East Kilbride wellbeing charity hosts inaugural South Lanarkshire Charity Cup
Agape Wellbeing united various local charities together through football.
Agape Wellbeing hosted the first South Lanarkshire Charity Cup and the event was a huge success.
Youth, Family & Community Learning Service took the inaugural trophy on the day at Kirktonholme Pavilion in East Kilbride which united various local charities together through football.
They included: Turning Point Scotland, The Givit, Healthy and Active, Move Forward Movement, The Wise Group, The Beacons, Skills Exchange, East Kilbride Universal Connections YFCL and Family Connections.
Event organiser and chairperson of Agape, Emma McLean said: "We came up with the idea for the South Lanarkshire Charity Cup back in October - just as a way to bring people together through football and support the amazing work local charities do across the area.
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"Since then, we've been blown away by the generosity of others — from donations to offers of help — it's what made the event possible. The atmosphere on the day really reflected that community spirit. We're grateful for all the support and the partnerships that have come out of it. That's what it's all about.
"Kirktonholme Pavilion kindly let us use their space for the event. Wouldn't have been possible without them."
Agape Wellbeing supports families with young children as well as people with mental health barriers, learning difficulties and, more recently, addiction issues.
For the last decade the community hub has been bringing people together in a safe space with the aim of promoting positive wellbeing for all.
At their base in Cornwall Way, Agape offer weekly men's group and women's wellbeing classes, arts and crafts for people with learning difficulties, women's pregnancy yoga, a menopause cafe and partner with the Village Centre, The Beacons, Time to Tackle, EK Yoga Wellbeing and Roads to Recovery.
They also offer baby massage, messy play, silly sensory song time and Bookbug for parents of young children.
Councillor John Anderson, who sponsored the event, added: "The inaugural South Lanarkshire Charity Cup tournament was a great success. It was not just about winning, it was about building friendships, and most importantly it was about having fun.
"I would like to acknowledge the effort and dedication of all participants efforts in assuring the games were played hard, played fair with the best sportsmanship whether they won or lost, and I look forward to next year's tournament taking place.
"Thank you Agape Wellbeing for hosting such a great day."
Thanks go to Stuart Lovell at Street Soccer Scotland, Melissa Reid from Turning Point Scotland and The Wise Group's Heather Coulthard for helping to organise the event and referees Steven Brock, Daniel Thomson and George Lennon who donated their time.
Also thanks to Morrisons, Turning point and Greggs who donated food/snacks and drinks for the day.
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