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Starter Packs Glasgow @spg-glasgow.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

If you think that you would make a good trustee and have the time and skills to support us with and you care about the work that we do, why not book a chat with the board on their email: boardofrustees@starterpacks.org.uk email and they'll arrange a conversation with you

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Starter Packs Glasgow @spg-glasgow.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

So that was March... Another incredibly busy month at Starter Packs Towers, equalling our busiest ever month for people supported. We delivered another 173 packs to support households starting over across the city, supporting 300 more people (189 adults and 111 children). 1/2

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Starter Packs Glasgow @spg-glasgow.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

This year's Glasgow Kiltwalk is open for booking & takes place on the 25th/26th of April. You can book your space here: www.thekiltwalk.co.uk/events/glasgow Starter Packs Glasgow is one of the charities you can choose to raise money for & we'd really appreciate it if you did want to walk for us.

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Starter Packs Glasgow @spg-glasgow.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

Another team in from @royalbank.bsky.social Nat West Group supporting donation sorting in our @magpiesnestgovan.bsky.social shop, sorting items for our packs and for the nest and @magpieseyegovan.bsky.social. Thanks folks!

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Starter Packs Glasgow @spg-glasgow.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

Massive thanks to RBS, the @royalbank.bsky.social who've started collecting for our starter packs in their branches. This pic is from Milngavie. You can drop off items at these branches: Glasgow City Centre Giffnock Shawlands Hamilton Motherwell Coatbridge Clydebank Dumbarton Milngavie Parkhead

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Starter Packs Glasgow @spg-glasgow.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

Roisin and Sophie are repping for the charity today at @unistrathclyde.bsky.social Union for their Volunteer Fair today. They'll be there till 2pm if you are a student and want to say hello or find out what we do here and what volunteer roles there are just now.

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Starter Packs Glasgow @spg-glasgow.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

Thanks to Lisa and her team from @barclaysuk.bsky.social who come to volunteer with us on Friday and spent the day helping sort donations in our sorting room in the back of our @magpiesnestgovan.bsky.social shop. Its a huge help to get some corporate teams in as well as our individual volunteers!

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Starter Packs Glasgow @spg-glasgow.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

Massive thanks to Marie and Lorraine, who spotted these kettles reduced to £2.50 in their local Morrisons and bought all 42 for us to be able to use in our packs, which is a huge support and very much appreciated, thank you!

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Starter Packs Glasgow @spg-glasgow.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

So that was February 2026, our second busiest month of all time (again). We delivered 177 starter packs to households across our city, supporting 280 people (182 adults and 108 children). As always, massive thanks to everyone who supports us, Thank you!

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Starter Packs Glasgow @spg-glasgow.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

We're always happy to come out to your Faith Group, Community Organisation, work, School (especially when the pupils are doing their YPI projects) and talk about the work that we do. If you'd like us to come to you, please get in touch & we can organise a visit to you

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Starter Packs Glasgow @spg-glasgow.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

A wee video showing what donations are helpful to have come in for our starter packs.

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Starter Packs Glasgow @spg-glasgow.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

So that was 2025! Our Van Teams were extremely busy delivering packs across the city. We supported 1598 households in our communities, which meant that 2567 people were helped to settle into their new homes (1858 adults and 709 children).

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Starter Packs Glasgow @spg-glasgow.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

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!

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Starter Packs Glasgow @spg-glasgow.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

You can support us on the Glasgow Community Lottery (YALDI) and have a chance of winning some great prizes whilst making a difference to charities across the third sector in Glasgow. Buy tickets here: www.glasgowlottery.scot/support/star...

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Support Starter Packs Glasgow on Glasgow Community Lottery

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Starter Packs Glasgow @spg-glasgow.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

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

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Starter Packs Glasgow @spg-glasgow.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

We just had a generous donation of £25.00 from a lucky winner on the Glasgow Community Lottery! You could be a winner too whilst supporting our work (other charities in Glasgow are available too) Support us here - glasgowlottery.scot/support/star... Thank you for all of your support!

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Support Starter Packs Glasgow on Glasgow Community Lottery

Starter Packs Glasgow is offering you the chance to win big prizes and help raise much needed funds.

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Starter Packs Glasgow @spg-glasgow.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

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!

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Starter Packs Glasgow @spg-glasgow.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

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

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Starter Packs Glasgow @spg-glasgow.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

Massive thanks to everyone who is a Co-op Member and has chosen Starter Packs Glasgow as your charity to support, all 988 of you! If you haven't picked a charity yet as your chosen good cause for the current run of their Community Fund, you can do so here: membership.coop.co.uk/causes/88037

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Co-op Local Community Fund - Starter Packs Glasgow

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Starter Packs Glasgow @spg-glasgow.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

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

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Starter Packs Glasgow @spg-glasgow.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

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!

