A GLASGOW food bank has predicted more pensioners needing their services this winter. The hub based at Blawarthill Parish Church is facing rising demand over the cost-of-living crisis, but expects even more people to attend this Christmas. Shona Simm, the Glasgow North West Foodbank project manager, is bracing for more elderly people to use their services as tens of thousands of pensioners in Glasgow will lose the Winter Fuel Payment this year.
She is hoping more people can try to donate as they are already giving out “twice as much” as they are bringing in, but said she knows everyone is feeling the “pinch”. Shona Simm, Glasgow NW Foodbank project manager. (Image: Colin Mearns) READ MORE: Food bank demand as families prioritise Christmas presents Shona explained: “People should be able to afford the essentials, it is a human right to be able to eat and be warm.
Not everyone has that luxury anymore. “The demographic has changed a bit for people coming into the food bank, we are expecting more elderly people because of the Winter Fuel Payment situation. “We are helping people with their electricity and gas as well by joining a fuelbank foundation so people can heat the food we give them.
“We don't get a lot of older people in right now, but we are thinking during winter these numbers will go up.” The items in the crate are typical food items that are in high demand- cereal, tinned ham, long life milk, tinned tomatoes, tea, sweetcorn and diluting juice. (Image.
