The Marie Trust

We're delighted to launch our Christmas campaign!! 🎄👏 Pledge your tree and share your support this Christmas with The Marie Trust Show someone who is struggling you care – donate and leave a message of support on our Just Giving Page. Each week we will publish your message on our virtual tree. Are you a local business and want to Pledge your Christmas Tree to The Marie Trust? It's a great way to gather donations. Did you know that we’re one of Glasgow’s smallest homeless charities? Despite our size, our impact is vast: supporting over 2,000 people each year with 90 people come through our doors every day. Your support means we can continue to be there for people when they need us the most. 🎄 Tap our bio link to get involved.🎄 #IPledgeMyTree #PeopleMakeGlasgow

📸 Learners’ Photography Exhibition We’re proud to invite you to a special exhibition showcasing photographs taken by learners at The Marie Trust. These images capture everyday moments, places, and perspectives — seen through the eyes of people building confidence, skills, and creative voice through our learning community. 🗓️ 14 November – 15 December 2025 📍 Knightswood Library, 27 Dunterlie Ave, Glasgow G13 3BB 🎟️ Free entry Please come along, support our learners, and share with anyone who loves photography or community art. 💚 #TheMarieTrust #PhotographyExhibition #LearnerArtwork #CommunityPhotography #GlasgowEvents #KnightswoodLibrary

Learn how to Screen Print (6 week course) We’re excited to launch a new textile screen-printing course in partnership with @printclan . Over 6 weeks you’ll learn the basics of screen printing and get to experiment with colour, shape and pattern to create your own designs on different fabrics. This course is open to people experiencing homelessness, or affected by mental health, addiction or justice services. A friendly, supportive space to learn something new and get creative. 📅 Starts: Friday 9th January 2026 🕝 Time: 2.30–4.30pm 📍 Where: The Marie Trust, 29 Albion Street, Glasgow G1 1LH ✅ To book a place: Email [email protected] or text Adam on 07903 263261 Please share with anyone who might be interested 💚 #TheMarieTrust #PrintClan #ScreenPrinting #CreativeCourse #Glasgow #WellbeingThroughArt #SkillsForLife

Your Christmas gift funds lifesaving support through counselling, hospital outreach and education. We meet people at crisis points, help them heal, and support them toward a safer, more independent future. Every program we’ve built reflects our belief that homelessness is complex and life changing, this should never be the case, everyone deserves better. The impact homelessness has on peoples live expectancy is often overlooked. For a lot of people, we support they are dealing with pain that is often unbearable. To continue this critical work, we need your support. Our team tackles some of the most complex and challenging issues faced by people experiencing homelessness by providing practical, problem solving solutions that include planned pathways and high-level support. Glasgow has a housing emergency, being there to advocate and represent people’s rights has never been more important to ensure that they do not slip through the net. Let’s make this season one of hope and healing for Glasgow’s most vulnerable. Thanks for taking the time to visit The Marie Trust JustGiving page. /christmas-campaign-2025/ Donating through JustGiving is simple, fast and totally secure. Your details are safe with JustGiving - they'll never sell them on or send unwanted emails. Once you donate, they'll send your money directly to the charity. So it's the most efficient way to donate - saving time and cutting costs for the charity. Thank you.

Today’s the day! 🎉 Our very own Alasdair Sladen is running a half marathon for The Marie Trust 🏃‍♂️💙 We’re so proud of his dedication and commitment to supporting people facing homelessness, poverty and social exclusion. 📣 Leave him a message of encouragement below! 💙 Donate if you can: justgiving.com/page/marietrustrun2025 Go Alasdair, we’re all cheering you on! 🙌✨ #RunForGood #MarieTrust #HalfMarathon #CheerOnAlasdair

This Sunday, 5th of October, Alasdair Sladen, our Addiction Lead at @themarietrust Counselling Service will be running a half-marathon to raise funds for The Marie Trust! 🏃‍♂️ Alasdair's taking on this challenge to support vital work tackling homelessness, trauma, poverty and social exclusion in Glasgow including counselling, hospital outreach and education. But he can’t do it alone. Here’s how you can help: 💙 Donate, even a small amount will make a difference. Every pound helps keep these services running. 📣 Share, spread the word. Ask friends, family, networks to support. 👍 Encourage, leave him a message of support. It’ll keep him going on those tough miles. 👉 Donate / find out more here on Alasdair’s JustGiving page. /page/marietrustrun2025 Let’s cheer him on — and help ensure people impacted by homelessness and crisis get the hope, dignity and care they deserve. 💛 #RunForGood #MarieTrust #HalfMarathon #Support #MentalHealth #Homelessness

