A STUNNING new mural that celebrates community ownership of buildings and lands across Glasgow has been unveiled in the North East of the city. 

The artwork, brought by Scotland's own Banksy, the Rebel Bear, can be spotted on Robroyson Road. 

It depicts the creative heart of Glaswegians who have a vision for a future that they determine for themselves.

Images of city buildings that are owned and run by local communities can be admired while children are painted on top of bins, creating a new world for themselves.

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The Rebel Bear worked with Community Land Scotland and Copperworks Housing Association to co-create the colourful artwork.

Hub Manager Carey Doyle said: “There is a lot of interest in community ownership in Glasgow, building on the long history of community activism here.

"With the changes of land reform, communities are buying land and buildings held by all sorts of different landowners.

"We’ve helped more than 40 groups with community ownership since we launched earlier this year and more than three-quarters of those are interested in land held privately.

"Communities are leading on the changes they want and delivering these benefits long term through ownership. We wanted to celebrate the increase in urban community buyouts by creating a piece of art which adds to the beautiful city of Glasgow.”

In the mural, you can see Roystonhill Community Hub - known locally as ‘The Hub on the Hill’ - which is owned by Copperworks’ neighbours and partners Spire View Housing Association.

The Community Hub is located next to Roystonhill Spire, a landmark on the Glasgow skyline, is a landmark historic building that is supported and maintained for the community by Rosemount Development Trust.

Further along Roystonhill lies the Millburn Triangle Site, now known as The Park on the Hill.

This large area of derelict land was a blight on the local community for many years until Copperworks took the lead to purchase it and bring it back into community ownership.

Funding also allowed for remediation of the site and the creation of a fantastic open green space for the entire community to enjoy.

Fiona Murphy, Director of Copperworks Housing Association and Spire View Housing Association, added: "Community ownership is at the heart of everything we do at Copperworks and Spire View and the acquisition of these community assets has allowed us, in consultation with local people, to further improve our community to grow and thrive.

"The Park on the Hill and the Roystonhill Community Hub projects have transformed local open space and created a fantastic state-of-the-art community building delivering a huge variety of much-needed services as well as fabulous community spaces with the most amazing views across the city."

The new artwork is part of regeneration development at Robroyston Road - a historic street that links the North East of Glasgow to the city centre.