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Starter Packs Glasgow @spg-glasgow.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

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.

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Starter Packs Glasgow @spg-glasgow.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

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

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Starter Packs Glasgow @spg-glasgow.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

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

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Starter Packs Glasgow @spg-glasgow.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

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.

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Starter Packs Glasgow @spg-glasgow.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

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!

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Starter Packs Glasgow @spg-glasgow.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

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).

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Starter Packs Glasgow @spg-glasgow.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

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.

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Starter Packs Glasgow @spg-glasgow.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

Just taking a moment to re-share this short film about what we do at Starter Packs Glasgow. If you've never been sure about what the purpose of this charity is and how we do what we do, this is just under 4 minutes long and tells you all you need to know. www.youtube.com/watch?v=UalA...

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What we do at Starter Packs Glasgow

YouTube video by Starter Packs Glasgow

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Starter Packs Glasgow @spg-glasgow.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

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.

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Starter Packs Glasgow @spg-glasgow.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

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.

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Starter Packs Glasgow @spg-glasgow.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

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!

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Starter Packs Glasgow @spg-glasgow.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

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!

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Starter Packs Glasgow @spg-glasgow.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

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!

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Starter Packs Glasgow @spg-glasgow.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

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.

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Starter Packs Glasgow @spg-glasgow.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

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

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Starter Packs Glasgow @spg-glasgow.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

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.

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Starter Packs Glasgow @spg-glasgow.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

We have set up a new ebay account. At the moment it is lsiting a few of the more collectable watches that have come through our @magpieseyegovan.bsky.social shop. Do check it out here: www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?i...

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Starter Packs Glasgow @spg-glasgow.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

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.

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Starter Packs Glasgow @spg-glasgow.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

We have some new wish-lists for online shopping for the pack items we always need. Thanks! mywishlist.online/w/ywarro/asd... mywishlist.online/w/sshyzn/dun... mywishlist.online/w/laifkj/ike... mywishlist.online/w/bzrfby/mor... mywishlist.online/w/cinsnm/pou... mywishlist.online/w/i9ul3w/tes...

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Starter Packs Glasgow @spg-glasgow.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

We had a very special visitor last week when Kingsley came in to volunteer with us and try out some of the different roles there are for volunteers here. Watch our wee video and check out their antics. Special thanks to @partickthistle.bsky.social and to David Shrigley youtu.be/Y6nz0VvzObk?...

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Kingsley volunteer film

YouTube video by Starter Packs Glasgow

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Starter Packs Glasgow @spg-glasgow.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

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.

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Starter Packs Glasgow @spg-glasgow.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

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!

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Starter Packs Glasgow @spg-glasgow.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

We always really appreciate the feedback we get from our pack recipients on the starter packs that we deliver to them when they are staring over in their new homes. Its nice to be able to share that feedback with you. These are some of the messages we've received so far this month.

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Starter Packs Glasgow @spg-glasgow.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

We delivered 1559 packs in 24-25, supporting 2488 people (1843 adults & 645 children). We couldn't do what we do without you, so thank you for donating to us, supporting us financially, volunteering your time with us & shopping in @magpieseyegovan.bsky.social & @magpiesnestgovan.bsky.social shops.

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Starter Packs Glasgow @spg-glasgow.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

Massive thanks to everyone who has been donating bedding and towels to us. Our shelves are no longer empty and the people we support as they start again in their new home have been getting it in their packs this week

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Starter Packs Glasgow @spg-glasgow.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

We are running low on crockery and cutlery if you have excess plates, bowls, mugs and glasses you would like to clear out. We can put your unwanted to great re-use in our packs

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Starter Packs Glasgow @spg-glasgow.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

Our next fundraising concert is coming..... We think you're going to Love who we have playing. Stay tuned.

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Starter Packs Glasgow @spg-glasgow.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

Who's having spring clear-out feelings? If you're clearing out household items, especially bedding, towels, or plates, bowls, mugs, glasses and cutlery, we can make great use of these items by putting them in our starter packs to support people starting over in a new tenancy with all the basics

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Starter Packs Glasgow @spg-glasgow.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

If you have a moment, please watch this 4-minute film about the work that we do, & how & why we do it. If you can please share it too and help spread the word about the work we do that would be appreciated. Originally made in 2022, this new edit spotlights our pack service youtu.be/UalAc5RaFD4?...

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What we do at Starter Packs Glasgow

YouTube video by Starter Packs Glasgow

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