In just a year’s time Glasgow will welcome back the Commonwealth Games to our city, albeit a pared back version. This will, just twelve years after Scotland last hosted the Games, showcase Glasgow to the world. Importantly, it will once again show the transformational change that has been made in the communities which played host to the Games back in 2014.

The east end of Glasgow and Rutherglen were at the heart of this, being home to the Athletes’ Village and world class venues like the Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome and the Emirates Arena. In the intervening years between the Games, these venues have hosted premier sporting events like the 2018 European Championships, the World Cycling Champions in 2023, and most recently the 2024 World Athletics Championships.