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By hiring the stunning Grand Hall and meeting rooms in our historic and centrally located venue you are directly supporting charities in the West of Scotland.

Our Meeting Rooms

Host your event here, we have a significant number of rooms to hire either individually or as a collective.

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Grant stories

Find out about the impact support from Merchants House has had on charities throughout Glasgow and beyond

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YOUR GIFT TO THE FUTURE

LEAVING A LEGACY TO THE MERCHANTS HOUSE OF GLASGOW…

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The latest from Merchants House

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March 4, 2024

Scottish Music Centre

Scottish Music Centre receives £3,000 grant to enable their Musicares project to continue at Govan High Inclusion Base Musicares is the first national music mentoring project designed for care experienced…
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February 28, 2024

The Croft Visitors Centre

The Croft Visitors Centre receives £5,000 funding from the Merchants House to support families visiting HMP Barlinnie   The grant will help those visiting to reduce their anxiety and allow…
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February 28, 2024

Richmond’s Hope Bereavement Support

A grant of £10,000 has been awarded to Richmond's Hope to provide support to families affected by bereavement   Richmond’s Hope supports bereaved children and young people between the ages…
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Our Impact

£2.8M

Awarded in Grant support

£150K

Awarded to tackle Rough Sleeping in Glasgow

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Charities have received support in the last 5 years

The Merchants House of Glasgow was already a long established Institution, when in 1605 it first received a written Constitution. This was the Letter of Guildry which still forms the basic constitution of the Merchants House, as of the Trades House of Glasgow and the former Dean of Guild Court in Glasgow, prior to the latter’s abolition by the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973.

Under this Constitution, subject to such alterations as were made by regulations passed from time to time, the House continued to be governed until the passing of the Burgh Reform Act in 1833. Subsequently, resolutions have been passed with a view to confirming its Regulations to the circumstances of the day.