Campaigners set sail in a replica Viking longboat on the Clyde

A giant white band - the symbol of the Make Poverty History campaign - was stretched Govan and Partick from a replica Viking longboat.

Aid charity Oxfam said the G8 summit at Gleneagles puts Scotland in a unique position to make its voice heard.

Make Poverty History is also holding roadshows in major cities, culminating in a mass rally in Edinburgh on 2 July.

The leaders of the world's top industrial nations will meet at the G8 summit at Gleneagles in Perthshire from 6 to 8 July.

Oxfam campaign manager in Scotland Angela O'Hagan said: "We wanted to make sure the people of Scotland felt that they had a voice in what was happening around the G8.

This is about trade justice, an end to debt and better aid Angela O'Hagan Oxfam

"By promoting the 2nd of July and the Make Poverty History rally we are encouraging people from across Scotland to be part of that rally and to make their voices heard.

"This is about trade justice, an end to debt and better aid.

"People are dying needlessly because of poverty. People don't need to be poor in the 21st century when there's so much money and wealth."

Gleneagles gathering

The head of Oxfam in Scotland, Judith Robertson, said: "We want as many people as possible to come along and get involved in the debate on poverty as this year Scotland is in a unique position to make its voice heard against the atrocity of world poverty.

"By backing the Make Poverty History campaign, people throughout Scotland will help keep the debate on poverty alive and demand action to drop the debt, deliver trade justice and provide more and better aid."

Ms Robertson added: "Oxfam is very concerned about the depth of poverty abroad but also about poverty in Scotland.

"Scots have got to use the opportunity of the G8 to let world leaders know that they must take action to end poverty."