Get involved with the People’s Bank of Govanhill

Govanhill residents are invited to a public meeting to discuss the future of a neighbourhood currency.

As reported in The Extra, artist Ailie Rutherford has set up the People’s Bank of Govanhill, allowing locals to purchase the Govanhill Pound at a rate set at 100th of their weekly income and spend it in participating shops — including Locavore, Bakery47 and Milk Cafe — on set days.

Ailie told The Extra: “What we’re trying isn’t a simple transaction - you have to talk about it a bit, and that leads onto ideas about the value of things, redistribution of wealth and trying to find a model that would work for us in Govanhill.”

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Ailie will be joined by Ben Wray of Common Space to discuss the project on Tuesday (December 15) at 6pm in Govanhill Baths.

For more info, see ailierutherford.com/work/index.php/the-peoples-bank-of-govanhill.