Three Cheers For GESH

Cobus Consulting client Greater Easterhouse Supporting Hands have three reasons to celebrate this Christmas having had an excellent year of outstanding achievements.

In June they were awarded the Scottish Governments inaugural Community Service award for their work with individuals involved in the Criminal Justice System.

Following this success GESH approached Cobus Consulting for support to submit a tender to deliver Community Service Order placements across Glasgow.  Not only did GESH win this two year contract but they beat off stiff competition from national organisations, city-wide agencies and well regarded local organisations.

And as the winter months started to draw in Cobus Consulting supported GESH to access funding for a new mini-bus.  “The funding for the bus came in just at the right time! “,  said Maureen Ferrie, Chair of the charity.  “We have a number of older and frail members who depend on our café and other services to help them live an independent life.  Without the bus or our volunteers they wouldn’t have made it through the snow and ice and would have spent most of the winter stuck at home”.

Cobus Consulting and GESH will now spend 2011 working together to build on this success and make 2011 as successful as 2010.

Keep your eyes peeled for more information over the coming weeks and months.

For more information on the work of GESH and their recent achievements please visit:

 GESH’s website
 Pages 22 and 23 of the Glasgow Magazine
 Evening Times Article (December 2010)
 Evening Times Article (November 2010)
 Scottish Government’s Community Service Awards