Restart Project Courses

Our Art group offers our trainees a variety of creative opportunities using art, from basic skills in drawing and painting to craft activities such as collage, hand-build pottery and printmaking. Some projects will include working together as a group.

Venue: 159 Broad St, Bridgeton, Glasgow, G40 2QR.

Day and Time: Every Wednesday 9.30 – 11:30am and 1.00pm – 3.00pm

Venue: Firhill Business Centre Unit 5, 74-76 Firhill Road, G20 7BA

Day and Time; Every Friday 9.30 – 11.30am

This group is aimed at introducing basic cooking recipes using fresh, healthy ingredients on a budget. Each trainee will learn how to prepare and cook a different recipe each week using a fully equipped individual workstation. You are welcome to stay and eat the meal together after finishing or you can take the meal away with you. Staff led.

Venue: David Dale House, 159 Broad St, Bridgeton, Glasgow, G40 2QR

Every Tuesday and Friday 9:30am – 11.30am and 1.00pm-3.00pm

Venue: Firhill Business Centre unit 9, 74-76 Firhill Road, G20 7BA

Every Wednesday 10.00am-12.00pm

We provide trainees of Restart the opportunity to take part in the twelve weeks Branching Out programme twice a year at present. This group is run in partnership with The Conservation Volunteers and takes place at Hogganfield Loch, with visits to different sites throughout the programme.

Activities are tailored to suit the group but generally include physical activity, bush craft, conservation activities and environmental art. There is the opportunity to gain the John Muir Discovery Level Conservation Award through this course. Staff led.

• Venue: Hogganfield Loch, pick up at Restart Bridgeton Base 159 Broad Street G40 2QR.
• Days and times: Every Monday, this group runs once a week for 3 hours per week over 12 weeks, 11.45am-3.15pm.

Whilst following set patterns you will learn new skills in decorative glass such as glass cutting, copper foiling and soldering. Once you feel have more confidence in these skills you can design and build your own designs.

This group is peer led with staff support.

• Venue: Unit 5 Firhill Business Centre, 74-76 Firhill Road, Glasgow, G20 7BA.
• Day & Time: Every Tuesday and Thursday 9:30am –12.00pm and 1:00-3:00pm

We currently offer both beginner and intermediate levels of digital photography run over the two sessions every Thursday. Each session will be either in Unit 4 at Hathaway Street or out on location within Glasgow.

You will learn the basics of using a DSLR camera and studio equipment and how to apply these skills to make portraiture and still life images in the studio and still life images in the studio and also in the environment.

Each module will run for 20 weeks, start dates in February and August.

• Venues: Unit 4, Hathaway Business Centre, Hathaway St, Maryhill, Glasgow, G20 8TD and at various locations in Glasgow
• Days & Time: Every Thursday 9.30am-12.00pm and then 12.30-300pm

Our family history group offers you the opportunity to improve your confidence through teamwork, studying & tracing lines of Scottish descent, researching library databases and the creation of a family tree. This group is staff led.

• Venue: 159 Broad St, Bridgeton, Glasgow, G40 2QR.
• Day & Times: Thursday – 9:30am – 11:30am

Participation in regular physical activity can combat low self-esteem and can reduce stress and anxiety as well as combating obesity and associated illnesses such as diabetes and cardiovascular disease. The burden of poor physical health for those diagnosed with mental illness is being widely publicised at present and this group attempts to combat that for trainees attending Restart. Staff led with volunteer support

Health & Wellbeing Activity Group East End

This is a 12-week programme which includes various sporting activities including tennis, bowling, football, basketball and cycling. Staff led with volunteer support.

Venue: David Dale House, 159 Broad Street Bridgeton G40 2QR.

There may be alternate venues occasionally eg. Emirates Arena, Glasgow Green.

Day and Time: Every Thursday 1:00pm-3:00pm

Health & Wellbeing Group Southside Glasgow

As with the group in the South of the city, this programme includes different sporting activities like tennis, football, basketball and exercise circuits. Staff led with volunteer support.

Venue: Langside Sports Club, 34-36 Kintore Road, Langside, Glasgow, G43 2HA. There may be alternate venues occasionally eg. Queens Park.

Day & Time: Every Wednesday 2-4pm

Our Walking Photography Group will allow participants to learn how to use a digital camera, whilst taking in some of the best-known sights in Glasgow on foot. The group focuses on giving people some basic camera skills and being active and taking part in a walking group. Some basic I.T skills will also be provided as part of the course. This group is staff led.

• Venue: David Dale House, 159 Broad St, Bridgeton, Glasgow, G40 2QR
• Day & Time: Every Wednesday 9.30am-11.30am

You can learn new skills in our picture framing department ranging from, glass cutting & frame making, mount cutting, measuring & planning and the use of foot operated cutting machinery. This group is staff led.

• Venue: Unit 5 Firhill Business Centre, 74-76 Firhill Road, Glasgow G20 7BA.
• Day & Time: Every Monday 9:30am – 12.00pm and 1.00pm-3:00pm.

What you can learn in woodwork ranges from practical skills, i.e., marking out and measuring, timber selection, staining and varnishing, safe use of hand and power tools. You can also develop in other ways including, increasing motivation, lessen anxiety and isolation and learn to set goals. Staff led.

• Venue: Unit 3 Hathaway Business Centre, Hathaway St, Maryhill, Glasgow, G20 8TD.
• Days & Times: Every Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday 9:30am – 11:00am and 1:00pm-3:00pm.

