began, with Pakistani dancing and mehandi (decorating peoples hands with henna) available for everyone - even some of the men walked off with new decorations!

Overall, the night was a great success with everyone having an excellent time and learning lots about a different and interesting culture. It was certainly an explosive welcome into the community and set a precendent for a very successful time in Glasgow!