Starter Packs Glasgow
@spg-glasgow.bsky.social
Community based charity working across the Greater Glasgow area, supporting people moving into new tenancies after homelessness.
So that was November... Our two vans have been out and about all over our city delivering 140 packs this past month. Supporting 228 people (164 adults and 64 children) in those 140 households across our communities.
We couldn't do what we do without your support, so once again, huge thank you's!
We couldn't do what we do without your support, so once again, huge thank you's!
December 1, 2025 at 5:34 PM
So that was November... Our two vans have been out and about all over our city delivering 140 packs this past month. Supporting 228 people (164 adults and 64 children) in those 140 households across our communities.
We couldn't do what we do without your support, so once again, huge thank you's!
We couldn't do what we do without your support, so once again, huge thank you's!
This #ChallengePovertyWeek we want to thank everyone for continuing to support the work we do supporting people across our city when moving into their new tenancies. Whether you are donating items to us, volunteering or shopping with us in @magpieseyegovan.bsky.social & @magpiesnestgovan.bsky.social
October 7, 2025 at 3:19 PM
This #ChallengePovertyWeek we want to thank everyone for continuing to support the work we do supporting people across our city when moving into their new tenancies. Whether you are donating items to us, volunteering or shopping with us in @magpieseyegovan.bsky.social & @magpiesnestgovan.bsky.social
Massive thanks to @raybradshaw1.bsky.social, who has raised £1500 for us through his shows this month at the Edinburgh Fringe. This has allowed us to get £1600 of emergency work completed on our van which would otherwise have been off the road. A massive Thank You to Ray and his audiences!
August 25, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Massive thanks to @raybradshaw1.bsky.social, who has raised £1500 for us through his shows this month at the Edinburgh Fringe. This has allowed us to get £1600 of emergency work completed on our van which would otherwise have been off the road. A massive Thank You to Ray and his audiences!
We have received a lovely surprise this week via our MSP, Humza. We had a motion lodged in the Scottish Parliament celebrating 25 years of Starter Packs Glasgow as a charity. Its much appreciated to have what we do recognised, along with the support that we give across our city
August 20, 2025 at 2:40 PM
We have received a lovely surprise this week via our MSP, Humza. We had a motion lodged in the Scottish Parliament celebrating 25 years of Starter Packs Glasgow as a charity. Its much appreciated to have what we do recognised, along with the support that we give across our city
For those of you not sure what items you can donate that we can put into our packs, here's a wee video that illustrates what we can add into every starter pack we deliver. Most items can be good used condition, the only items that we have to include new are duvets, pillows & pots
July 30, 2025 at 12:28 PM
For those of you not sure what items you can donate that we can put into our packs, here's a wee video that illustrates what we can add into every starter pack we deliver. Most items can be good used condition, the only items that we have to include new are duvets, pillows & pots
Samuel came into our office to say thanks for his starter pack. His kind words touched us all and he agreed to film a short video for us. If you have a minute, please watch him talking about what difference the pack made to him. Thanks Samuel!
July 24, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Samuel came into our office to say thanks for his starter pack. His kind words touched us all and he agreed to film a short video for us. If you have a minute, please watch him talking about what difference the pack made to him. Thanks Samuel!
We've had a couple of folks asking about setting up a direct debit to make regular donations. This is a huge support if it is something that you are able to and want to do. If you DM us or email administrator@starterpacks.org.uk we'll get you the details for setting up a regular payment to our bank.
July 21, 2025 at 3:00 PM
We've had a couple of folks asking about setting up a direct debit to make regular donations. This is a huge support if it is something that you are able to and want to do. If you DM us or email administrator@starterpacks.org.uk we'll get you the details for setting up a regular payment to our bank.
Demand just doesn't drop and we continue to go through hundreds and hundreds of pack items every single week, there is no let up as we help people settle into their new homes and move on from homelessness and other difficult situations that have been experienced. 2/2
July 21, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Demand just doesn't drop and we continue to go through hundreds and hundreds of pack items every single week, there is no let up as we help people settle into their new homes and move on from homelessness and other difficult situations that have been experienced. 2/2
We just wanted to say a huge thank you to everyone who has been bringing in donations and responding to the shout-outs there have been for the much needed pack items we're short on. 1/2
July 21, 2025 at 9:49 AM
We just wanted to say a huge thank you to everyone who has been bringing in donations and responding to the shout-outs there have been for the much needed pack items we're short on. 1/2
We're running out of glasses currently. If you have spare in the house, we can put them to amazing re-use in ouir starter packs. They can be dropped at our @magpiesnestgovan.bsky.social shop in our donation sorting room. Friends in hospitality, we can collect your old/excess stock if you have any.
July 11, 2025 at 8:34 AM
We're running out of glasses currently. If you have spare in the house, we can put them to amazing re-use in ouir starter packs. They can be dropped at our @magpiesnestgovan.bsky.social shop in our donation sorting room. Friends in hospitality, we can collect your old/excess stock if you have any.
Massive thanks to the team of volunteers from @tescobank.bsky.social with us today. We have folks in our donation sorting room, which is in the the back of @magpiesnestgovan.bsky.social and others in our The @magpieseyegovan.bsky.social, helping get new stock out on the shop floor. Its a huge help!
July 10, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Massive thanks to the team of volunteers from @tescobank.bsky.social with us today. We have folks in our donation sorting room, which is in the the back of @magpiesnestgovan.bsky.social and others in our The @magpieseyegovan.bsky.social, helping get new stock out on the shop floor. Its a huge help!
People often ask us if we are able to claim Gift Aid on financial donations. We absolutely can, if you get in touch we can send you the relevant Gift Aid form, which can be for one off donations, or multiple ongoing donations (no harm in being prepared in case you make more in the future).
