A FOOD bank which was originally established to meet the need of a growing number of impoverished families due to the lockdown, has been given permission to remain open once normality resumes.
Whitecrook food bank has been inundated with families, elderly and vulnerable individuals in desperate need of support as lockdown has caused an increase in unemployment in an area of high deprivation.
The food bank volunteers have also delivered emergency food packages and hot meals to isolating individuals, as well as partnering with local schools to operate a hub for free school meal collections.
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Gill McCormick started the Braes Avenue food bank after she recognised the growing need for it in the community.
Gill had experience of working at the Glasgow North West food bank, where she was recently made a manager, and she decided to make the Whitecrook service a permanent fixture.
The food bank has also providing activity packs to around 120 youngsters from the area and Easter Eggs to children who benefit from the free school meal service and the centre’s steering group.
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