Report from the Daily Fruit Programme and Big Chef, Little Chef sessions in Glasgow. "I am extremely overwhelmed with your kind funding award and the practical support offered by SunnySid3-up Charity and Andy Murray Live Charity in achieving our aim to address poverty and hunger in young people attending our Project a reality for many."

Over the festive period there are many families who struggle to feed themselves especially with the added pressure of Christmas.

Sunny-Side Up English School will hold a charity sponsored 'Open Day.' The event includes English lesson demos in grammar, phonology, song and vocabulary games. Students in the Welipenna area and their families are all welcome to attend the event and enquire about our FREE English classes – all course fees, books, tuition and Cambridge Certification exams provided to those students who meet our criteria for support. Gifts and refreshments will be provided throughout the afternoon. See you on the day!

Glasgow City Mission £500 worth of sleeping bags for homeless... Govan Boxing Club £1000 towards equipment... Sunny Govan Community Radio towards fixing radio mast for community station...

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Supporting Glasgow Hearts Football, a voluntary organisation using football as a vehicle to provide hope and opportunity for men of all ages.

Southside Mini Kickers: We gave funding to supply the youngsters with tracksuit tops which have our sunny-sid3up logo on them, this was given after they successfully raised on their own the monies to purchase the football strips, it's very important for clubs to try and raise funds for their own activities and fundraise on their own this was very much the case with Southside Football club.

St Marnocks Primary were given £500, this was for musical instruments for the children to learn after school and during break times, this brings the children together after the school day to learn new skills and interact with others that they might not normally socialise with, this tuition is provided by 2 of the schools teachers who give up their own time to teach the children how to play the guitar along with other musical instruments.

Broomloan Nursery Families connect programme is a programme that enables parents/carers to discuss ideas about how to support their children's learning and provides opportunities to test out activities with the support of trained staff, which can then be used at home.

The first social service project of 2018 for Sri Lankan needy is just started with the financial support of Sunnysid3-Up, the construction of two rooms of a house for a poor family in urgent need of a shelter. Their kadjan thatched temporary house has been collapsed due to heavy rain.

This week we took delivery of 5 pallets of sleeping bags to be distributed to Glasgow Homeless, this task will be undertaken with the help of Glasgow City Mission and Simon Community Street Team.

This week we distributed £1500 worth of food vouchers for families in Glasgow to buy food for Christmas. No family should have to go without food at any time of the year...