Scotland footballer Steven Naismith teamed-up with a Glasgow charity to provide a festive lunch for the homeless today.
Steven joined Loaves & Fishes volunteers at Renfield St Stephen's Church to hand out hot food and drinks during a Christmas celebration today, which kicked-off at 3pm.
It's the eighth year the Heart of Midlothian striker has supported the charity to provide a meal for needy folks in the city.
At the event, Steven said: "Initially I wanted to get involved in charity work that I believed in and I wanted to help the cause in whatever way I could.
"Being a footballer and with social media exploding it made it a great opportunity to raise awareness of the issues and the problems that so many people in this country are facing that probably go unnoticed."
Steven said his involvement with the festive lunch opened his eyes to the struggles faced by many in the community not only at Christmas time but all year round.
He told: "This is a time when a lot of people reflect and make decisions of how they can give back and if that strikes a chord with anyone who has seen about today then it’s been successful.
"This afternoon for me, I love coming along and having a chat and catching up with a lot of people here. It takes their mind off the struggles they have in their life. If you can do that to make them have a good afternoon then it’s a small benefit.
"The people downstairs are straight talking. They’ll tell you exactly what they think of football. It’s great banter and a joyful afternoon.
Around 60 people attended the meal in Glasgow.
Denis Curran MBE, organiser at Loaves & Fishes thanked Steven for making it possible.
He said: “Everyone connected with Loaves & Fishes wish to pass on our heartfelt thanks to Steven for his generosity and support.
"We do not receive any government funding for our work with the homeless or for the operation of a vital foodbank in East Kilbride, so for a professional footballer to help a grassroots charity like us is very much appreciated.”
“I have been involved with Loaves & Fishes for 26 years, and I have never experienced such a demand upon our services as I have this year. It might be 2018, almost 2019, but without doubt there is a poverty crisis in Scotland right now, with more and more families relying on emergency food packages from foodbanks.”
“We are desperately in need of donations, to fund hot meals for the homeless and to provide food packages for the most needy in our society. If you are able to, I would urge you to help this Christmas and throughout the year.”