July 9, 2025 at 4:09 PM
People often ask us if we are able to claim Gift Aid on financial donations. We absolutely can, if you get in touch we can send you the relevant Gift Aid form, which can be for one off donations, or multiple ongoing donations (no harm in being prepared in case you make more in the future).
We've made a wee music video for Summer Reading - with apologies to John Travolta. Get yourself along to our @magpieseyegovan.bsky.social and @magpiesnestgovan.bsky.social for some serious book bargains for your summer holiday reading.
July 4, 2025 at 3:26 PM
We've made a wee music video for Summer Reading - with apologies to John Travolta. Get yourself along to our @magpieseyegovan.bsky.social and @magpiesnestgovan.bsky.social for some serious book bargains for your summer holiday reading.
Thanks to the volunteers from Morgan Stanley who spent yesterday in our donation sorting room in our @magpiesnestgovan.bsky.social shop. They cleared through loads of donations, getting items to our office for our starter packs & getting the Nest and @magpieseyegovan.bsky.social full of fresh stock.
June 18, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Thanks to the volunteers from Morgan Stanley who spent yesterday in our donation sorting room in our @magpiesnestgovan.bsky.social shop. They cleared through loads of donations, getting items to our office for our starter packs & getting the Nest and @magpieseyegovan.bsky.social full of fresh stock.
Massive thanks to the team of volunteers who were helping sort donations out in our @magpieseyegovan.bsky.social shop today. What a huge help and a lovely bunch of folks too.
June 17, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Massive thanks to the team of volunteers who were helping sort donations out in our @magpieseyegovan.bsky.social shop today. What a huge help and a lovely bunch of folks too.
Thanks to everyone for continuing to donate household items for us to use in our starter packs. It costs so much to run our service these days & the biggest way we can make savings is by re-using donated household items our starter packs, which totally ties in with our environmental aims of re-use!
June 16, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Thanks to everyone for continuing to donate household items for us to use in our starter packs. It costs so much to run our service these days & the biggest way we can make savings is by re-using donated household items our starter packs, which totally ties in with our environmental aims of re-use!
Massive thanks to everyone who has been donating via our PayPal Giving account. It's a huge help and it's nice to see a higher than usual pending donations amount waiting to come Tonia in our next monthly payments. A vital support, thanks folks!
June 13, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Massive thanks to everyone who has been donating via our PayPal Giving account. It's a huge help and it's nice to see a higher than usual pending donations amount waiting to come Tonia in our next monthly payments. A vital support, thanks folks!
Big thanks to our friends at @monorailmusic.bsky.social for their donation today. Its a huge help and will go straight to buying the items we need for this week's starter packs. Thanks folks!
June 12, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Big thanks to our friends at @monorailmusic.bsky.social for their donation today. Its a huge help and will go straight to buying the items we need for this week's starter packs. Thanks folks!
Our next fundraiser concert is Friday 11th July at the @thegladcafe, featuring Gerard Love and Alex Rex and a whole lot more more. Tickets available now via our ticket tailor page for £15 plus service fee.
May 23, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Our next fundraiser concert is Friday 11th July at the @thegladcafe, featuring Gerard Love and Alex Rex and a whole lot more more. Tickets available now via our ticket tailor page for £15 plus service fee.
Afternoon folks, we currently still have lots of duvet covers but we are totally out of sheets. If you happen to have spare sheets that you are looking to clear out, please bear us in mind as we can put them to wonderful re-use in our starter packs. Especially need double & king sizes. Thanks
May 21, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Afternoon folks, we currently still have lots of duvet covers but we are totally out of sheets. If you happen to have spare sheets that you are looking to clear out, please bear us in mind as we can put them to wonderful re-use in our starter packs. Especially need double & king sizes. Thanks
We are very pleased to get such wonderful feedback from our pack recipients, and it is always lovely to be able to share that with you. Thanks for your support to do this folks, it really is something we couldn't do without your help.
May 16, 2025 at 2:21 PM
We are very pleased to get such wonderful feedback from our pack recipients, and it is always lovely to be able to share that with you. Thanks for your support to do this folks, it really is something we couldn't do without your help.
This is how many packs we were able to deliver in April. Its normally a quieter month, with the Easter Holidays usually meaning we have less referrals coming in, but this year we delivered 54 packs in 4 days, which i'm fairly sure is a record. Thank you for the support, very much appreciated.
May 5, 2025 at 10:30 AM
This is how many packs we were able to deliver in April. Its normally a quieter month, with the Easter Holidays usually meaning we have less referrals coming in, but this year we delivered 54 packs in 4 days, which i'm fairly sure is a record. Thank you for the support, very much appreciated.
We have some new wish-lists for online shopping for the pack items we always need. Thanks!
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May 1, 2025 at 12:28 PM
We have some new wish-lists for online shopping for the pack items we always need. Thanks!
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Massive thanks to our team of supporters who undertook the Glasgow Kiltwalk for us this weekend, raising money and spreading the word abou tthe work that we do here. Thanks folks, your efforts are very much appreciated.
April 29, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Massive thanks to our team of supporters who undertook the Glasgow Kiltwalk for us this weekend, raising money and spreading the word abou tthe work that we do here. Thanks folks, your efforts are very much appreciated.
This is a ready reckoner as to what your donations can actually buy for us to put in our starter packs of household essential items. Even a small donation goes a long way in supporting folks across our city starting over in their new homes. We couldn't do it without your support, so thank you!
April 28, 2025 at 4:24 PM
This is a ready reckoner as to what your donations can actually buy for us to put in our starter packs of household essential items. Even a small donation goes a long way in supporting folks across our city starting over in their new homes. We couldn't do it without your support, so thank you!