Queen’s Park’s drive to forge a strong chain of partnerships that deliver intrinsic benefits beyond the club will be in evidence again this Saturday when over 100 people from one of Scotland’s leading social care charities, Quarriers, attend the game against Raith Rovers at Hampden.
The Awareness Day for Quarriers has come about after Scotland’s oldest football club and family-owned independent pharmacy chain M & D Green, who sponsor the back of the club’s shirt, came together to work with the charity.
The game against the Kirkcaldy team at The National Stadium will be used to support and promote the work of Quarriers, who help people to live full lives through providing practical care and support for vulnerable children, adults and families, challenging poverty and creating opportunities for positive change.
Whether offering at-home care, working for young people in difficult situations, supporting those affected by epilepsy or helping children and families in need, Quarriers give people a chance to live their lives to the fullest.
The Awareness Day will see the Queen’s Park players wearing warm-up T-shirts, which were designed by Sophie Combe from Let’s Talk at St John Bosco Primary, who won a competition ran by Quarriers to design a T-shirt on the theme of kindness.
Sophie will also be The Spiders’ match mascot against Raith Rovers and she will be cheered on by the guests from Quarriers who have been provided with Match Tickets due to the partnership between the club and M & D Green.
Louise Robertson, Associate Director of Funding and Marketing at Quarriers, said: “We are grateful to Queen’s Park and M&D Green for sponsoring this wonderful opportunity for the children and young people we work with.
“Together we organised a competition for all those we work with under 12 years of age to design a T-shirt with the theme ‘kindness’. We were delighted to receive more than 30 brilliant entries, huge shout out to everyone who entered, the winning T-shirt design will be worn by the team during their warm up against Raith Rovers, as well as the winner, Sophie, being the mascot.
“All those that entered the competition have also been gifted tickets to the game with their families, something they are very excited to be part of.”
M & D Green’s Campbell Thomson said: “As a forward-thinking company with strong core values we are always looking to assist in our local communities. Our partnership with Queen’s Park has seen a number of exciting initiatives in recent years and The Awareness Day for Quarriers is probably our biggest initiative so far.
“We are proud to support Quarriers and proud that our partnership with Queen’s Park is growing in such a positive way.”
Queen’s Park’s Head of Commercial Kieran Koszary said: “We believe in the strength of partnerships that go beyond football and business. It is really encouraging that M & D Green feel the same and we are looking forward to welcoming Quarriers to our game with Raith Rovers on Saturday.”
