A GLASGOW festival wants to invite the city's unsung heroes to a special lunch at Kelvingrove Park later this month.

The Meal of Thanks, a special long-table feast, is part of the Dandelion Festival, which runs from June 17 to 19.

Organisers are asking Glasgow Times readers to nominate "special people whose kindness and generosity of spirit have helped the community keep going over these last few years - ordinary people doing extraordinary things".

They will be invited to enjoy a complimentary three-course meal, specially prepared by professional chefs using the best in seasonal produce.

"It could be the person who brought your shopping over, a caring cleaner, your taxi driver, a foodbank volunteer, or a teacher who kept your spirits up with their everyday act of kindness," said Neil Butler, festival and events director.

"The Meal of Thanks promises to be a really lovely, community event, with music and entertainment continuing in the tent to mark the end of the festival and the ‘sharing’ part of Dandelion’s ‘sow, grow, share’ message."

The Dandelion Festival is a free, three-day spectacular of live music, performances, talks, workshops and food.

Acts taking part include Rura, Admiral Fallow, This Is the Kit and many more across three stages – including the Pavilion of Perpetual Light, a spectacular 10-metre vertical farm and concert platform made from dozens of light cubes and the intimate, in-the-round Orchard Stage.

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The festival also features talks by leading scientists, chefs, artists, activists and others on such urgent issues as sustainability, climate action and food poverty, plus plenty of fun hands-on activities hosted by charities, campaign groups and community organisations.

To nominate your local hero visit dandelion.scot/dandelion-meal-of-thanks-nominations-open/