An anti-poverty initiative that saw rival football fans team up to support good causes in England has arrived north of the border - with its first collections in aid of food banks starting imminently.
Fans Supporting Foodbanks Scotland (FSFS) is borne out of the idea that football fans can come together, even if they back different teams, to support good causes. It has been inspired by the original Fans Supporting Foodbanks initiative that launched in 2015 - which saw Liverpool and Everton followers come together to show solidarity with those experiencing poverty.
Under the banner of "hunger doesn't wear club colours", FSFS is urging supporters of teams all over Scotland to get involved by starting up their own local branches and arranging matchday collections of goods for food banks and community larders. The approach works: in north Liverpool, FSF is thought to account for more than 25 per cent of all food bank donations.
