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If you have plans for 10th September 2009 scrap them now. Whatever they are they'll be dull compared to the Glasgow Twestival.

We're hoping to raise £2500 for asthma charity No Strings Attached Scotland by bringing together Glasgow's twitterati for a night full of amazingly talented local bands and DJs as well as the chance to win a serious stack of prizes. The evening will be hosted by Clyde 1's twitter-fanatic Colin Kelly and tickets are selling fast!

Enter the promo code 'thirdsectorlab' and you can get yours for just £7 instead of the standard £10!

If you live in Glasgow and you use Twitter you're officially a 'tweegie'.

Want to meet other tweegies and raise lots of money for charity? Well you can do just that at the upcoming Glasgow Twestival.

Globally the last Twestival raised a staggering $250k for Charity:Water.

This time it's all about local causes.

Us tweegies have decided to let the twittersphere decide which charity will walk away with the funds raised. You can vote and/or nominate your chosen cause on our UserVoice page. There's some high profile causes on there already, such as ENABLE Scotland, Quarriers and the Big Issue Foundation along with some smaller charities, namely No Strings Attached and Glasgow Women's Library. Voting ends at 12pm on 31st July.

The event itself will feature the finest local musical talent. Glasgow band Any Color Black are the first act to get involved and we'll be announcing more over the next few weeks. We'll also have a raffle, auction and a few other surprises on the night.

Where and when?
Glasgow Twestival
10th September 2009
7pm - Midnight

The Living Room
150 St Vincent Street
Glasgow
G2 5NE

Tickets
Tickets will available soon for the charity event of the year via www.Amiando.com - You'll hear first by following our updates on @Gtwestival and our blog.

Links
Twitter - www.twitter.com/Gtwestival

Charity nomination/voting - http://tweegies.uservoice.com

Blog: http://glasgow.twestival.com

Please use the hashtag #tweegies when tweeting about the event!

Further Enquiries
If you want more info on the Glasgow Twestival 2009, use of our logo or if you'd like to donate a prize please get in touch with me - ross[@]thirdsectorlab.co.uk or @ThirdSectorLab

I'll leave you with a little teaser of just one of the acts who will be playing the Glasgow Twestival:

as you were. as you are // live @ the mill from Any Color Black on Vimeo.

Do you, like me, have a house full of stuff you never use but for some reason you can't bring yourself to throw it all out/auction it/give it to charity?

Wouldn't it be nice if you could do all three?

The BBC are looking for an individual, couple, family or flatmates to appear on 'Trash to Cash' - an exciting TV programme where the clutter from your house is cleared out and sold. Half the cash raised from the clear out would got to ENABLE Scotland and you'd get to keep the other half. You'll also get a jolly nice make over on one of your rooms too.

Everyone knows someone who is a hoarder - so get in touch with your mate, your mum, your auntie or your next door neighbour.

The deadline for this exciting opportunity is tight - Mon 19th Jan 2009 at 5pm.

Filming will be end of Jan 2009.

If you're interested or you know someone who might be, contact Rosie McIntosh, ENABLE Scotland PR & Marketing Co-ordinator - 0141 225 1645 - 07766 208 686

I'm Ross McCulloch, a 28 year old, recently married, Fifer living in Glasgow and working in Hamilton. I've had a fairly varied career since leaving university. I've worked for a bank, run my own business selling trainers, co-ordinated an education programme and developed services for looked after and accommodated children. I'm now a Development Officer managing a partnership between three Lanarkshire charities. I also volunteer for Scottish Community Foundation and sit on the Big Lottery Fund's Fair Share Scotland Panel.

Third Sector Lab will look at volunteering, charities and social enterprise. From your local bowling club or community hall to the latest celebrity endorsed idea that will supposedly change the world. The blog isn't just for people working or volunteering in the third sector. I hope to show people where their donations go and cast a critical eye over the big issues being tackled by the sector.

As well as all the hefty stuff mentioned above I want use this blog to dispell the myth that everyone working in the third sector is a Guardian reader who wears shoes made out of tofu. As with all blogs there will be lots of personal opinion so it's worth noting that what I say doesn't necessarily represent the views of my employers or the organisations which I volunteer for.

Heart of Scotland is an excellent idea and I feel privileged to be taking part. There's a great range of blogs covering topics as diverse as journalism, living with a disability and traffic cones.

Let the gibberish commence.