This Sunday, 5th of October, @themarietrust Counselling and Psychotherapy Addiction Lead, Alasdair Sladen, will be running a half marathon to raise funds for The Marie Trust 🏃‍♂️💙 Every donation helps us continue providing essential services; Counselling, Art therapy, Digital Literacy, Education and supporting patients who experience homelessness in Glasgow hospitals. 👉 if you can, please support Alasdair here: justgiving.com/page/marietrustrun2025 Let’s cheer him on! 🎉Go Alasdair, we are so proud of you! #RunForGood #MarieTrust #HalfMarathon /page/marietrustrun2025

Our Learners’ Photography Exhibition is Live at Anniesland Library! Adam McIlwaine, our Curriculum Manager has been busy this week creating the most incredible exhibition of our photography students work, which will tour across Glasgow libraries and community spaces, bringing lived experience and creative storytelling to the wider public. This year, our Education Service supported 313 learners, with 91% reporting higher confidence and 83% better wellbeing as they progressed into volunteering and further education. One of our learners, who is now studying HND Photography at @cofgcollege shared “It was only through attending the community photography classes at The Marie Trust that I gained the confidence and self-belief to apply to college. Even when I doubted myself, the staff and my classmates encouraged me. Without their support, I wouldn’t be where I am today.” Their words remind us that education is a lifeline, breaking cycles of homelessness, poverty, and exclusion, and opening doors to creativity, belonging, and future possibilities. Huge thank you to Adam McIlwaine and the wonderful and talented Aleksandra Debiczak, Photography lecturer at Glasgow Kelvin College who teaches our students each year. We are incredibly proud of their work. 👉 Come along and see the impact yourself at Anniesland Library, be inspired, and support our mission to turn learning into lasting change. #StrivingToEndHomelessness #TheMarieTrust #PhotographyExhibition #LivedExperience #EducationForChange

🌟 A Huge Thank You to The National Lottery Community Fund 🌟 We are delighted to share that The Marie Trust has been awarded £348,582 over five years through the Fairer Life Chances programme by The National Lottery Community Fund. This incredible investment will secure the future of our Counselling and Psychotherapy Service, which provides life-saving, trauma-informed mental health support for people experiencing homelessness, addiction, and extreme poverty in Glasgow. In 2024–25 alone, our service: 🧠 Supported 161 clients through 403 sessions, helping them address complex trauma, addiction, and mental health challenges. 💬 Achieved a 53% reduction in psychological symptoms (CORE-34 measure). ⏱ Maintained waiting times under six weeks, compared with NHS targets of 18 weeks. 💡 Provided a low-threshold service — no cap on treatment length and a simple referral process, ensuring people get help when they need it most. “The Marie Trust recognises the complex realities of those it supports. Its trauma-informed, flexible approach meets people where they are, offering safety, trust, and dignity.” — Independent Evaluation, Scottish Drug Forum This service is vital at a time when Glasgow faces record drug deaths, homelessness, and health inequalities. Many of our clients have been excluded from other systems due to addiction, criminal justice involvement, or stigma. People do not need to be abstinent to use this service. With this funding, we can continue to break the cycle of homelessness and trauma, helping individuals rebuild their lives and create pathways to stability and hope. Thank you to the National Lottery Community Fund for believing in our mission and helping us create a fairer future. 💙 #TheMarieTrust #MentalHealthMatters #HomelessnessSupport #TraumaInformedCare #FairerLifeChances

✨ Thank you to The Garfield Weston Foundation! ✨ We are incredibly grateful to receive a £20,000 donation to help us continue delivering our Hospital Outreach, Counselling & Psychotherapy, and Education services. Every day, these services provide lifelines: 💙 Supporting patients leaving hospital to prevent homelessness. 🧠 Helping people heal from trauma and mental health challenges. 📚 Opening pathways to education and brighter futures. Thanks to this generous support, we can continue working towards a future where everyone has a safe place to call home. 🏠❤️ #ThankYou #TheMarieTrust #HomelessnessSupport #MentalHealth #Education #Glasgow #Community

A huge thank you to The Kerry Group for their incredible donation of essential toiletries and supplies to support our Hospital Outreach Service. 💙 This service works with patients experiencing homelessness in Glasgow hospitals, providing emergency support, advocacy, and housing advice. In the past year, we have: 🏥 Supported 117 patients – 74% homeless, 7.6% sleeping rough 🥗 Distributed 89 food parcels & 61 food vouchers 🏠 Prevented homelessness & secured permanent housing for patients Kerry’s generosity helps ensure no one leaves hospital to face homelessness alone. Together, we’re creating hope and lasting change. ❤️ #ThankYou #HospitalOutreach #CommunitySupport #TheMarieTrust #HomelessnessSupport