The funding boost from The Big Lottery Fund Scotland will pay for family support programmes, literacy classes and integration projects.

Lyn Ewing, chairwoman of Govanhill Community Development Trust, told the Evening Times: “This award is enormously welcome and will be a huge boost for Govanhill.

“The funding secured will improve English and literacy skills across the whole community as well as helping local people to volunteer and get more involved in community life.

“We are also delighted that it secures the Trust’s Roma family support work, enabling us to tackle the deep poverty and improve the lives and employment opportunities of many within the local Romanian and Slovakian community.”