Girls Rock Glasgow is a volunteer-run CIC established in 2015 and officially constituted in 2024. We work to empower young girls, and nonbinary youth through instrument tuition, band formation, songwriting, stagecraft, arts workshops, and empowerment sessions. Our programs aim to enhance musical skills while fostering resilience, mental well-being and identity. By building confident and musical young girls we hope to address gender imbalances and create a more equal music industry and society.

Using instrument tuition, band forming and song-writing alongside stagecraft, arts and empowerment workshops we work to narrow the gender imbalance for women in the music industry while contributing to overall mental well-being by instilling life skills, resilience, and fostering a strong sense of identity.

From restarting the project in 2024, we have learnt of the lasting impact the project has had. Many parents of ex-participants have been in contact to say how big an impact past summer schools and showcases had on their children. Some of the participants signed up to take part in this years summer school spoke in their application of being a member of the audience for showcases in the past, wishing they were old enough to take part and are now very excited about the project returning now that they have come of age. On top of that nearly half of our volunteer team are returning members of projects from the past, some returning volunteers and some ex-participants now returning to either support on the summer school or perform at our fundraising events.

Girls Rock Glasgow stands out for its holistic approach to musicianship. We blend arts, culture, and wellbeing to empower young girls+. We aim to continue to build our work so our participants are able to transition from our projects into continuous involvement in music.