Scottish Premier League football club Partick Thistle has launched an innovative scheme that will give free match tickets to local carers.
Under the partnership with Carers Trust, the UK’s largest charity for unpaid carers, the club will donate an allocation of tickets for those who often give up their lives to support a relative with additional care needs.
It is thought to be the first such scheme by a professional football club in the UK.
According to the charity, there are at least 759,000 carers aged 16 and over in Scotland and 29,000 young carers.
“As a club we are very proud of our close connection to the community and remain thoroughly committed to doing what we can to build ever tighter ties to those living in the local area,” the club’s managing director, Ian Maxwell, said.
“Unpaid carers do absolutely invaluable work and, having met some who have already been to games this season, I know how much a day at the football can mean. I can’t begin to imagine how difficult it must be, particularly for young people, to have that amount of responsibility placed on their shoulders.
“Going to a match on a Saturday can be taken for granted by many of us. But for carers, it’s something of a luxury both financially and in terms of time away from responsibility.”
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