{"id":3385,"date":"2026-03-18T11:43:02","date_gmt":"2026-03-18T11:43:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/pepassglasgow\/?page_id=3385"},"modified":"2026-03-18T12:41:55","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T12:41:55","slug":"finnie-the-commonwealth-mascot","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/pepassglasgow\/finnie-the-commonwealth-mascot\/","title":{"rendered":"Finnie the Commonwealth Mascot"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/public\/pepassglasgow\/uploads\/sites\/11311\/2026\/02\/09145703\/FINNIE_WEB-BANNER-16-9-AW.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3339\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/public\/pepassglasgow\/uploads\/sites\/11311\/2026\/02\/09145703\/FINNIE_WEB-BANNER-16-9-AW-300x169.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"518\" height=\"292\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/public\/pepassglasgow\/uploads\/sites\/11311\/2026\/02\/09145703\/FINNIE_WEB-BANNER-16-9-AW-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/public\/pepassglasgow\/uploads\/sites\/11311\/2026\/02\/09145703\/FINNIE_WEB-BANNER-16-9-AW-1024x576.webp 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/public\/pepassglasgow\/uploads\/sites\/11311\/2026\/02\/09145703\/FINNIE_WEB-BANNER-16-9-AW-768x432.webp 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/public\/pepassglasgow\/uploads\/sites\/11311\/2026\/02\/09145703\/FINNIE_WEB-BANNER-16-9-AW-800x450.webp 800w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/public\/pepassglasgow\/uploads\/sites\/11311\/2026\/02\/09145703\/FINNIE_WEB-BANNER-16-9-AW.webp 1260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 518px) 100vw, 518px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Meet Finnie!\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Finnie is the official mascot for the Glasgow 2026, Commonwealth Games. Let\u2019s hear a little bit about her,<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m a unicorn (Scotland\u2019s national animal \u2013 just saying). Sport\u2019s my absolute favourite thing. I\u2019m here to cheer on every athlete, bring the buzz and maybe add a little magic to The Games while I\u2019m at it.<\/p>\n<p>After I was imagined by the young people of Glasgow, something amazing happened, they wrote my story. From where I grew up, to how I got my horn, my stars and everything that makes me, me. It\u2019s full of magic, sport and loads of heart.<\/p>\n<p>Finnie will be making her way around Glasgow to visit schools and events. Here is what to expect when Finnie visits both your primary and secondary school:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Primary School Finnie visit\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/l7wHl8iDO24?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Please get in touch with your Active Schools Coordinator to arrange a visit!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Meet Finnie!\u00a0 Finnie is the official mascot for the Glasgow 2026, Commonwealth Games. Let\u2019s hear a little bit about her, I\u2019m a unicorn (Scotland\u2019s national animal \u2013 just saying). Sport\u2019s my absolute favourite thing. I\u2019m here to cheer on every athlete, bring the buzz and maybe add a little magic to The Games while I\u2019m at it. After I was imagined by the young people of Glasgow, something amazing happened,<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/pepassglasgow\/finnie-the-commonwealth-mascot\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22749,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3385","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/pepassglasgow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3385","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/pepassglasgow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/pepassglasgow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/pepassglasgow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22749"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/pepassglasgow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3385"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/pepassglasgow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3385\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3396,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/pepassglasgow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3385\/revisions\/3396"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/pepassglasgow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3385"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}