M&S Milngavie

From July 2020, a team of volunteers from St Andrews RC Bearsden uplifts surplus 7 days a week and delivers to ST Gregorys Wyndford food bank and Aspire which helps people get back on their feet. Historical info below. 1051GWR is a b/restaurant which ceased trading like all others on the 22nd of March 2020. On the 23rd we opened up as a takeaway. Our first customers were NHS staff from Gartnavel hospital whose canteens had been shut down. We could not charge them so gave them free soup and pizza and pasta. In addition to the 500meals given away daily to frontline workers we supply a further 500 to the elderly vulnerable and homeless. We now know every day where and when we are going to be delivering food so becoming a member of Neighbourly at this point seems appropriate and useful. We use volunteers from St Andrew's RC Bearsden who normally visit homeless shelters. Since March 2020 we have been delivering hot and cold food to 6/7 homeless/ vulnerable organisations. As at July 2020, we deliver supermarket surplus to the Wayside Club Glasgow city centre where homeless people can pick up food and St Gregorys food bank giving free food to needy families and individuals.

Established in May 2017 with just four employees, Well-Fed has grown into a thriving social enterprise employing 13 people and creating enormous social and economic impact within our community and beyond. Trading from our first premises within the Whiteinch Centre, Well-Fed created a safe social space open to the entire community. Over the past 3 years Well-Fed has transformed a small kitchen and cafe space (circa 1000 sqft) into a thriving and flourishing business, with a turnover in the last financial year of £350,000, although more remarkable than this, is the social and economic impact that has been created. Being a truly community led organisation, Well-Fed has worked to tackle the issues identified by the community, in their community. Food poverty, social isolation, lack of opportunity and barriers to inclusion have all been identified as key social issues within the Whiteinch area of the city and as an organisation Well-Fed have responded by providing: Over 33,000 FREE meals to the local community (Monetary value £130,000) Offering FREE school holiday activity and meal provision to over 300 children and their families across all school holidays (Monetary value £165,000) Redistributing over 7000 crates of FREE (approx 125 Tons) surplus food through our dignified food pantry model (Monetary Value £300,000) Operating a FREE homework and learning club with food provision for an average 60 children and their families each week (Monetary value £45,000) Providing a full program of FREE wellbeing activities inc. training and volunteering opportunities to adults and young people (Monetary value £60,000) Hosting over 50 FREE community events with food provision including Christmas Day 2017, 2018 & 2019 (Monetary value £37,000) Total equivalent Monetary value of £737,000 invested in the Whiteinch community As our community engagement has continued to grow year on year and the demand for our service becoming increasingly more complex and multi-faceted, it is clear that Well-Fed has become a much needed and relied on service to the Whiteinch community.

Our foodbank is part of Trussell Trust's network of 428 foodbanks, working to tackle food poverty and hunger in our local communities, as well as across the UK. Our foodbank is a project founded by local churches and community groups, working together towards stopping hunger in our local area. We rely on donations of food and money for the running of the Foodbank.