Welcome to Geek Planet CIC!

North Glasgow’s home for creativity, connection, and all things geek!

Founded in 2025 by Frank McGowan, Martin Griffith and Emma Newlands, Geek Planet is a social enterprise and community interest company based in the heart of Springburn Town Centre. Our mission is simple: to use creativity, play, and shared passions to bring people together, reduce isolation, and support wellbeing through the power of geek culture.

From tabletop gaming and comic books to film, cosplay, and digital media, we celebrate the things that make us all a little geeky — and we believe those shared interests can help build stronger, more inclusive communities.

Inside Geek Planet, you’ll find:

  • 🎮 A community café with gluten-free and coeliac-friendly options.

  • 📚 A free-to-play gaming and comic library for all ages.

  • 🎨 Workshops and events designed to boost creativity, confidence, and digital skills.

  • 🏛️ A heritage and pop culture museum celebrating Scotland’s creative legacy.

  • 🎧 A podcast and media studio giving local voices a platform to shine.

We’re proud to work alongside schools, colleges, charities, and local organisations to make Springburn a hub of creativity, inclusion, and opportunity. Whether you’re here to play, learn, create, or just connect, Geek Planet CIC is your space to belong.

Join us on this exciting journey — because at Geek Planet, everyone’s a little geeky, and that’s something to celebrate!

Every roll of the dice sparks imagination, friendship, and change.

Meet the Team

Martin

Martin is a curious tinkerer with a fondness for midnight coffee and old vinyl records. He wanders city rooftops and local libraries, collecting ideas and small curiosities — a pocket-sized chronicle of human tangents. His notebooks are half sketches, half lists, and entirely honest.

On weekends he transforms everyday objects into tiny experiments: a lamp that responds to ambient noise, a pocket radio assembled from thrift-store parts, and a garden of succulents that survive his forgetfulness. He believes good ideas come from awkward conversations and long walks.

  • Key traits

  • Inquisitive and quietly persistent

  • Loves simple, hands-on projects

  • Prefers analog tools with digital sensibilities

  • Enjoys quiet, contemplative activities

Martin Profile Picture

Frank

Frank Profile Picture

Frank grew up on a steady diet of 1980s and 1990s pop-culture film and television, including iconic shows such as The Real Ghostbusters, The Munsters Today, and Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers.

A lifelong lover of schlocky 1950s B-movie science fiction and classic Hollywood horror — particularly George A. Romero’s Night of the Living Dead — his passions include VHS tapes, action figures, and retro toys and collectables.

Active in community work since the age of 12, Frank continues to volunteer and explore local North Glasgow history through podcasting, writing, and community-led creative projects.

Frank is also a BAFTA-celebrated Scottish filmmaker and TV producer. His notable work includes Elizabeth, starring Mary Waters, produced for BBC Film Network, and Waiting for Liz, a biopic of Elizabeth Taylor, which received an Outstanding Achievement for British Cinema award.

Beyond film and television, he is the drummer for female-fronted rock band Eric and the Bunny Boilers, and the founder of Braw TV — Scotland’s new free, global television channel.

He is also co-founder of North Glasgow Creative, Springburn Radio, and Springburn TV, and hosts his own podcasts Frankly Speaking, Hollywood Insights, and Springburn Memories.

Contact Us

You can also reach us at: geekplanetnorthglasgow@gmail.com