Salvation Army signs up for Glasgow 2014 Homestay Programme

The Salvation Army is taking part in a scheme to give athletes' families and volunteers a place to stay during the Commonwealth Games.

Salvationist Elizabeth Pye and her family, from Erskine, are among 170 people from churches across Scotland who have signed up to host visitors - many of whom would otherwise have been unable to afford the Games experience.

The mother of one is a member of Erskine corps and says she is delighted to be part of the Athlete Family and Volunteer Homestay Programme.

Elizabeth, her husband Ian and daughter Rebecca, 19, have already welcomed their new houseguest – a Commonwealth Games volunteer called Beenish Kamal, from Bath, who is a physio for the rugby sevens.