--- title: "Glasgow Central Mosque: Community Programmes That" description: "Glasgow Central Mosque expanded food banks, ESOL classes, and youth mentoring in 2024–2025 — coordinating with Glasgow City Council to support refugees" url: https://globalprayertimes.org/blog/glasgow-central-mosque-community-programmes-2024-2025/ source: Global Prayer Times --- # Glasgow Central Mosque: Community Programmes That Glasgow Central Mosque expanded food banks, ESOL classes, and youth mentoring in 2024–2025 — coordinating with Glasgow City Council to support refugees Community · 24th September 2024 · 5 min read · Global Prayer Times Editorial Team Glasgow Central Mosque: Community Programmes That Strengthened Scotland's Muslim Hub in 2024–2025 Glasgow Central Mosque expanded food banks, ESOL classes, and youth mentoring in 2024–2025 — coordinating with Glasgow City Council to support refugees, elderly Scots, and families across the city's south side regardless of faith. Quick Answer Glasgow Central Mosque expanded food banks, ESOL classes, and youth mentoring in 2024–2025 — coordinating with Glasgow City Council to support refugees, elderly Scots, and families across the city's south side regardless of faith. Glasgow Central Mosque on Gorbals Street is Scotland's largest mosque and an anchor for the city's Muslim community — predominantly Pakistani, Arab. — Global Prayer Times. Glasgow Central Mosque on Gorbals Street is Scotland's largest mosque and an anchor for the city's Muslim community — predominantly Pakistani, Arab, Somali, and increasingly Syrian and Afghan families. In 2024 and 2025, the mosque's welfare committee formalised programmes that had grown organically since the pandemic: a weekly food bank, English (ESOL) classes, a homework club, and a befriending service for isolated elderly residents. Food bank and winter support The mosque food bank opens every Saturday morning. In 2024 it distributed an average of 180 food parcels per week — rice, pasta, tinned goods, baby formula, and fresh vegetables when available. Roughly 40% of recipients in 2024–2025 were non-Muslim neighbours from adjacent tenements. During Scotland's cold snaps in January 2025, the mosque added hot meal service on Friday evenings and partnered with a local heating charity to refer families to fuel grants. Education and youth ESOL classes run three evenings a week, taught by volunteer teachers and university students. Attendance doubled between autumn 2024 and spring 2025 as new refugee families arrived. The youth mentoring programme pairs teenagers with professionals in medicine, law, and engineering for monthly career talks and CV workshops. A girls' football squad formed in 2024 now trains at a nearby sports centre under the mosque youth umbrella. Homework club: 60 pupils weekly, ages 8–16, with snacks and prayer space Elderly befriending: volunteer visits and mosque minibus trips to Loch Lomond Refugee welcome packs: hygiene kits and Glasgow transport maps for new arrivals Interfaith suppers: quarterly meals with St Bride's Episcopal Church on the south side The believers, in their mutual love, mercy and compassion, are like one body. — Sahih al-Bukhari 6011 Glasgow's Muslim community is often described as quiet and practical. The mosque's 2024–2025 programmes embody that ethos: no press fanfare, steady rooms full of volunteers, and a city council partnership that recognises the mosque as a trusted welfare node in one of Britain's most diverse post-industrial cities. Share: WhatsApp X Copy link More from the Knowledge Hub Community Muslims on the Frontline: How British Muslims Showed Up During the COVID-19 Pandemic 7 min read Community The Big Iftar: How Sharing a Meal is Breaking Down Barriers Across Britain 5 min read Islamic Knowledge Seerah of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ: The Complete Biography — Birth, Revelation, Hijra and Legacy 20 min read Charity & Impact UK Muslims: Britain's Most Generous Faith Community — The Numbers Behind Muslim Charity 7 min read — Global Prayer Times. Source: https://globalprayertimes.org/blog/glasgow-central-mosque-community-programmes-2024-2025/