The Creative Writing group is peer led, independent of but supported by Restart. The group will be facilitated by group members engaging in discussion and choosing a subject to write about while creating imaginative stories and having lots of fun. Everyone is welcome who will be supported and encouraged to participate in the group.

•Venue: 159 Broad St, Bridgeton, Glasgow, G40 2QR.

•Day & Time: Every Friday 1:00pm – 3:00pm.

Creative Writing-Staff led

Would you like to try your hand at poetry, life writing and fiction?

The Creative Writing group is a fun, safe space where people of all abilities can meet to write and share ideas and experiences.

Venue: Unit 9, Firhill Business Centre, 74-76 Firhill Road, Glasgow G20 7BA.

Day & Time: 10am-12pm

Our Poetry group is run in partnership with New College Lanarkshire (NLC) and offers our trainees a variety of activities with a focus on writing and creating poems, using games and Imaginative activities, a group with a lot of interaction and fun.

• Venue: David Dale House, 159 Broad St, Bridgeton, Glasgow, G40 2QR
• Day & Time: Every Friday 9.30-11.30am

The New College Lanarkshire Access to Creative Industries course is designed for anyone interested in playing, studying, performing, or simply enjoying music in a welcoming, encouraging atmosphere. Students will enrol with New College Lanarkshire and enjoy access to the college’s NCLAN online portal from which they can download Microsoft Office packages as part of their student privileges.

As part of the course, students will engage in discussion about their favourite music. This can be as diverse as comparing musical genres, musical instruments, song writing techniques, and stagecraft analysis. Performance and song writing skills are developed throughout the duration of the course.

There’s an emphasis on the practical element of the course as opposed to music theory (which can be included or omitted based on the student’s preferences and curiosity) and all skill levels are welcomed and encouraged.

Venue: Restart, 159 Broad St, Bridgeton, Glasgow, G40 2QR.

Day & Time: Every Monday 9.30am – 11:30am and 1:00pm – 3:00pm.

Venue: Restart, Unit 21-29, Hathaway Street, Maryhill, Glasgow, G20 8TD.

Day & Time: Every Tuesday 10:00am-1:00pm

This course offers literacy through a book group, which takes place at Bridgeton library. It aims to improve your reading, spelling, grammar and punctuation, as well as improving your focus, memory and communication skills.

• Venue: Bridgeton Library, 2 Orr street, G40 2AR.
• Day & Time:  Every Monday 1:00pm-3:00pm

The aim of our Introduction to Photography group is to teach the basics of photography whilst having fun. You will learn how to use a DSLR camera to compose portraiture and still life images in the studio and how to save, edit and print images using Photoshop Elements. The group is mainly based at our Hathaway Street training area but there will be some sessions where it will go out into the local community to do street photography and landscapes out on location. This group is peer led.

• Venues: Unit 4, Hathaway Business Centre, Hathaway St, Maryhill, Glasgow, G20 8TD and at various locations in Glasgow.
• Days & Times: Every Friday 1:00pm-3:00pm

This is a course aimed at helping you gain digital skills and become more confident in using IT for the modern digital world. Topics will include- Keyboard skills, internet use, emails, Microsoft Word, social media, online shopping, accessing local services, YouTube and online video messaging. The sessions are staff led.

Venue: David Dale House, 159 Broad St, Bridgeton, Glasgow, G40 2QR

Day & Times: Every Tuesday and Thursday 9:30am – 11.30am & and 1:00pm-3:00pm

Venue: Unit 9 Firhill Business Centre, 74-76 Firhill Road, Glasgow, G20 7BA.

Day & Times: Every Tuesday 9:30am – 11:30

Here at Men’s Group our topics are more free-flowing. We find that it is more valuable for everyone in the small group to be able to talk about whatever they’re facing right now.  Someone may be experiencing relationship conflicts and another might be struggling with their mental health. Also practical advise re how to quit smoking, better sleep & healthy habits.

• Venue: Restart, Unit 21-29, Hathaway Street, Maryhill, Glasgow, G20 8TD.
• Day and Time: Every Tuesday 1:00pm-3:00pm

This programme looks at different aspects of society and how we interact with the world around us. There are four 10 week courses within this programme, which will run consecutively over a year, namely Criminology, Introduction to Psychology, Introduction to Humanities and History of the Welfare State. These courses are aimed at improving the core skills of communication, working with others, ICT and can also help to improve your focus and memory.

Venue: David Dale House, 159 Broad St, Bridgeton, Glasgow, G40 2QR

Day & Times: Every Wednesday 1:00pm-3:15pm

Recovery Focused Activity Group

Recovery Focused Activity Group is a 10-week course where people with lived experiences can meet, chat, share recovery stories and activities that have helped them with their recovery journey. As well as each member bringing a different activity each week, there will be several discussions including:  What does recovery means to you? What helps/doesn’t help recovery? What is Peer Support? This group is a peer led with staff support.

Courses start throughout the year.

Peer 2 Peer

Peer2Peer is an 8-week course that provides the opportunity for people with lived experience to develop their knowledge and skills in supporting others in their recovery journey. Topics include: What is Recovery and CHIME? What is peer support? Communication skills and recovery language. Risk, boundaries and keeping yourself well whilst supporting others.

Day, time and venue to be confirmed.

Restart women’s group creates space for women to meet together, support each other, share ideas in a safe friendly environment. They will carry out fun activities ,such as knitting , arts & crafts etc. Our women’s group will have the opportunity to discuss overall health and wellbeing topics.

Venue: 159 Broad St, Bridgeton, Glasgow, G40 2QR

Day & Time : Tuesday 9:30-11:30am