Larkhall Scotland's anti-sectarianism champion

Wahahahahahahahahahahah no longer a hotbed of backward thinking heathens I see I guess it's just a little over patriotic

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-18339253



Larkhall has become the first area in Scotland to be given the Champion for Change charter mark by Nil By Mouth for its efforts to tackle tensions.

The anti-sectarianism charity said the award recognised "several years of hard work" to unite people from different religious and cultural backgrounds.

The charter mark will be presented to the community on Thursday.

Creative projects
Nil By Mouth said local schools, community groups and church leaders had worked together in Larkhall to promote a range of interfaith services, sporting competitions and creative projects to encourage tolerance and understanding.

The award was clinched after a recent concert in St Machan's Church where pupils performed songs from their CD "Different Voices Best Of Friends", which conveys their views on bigotry and their hopes for the future.

Nil By Mouth Campaign Director Dave Scott said Larkhall was "more than deserving" of the award.

"We've been hugely impressed by the energy, enthusiasm and commitment shown by this community in challenging sectarianism," he said.

"For too long people have made assumptions about this area and these pupils, teachers and church leaders have stood up and been counted.

"The young people want a chance to define their own identity free from negativity or the baggage of the past. They represent the generation which will defeat sectarianism once and for all."

Hazel Shaw, from the Machan Trust, the interfaith group which has helped organise events, said: "The children hope that the message of their music will make a positive and significant difference to their communities and to the lives of all who suffer from the negative effects of sectarianism."

 

oh ffs, its like giving a mars bar to a bully in school for tying his shoelaces correctly

 

Be Like giving King Herod a merit in baby siitting.

 

tell them to head down the main street and they will son see its still full of * union jacks everywhere and just last friday they had an orange walk

 

Must be talking about a different place. Nothings changed at all.

 

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Genuinely laughed out loud earlier, know a big Celtic fan from Larkhall who couldn't believe it

It's liking giving the * Party some award for equality and tolerance

 

Im sorry, but surely any positive move is good is it not?
It is easy to slag them off as everyone has a preconceived idea of the place......but what can they do other than make an effort through the schools and churches?
Most wont pay any attention....but if it helps just a few to grow up with an open mind rather than a poisonous one..... it must be worth the effort?No?

 

mate I live 2 seconds outside the place and there has been absolutely nothing done a quick drive through the place and you can gather what its all about spend an hour or 2 in it and you get the full scale of just how scummy the * are in it

 

I have never been there....but im guessing the colours have been out for the jubilee etc and they mostly support Rangers......but isnt that standard for a Protestant dominated area?
What i meant was that any improvement must be seen as positive, and if the schools and churches are making some kind of effort.....surely it is a good thing....even if only a couple of kids grow up thinking other than the norm there?
One step at a time and all that!

 

This is just...

Maybe they can remove the cages that protect the green traffic lights now.

 

Its like the dark ages up there ...but if you can change one of them ...theres hope .

 

Agreed Good work Nil By Mouth and Larkhall IF and only IF the area
has improved? after as the great Stallone once said:

"If, I can change, and you change, EVERYBODY CAN CHANGE!"

 

There's dominantly protestant, r*ngers supporting areas in Scotland, and then theres Larkhall, *

 

Is this the same place where Subway had to change their shop front colour to black, or something non-green?

I've never been but i might take a drive through to see the "sights". I have green car though...

 

you might struggle seeing the green lights though mate as the traffic lights are like this

 

ffs
what's wrong with people?