'We have just been trying to keep up with this kind of demand as best as we can'
Volunteer Ryan McGeady told the Glasgow Times:"Now, we get a lot of people who are in work poverty, so they are coming here before they head off to work, some of which I know have not-bad-paying jobs.“Especially for people who don’t already own their home and they pay their rent and bills.Images of The Queen displayed across Glasgow following her death at Balmoral
The vital service has also been receiving fewer donations and an increasing number of requests in the past few months, which has forced it to put out an urgent appeal again. In May, the team told us that their shelves were almost empty as staff feared they would not be able to fulfil the follow week’s parcels.Mr McGeady said: “With the rising cost of living, it seems that the middle class, who usually donate to us, have been unable to.“Our numbers are back up to around 105 and 130 families a week.“We have just been trying to keep up with this kind of demand as best as we can.
“We are making small changes to parcels by lessening the amount, which we don’t like having to do, but unfortunately just to get around to all the families it is something we have to do.”
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