This is a desperate and probably futile plea for two tickets for tomorrow’s Scotland v England match. If anyone is selling any please get in touch!

ScotlandSpares

A bunch of us will be running Great Scottish Run to raise money for Glasgow NW Foodbank. Any and all donations would be very welcome!

We welcome the FM’s commitment to new measures to prevent homelessness - they’ll take strain off the system & stop so many people experiencing the trauma of homelessness. But we can’t afford to wait - it’s time to make these promises a reality.

Players from Jags For Good FC will be running the Great Scottish Run on 1 October to raise money for Glasgow NW Foodbank.

Some are running the half and others running the 10km. For most, it'll be further than they'll run all season...

Please donate if you can ❤️💛

justgiving.com/crowdfunding/j…

'This isn't a demand, it's a solution we are offering'

Rock Trust's Shea Moran, speaking on STV News about the recommendations in the Homelessness Prevention Task & Finish Group Report, with our own Ewan Aitken 🇺🇦 and Councillor Maureen Chalmers.

Watch it here: news.stv.tv/v/experts-call…

Brilliant report on the work that needs to be done to prevent homelessness in Scotland, by Kaye Nicolson at STV News - news.stv.tv/v/experts-call… We strongly support new measures to prevent homelessness but they need to be backed by financing and resources

Homelessness prevention efforts must be backed by funding, report concludes holyrood.com/news/view,home… Latest coverage of what needs to be done to make homelessness prevention plans work, in Holyrood magazine

Thanks to Paul McLennan - MSP for East Lothian and Councillor Maureen Chalmers for joining us to launch the final report of the Homelessness Prevention Task & Finish Group, which we co-chaired with Crisis Scotland.

Read more at: buff.ly/44utURa

Key recommendations below 🧵

Plans to prevent homelessness could be transformative, but to work properly they need to be backed up with adequate resourcing and support for local authorities news.stv.tv/politics/scott… - Great coverage of our report launch today, featuring chief exec Matt Downie

The alcohol, drugs, and homelessness stats are tough reading and mask so much grief and anxiety.

But politicians gnashing their teeth about them saying we need to find solutions is deeply frustrating.

We know the solutions, the problem is we aren’t yet doing them. 1/

Child homelessness in Scotland hits new record high bbc.in/3EhnzxL

Just 7% of 1–3-bedroom properties are affordable for private renters on housing benefit - we urgently need the UK Government to invest in social security to cover the true cost of rents news.stv.tv/scotland/peopl…

Our chief executive Matt Downie said: 'We can push on and take the first steps towards the end of homelessness, or we can watch as progress slips, with thousands of people forced to suffer the consequences' thenational.scot/news/23752662.…

New figures, released today, show more people are now sleeping on the streets and more children are growing up in homelessness. The number of people being made homeless is at its highest since 2012 - bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotla…

Does anyone have any recommendations for a driving instructor in the southside of Glasgow? Ideally one that would show lots of patience with a nervous idiot of a 35 year old who has never driven a car in his life.

💻TODAY 10.30-11.30

A route forward for the private rented sector, convened by Maggie Homeless Network Scotland and Neil Cowan with guest contributors Kate Polson, The Wallich and Tay Letting. And an address from Patrick Harvie 🇪🇺🌈 MSP. Join us 👉🏽 homelessnetwork.scot/2023/08/18/coa…… #EveryoneHome

We've joined 150 other charities and campaign groups to urge Humza Yousaf and the Scottish Government to put tackling poverty at the centre of the Programme for Government. Together we can tackle poverty and build a Scotland where everyone has a safe, secure place to live.

We are so grateful that the club donated £1.50 for every £1 raised through the fundraiser.

This meant we were able to reach even more people and charities, so that even more people can come to Firhill and support the greatest football team in the world.

Forever and ever❤️💛

THANK YOU: We are delighted to say that 129 season tickets are now being distributed to local charities and people struggling with the cost of living, thanks to our season ticket fundraiser.

We cannot thank everyone enough, no matter how big or small your donation ❤️💛

CASH DONATIONS: There will be Jags For Good volunteers dotted around Firhill on Saturday before Thistle take on Raith Rovers Football Club in this season's league opener.

We'll be collecting cash donations for Glasgow NW Foodbank to support their vital work. If you can, please give generously ❤️💛