A charity is closing all of its shops and its warehouse in Glasgow after a decline in income.

Mary's Meals is closing its shop on Duke Street as well as in Troon, Lochgilphead, Inverkeithing, Dunblane and Oban.

The team said their loss in income coupled with rising costs contributed to the decision. 

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Daniel Adams, the executive director of Mary's Meals, said: "After much deep consideration, we have taken the very difficult decision to close our six charity shops and warehouse.

"In recent years there has been a steady decline of income from our shops – while the cost of operating them has continued to increase.

"This means that sadly the shops are no longer a viable source of income."

The charity was founded in 2002 by brothers Magnus MacFarlane-Barrow and his brother Fergus. When Magnus visited Malawi during a famine and met a mother dying from AIDS, he was inspired to bring much-needed food to the communities who needed it.

Mary's Meals went from feeding 200 children to over 2,500,000 in 2022.

It is intended for the shops to remain open until September and the team will update local communities on any changes. 

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Mr Adams continued: "Every day, more than 2.4 million children eat Mary’s Meals at school. We are always guided by good stewardship and ensuring that we can continue to feed these little ones – whilst striving to reach the next hungry child.

"We are so grateful for the dedication of our shop and warehouse staff and volunteers to growing Mary’s Meals within their local communities.

"Our expectation is that the shops will stay open until the end of September, and we will keep the local communities updated as our plans progress.

"We hope people in these communities will continue to support us in any way they can – their generosity is helping to feed desperately hungry children in the world’s poorest countries and, at a time when we are responding to the devastating earthquake in Syria, it has never been more needed."