Saltire Thistle

TRAINING IS BACK! 🚀👟 After a well-deserved break, football training is kicking off again! 📅 Starting Date: 17/07/24 🕓 Time: 1900 📍 Location: Glasgow Green Football Centre Whether you're a seasoned player or new to the team, everyone is welcome! Best of all.... your first session is free! Joining us for the first time? Get in touch via any of our social channels to let us know your coming and we can arrange to meet you at the football centre before training starts - https://lnkd.in/e9UKEKxv Please share this post if you can to spread the word we are back for the new football season ⚽

At Saltire Thistle, inclusion and respect are at the heart of everything we do. This Wear Red Day, we're proud our members showed support for Show Racism the Red Card by wearing red at training this week. 🟥 As Glasgow’s inclusive football club, we believe sport should be a welcoming space for everyone, free from racism, homophobia, and discrimination of any kind. Together, we stand against racism and promote unity and equality in football. 💪🌍 Join us in playing your part by advocating for a better, more inclusive future across all sports. #WRD24 #ShowRacismTheRedCard LEAP Sports Scotland Show Racism the Red Card

Great work from our partners Waverley Care here. #GetToZero

This morning we are on our travels as we have our first The GFSN game of the season... and it's a trip south to play Nottingham Lions! 🦁 We are looking forward to what will be a very competitive but well-spirited game. GFSN fixtures allow our members a great opportunity to play in an inclusive environment. Following the match, we look forward to an evening social and opportunity to meet with our friends from Nottingham off the park 🤝 Come on Saltire!

This month we have our annual Kit Launch evening which will see the return of a Quiz Night following last seasons successful event 👕🎤 Taking place at our new social partner Speakeasy Glasgow on Saturday 19th October commencing at 7pm, we will officially be launching our new kits including brand new home kit with our primary partner Waverley Care We are looking forward to a fun evening with photo opportunities with our new kit, various raffle prizes, merch, & £100 top prize for the winning quiz team 💰. We have limited spaces available so members wishing to attend please confirm via the Spond app. If you are a non-member and would like to come along, please send us a direct message via our Instagram account or email us, all contact details can be found on our LinkTree - https://lnkd.in/e9UKEKxv

We are delighted to introduce our new partners for the 2024 - 2025 season are Waverley Care and Speakeasy Glasgow. Waverley Care will be our headline partners, whilst Speakeasy Glasgow (https://lnkd.in/e7A3ZFA7) are our new social partners. Waverley Care is Scotland’s leading HIV and hepatitis C charity. Everything they do is guided by the experiences of the people they work with, from shaping the services they deliver to influencing national policy around sexual health and blood borne viruses. Waverley Care's vision is for a Scotland where anyone living with or at risk of HIV can expect to be treated with acceptance, support and respect. John McKellar, National Fundraising Manager for Waverley Care, said on the new collaboration: "At Waverley Care, Scotland's national HIV and Hepatitis C charity, we're thrilled to announce our new partnership with Saltire Thistle FC, Glasgow's inclusive football team. This collaboration reflects our shared commitment to building a more inclusive, supportive community for everyone. As a charity that supports all individuals, we're excited to use the power of sport to raise awareness, break down stigma, and promote the wellbeing of LGBTQI+ individuals across Scotland. We look forward to working alongside Saltire Thistle FC to create a healthier, and a more united future for everyone." 🌈 Speakeasy, a renowned bar at the heart of the LGBTQ+ community in Glasgow, will serve as a focal point for our teams social events including Social 5's, Kit Launch, and after game celebrations ⭐ We look forward to unveiling our new kits showcasing our partnerships at our Kit Launch evening next month...... more information coming soon! If your organisation would like to partner with Glasgow's largest inclusive football club, please get in touch.

𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘄𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱𝗻’𝘁 𝗯𝗲 𝗻𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗹 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗺𝗲𝗻, 𝘀𝗼 𝘄𝗵𝘆 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗶𝘁 𝗯𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘄𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻? Challenge It. Report It. Kick Sexism Out. Read more: https://bit.ly/3Xo3OxR #KickSexismOut | Sky | Her Game Too

Last weekend Saltire Thistle attended the first Qeltic Games, a multi-sport event bringing together LGBTQI+ sports teams, athletes and allies from across the UK and Ireland which took place in Perth. 🌈 We participated in the 7-a-side football tournament and were delighted to pick up medals for first place ⭐ Thank you to all organisers and volunteers for all your hard work to make the event possible, we look forward to attending future Qeltic Games! LEAP Sports Scotland

We are looking forward to our first social 5-a-sides of the 2024 - 2025 season taking place this evening. ⚽ Our Social 5's are an ideal opportunity for prospective players and members to come along and get a feel for the club, with the option to socialise in an inclusive safe space after our mixed ability, light touch games 💭 If you are interested in coming along to a future social 5's (which predominantly take place on the last Friday of each month) 📆 please get in touch via any of our channels - https://lnkd.in/e9UKEKxv

On Sunday Saltire Thistle members supported Waverley Care at the Edinburgh Fringe festival bucket-shaking to raise funds in aid of their work. We had a great day meeting the fantastic fundraising team at Waverley Care and are delighted we could help raise £1481 which will support the charities mission of #GetToZero HIV transmissions in Scotland by 2030. Thank you to Waverley Care for making us feel so welcome and all the hard work you do, we look forward to collaborating with you further throughout the 2024 - 2025 season 🌈 You can find out more about #GetToZero campaign here - https://lnkd.in/eXJ9zQaC and if you would like to donate please visit this page - https://lnkd.in/eNYZZMjY