Glasgow Food Train is on the brink of closure after the local authority failed to extend its funding for the Govanhill-based charity that it has been supporting for the last 10 years.
Age Scotland has urged Glasgow City Council to reconsider its decision to axe funding for a charity that supports and feeds older people.
Demand for Food Train’s services across Glasgow rocketed by 70% at the peak of the pandemic as older people were forced to isolate in their own homes. “If the council do not consider maintaining older people’s access to food enough of a priority to protect then we are really are in trouble. “Unless we can find a new funding source - and fast - our Glasgow branch faces closure within weeks. That’s a scandalous prospect, one that will leave hundreds of people in every corner of the city in danger of going hungry. Who else is going to deliver their food?
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