Homeless World Cup

The Homeless World Cup co-founder and social entrepreneur Mel Young MBE has won the coveted Edinburgh Award. The award was officially presented last week at a civic reception at the City Chambers by the Lord Provost, Robert Aldridge.

The Homeless World Cup co-founder and social entrepreneur Mel Young MBE is to receive the prestigious Edinburgh Award. Mel Young MBE has been selected to receive the accolade from a shortlist of nominations cast by the Edinburgh public. He will receive an engraved Loving Cup from the city’s Lo

Heung-Min Son, one of Korea’s most famous footballers, is backing the Seoul 2024 Homeless World Cup’s #passforhome challenge and adding his support to raise awareness ahead of the tournament taking place in Korea’s capital in September this year. The Tottenham Hotspur captain, who

To mark the release of The Beautiful Game, the new Netflix film that features the Homeless World Cup, a new edition of the book that inspired the movie has been launched. The Beautiful Game, starring Bill Nighy and Micheal Ward, was released by Netflix on March 29. The feature-length drama

Scottish Housing News’ new Charity Spotlight feature will highlight the vital work of charities across Scotland each Friday. To feature your local charity, whether housing-related or not, send your story and images to us at newsdesk@scottishnews.com. The Beautiful Game, a film inspired by

The Homeless World Cup Foundation and The Big Issue South Korea have announced that the 2024 Homeless World Cup will take place in Seoul, the first time the Homeless World Cup has been held in Asia since the tournament was introduced in 2003. The Seoul 2024 Homeless World Cup, set to take place in O

The Homeless World Cup has forged a ground-breaking partnership with Heriot-Watt University and Oriam to tackle the pressing challenges of social exclusion and deprivation head-on.

Five of Scotland's football clubs, namely Aberdeen, Celtic, Hearts, Hibernian, and Rangers, have banded together to financially assist Ukraine's participation in the 2023 Sacramento Homeless World Cup.

Actor Michael Sheen is fronting a campaign to help get homeless young people into employment. Michael is fronting the campaign on behalf of End Youth Homelessness, which is a group comprised of 11 charities across Britain who each work on a local, grass-roots level.

Scotland's Homeless World Cup players Steven Kelly and Colleen McCudden from Glasgow with Sir Alex Ferguson Scotland’s men’s and women’s squads have received words of encouragement from the most successful Scottish football manager in history ahead of the Homeless World Cup in Oslo.

(from left) Sir Tom Farmer, Mel Young, Ann Budge, Lord Provost – photo credit Phyllis Stephen An Edinburgh-based advocate for the homeless has been recognised by the city’s Lord Provost after earning an award from the United States Sports Academy.

Over 50 countries participated in the Homeless World Cup last week in Glasgow, with the event attracting almost 100,000 spectators through the gates.

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon poses with Scotland's mens and womans teams players and coaches First Minister Nicola Sturgeon attended the Homeless World Cup in Glasgow yesterday.

Stephanie Tweed is proud to represent Scotland When Stephanie Tweed steps out this weekend to represent her country in the Homeless World Cup, it will mark an incredible step on her journey to recovery from drug addiction.

Over 350 volunteers descended on Glasgow at the weekend to be involved in the delivery of the Homeless World Cup which kicks-off on Sunday. The final training session, held at the Emirates Arena, brought together many of the volunteers who have willingly given up their time to support the global tou