Sainsbury's Glasgow Argyle St Local

The Pyramid is owned and run by the local community via The Pyramid at Anderston Trust. The Trust is working to renovate and redevelop this B listed local icon, which is home to a myriad of activities and support. Our central purposes are: to prevent and relieve poverty; to advance citizenship and community development; to advance the arts, heritage and culture; to provide recreational facilities and organise recreational activities for members of the public in order to reduce isolation and to improve well-being and confidence; and to bring together people from different backgrounds. Activities are primarily intended for people who have need of them by reason of age, ill health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage; and for members of the public. We are home to a wide range of regular clubs, including yoga, Knit and Natter, community meals, wellbeing sessions, martial arts, personal training, community cinema, chess and more, and we offer spaces for the local community to meet, run activities and events and hold celebrations. We are fundraising for a multi million pound redevelopment of the building and surrounding site to ensure that we continue to serve and support our community.

We run two projects under the banner of The Everlasting Foodbank. Our foodbank is for people to receive emergency food in times of crisis or need. We also give people clothing, toiletries and a friendly face to chat with. Alongside food we encourage people to sit with us and chat over some coffee/tea and buiscuits. Sometimes we find that we can be the only people that someone talks to that day. We have been well supported by the local community who find us to be reassuringly approachable. Up to today we have fed over 1600 people after opening for just about 4 years. The hope and aim is to be able to be a resource for the community and help people with their immediate need but also help them to recover from their current crisis situation. We have recently launched a community cafe. This helps people in need (those who would qualify to use the foodbank) with free hot food made by our team of volunteer chefs. There is encouragement of socialising between cafe users and similar to the foodbank we have people who will sit and talk with users. The cafe provides job experience for those who use the foodbank by letting them volunteer in the cafe itself. This greatly helps to move people from reliance on foodbanks to get back into work. Alongside the cafe we also provide a one-to-one drop-in centre for help and signposting.

Far more than a food bank, we are at the heart of the Glasgow community, offering support, courses and food to those who need it most. Who we are and what we do... The Destiny Hope Hub, is run by Destiny Church, can be described as a bridge between supermarkets and food banks. Whilst people don’t need to be referred, we are here to help people who need it most. Often our members will be people who are unable to be referred to a food bank, or who are unable to feed their family for a full week using food banks. The Destiny Hope Hub allows members to choose their own food 3x a week for just £4 a shop. In this shop they can get bakery items, frozen food, fruit and veg, shelf items, fridge items and non-food goods, worth around £40. On top of this, we also offer support to help individuals develop new skills including money management, applying for jobs and cooking classes. We’ve seen so many of our members gain employment on the back of the help they’ve received. How getting involved helps your community… Product surplus: There is 9.5 million tonnes of edible food that goes to landfill each year in the UK. We want to reduce food poverty for our local people, and help you achieve zero waste to landfill, by redistributing surplus food and products. Make sure to contact our team to find out how we can work together. Financial donations: Your financial donations help us keep our doors open and the shelves stocked. Whilst we reply heavily on food donations, there are some foods we have to buy fresh, and your donations contribute to this food provision. With your help, we can keep families fed. Volunteering: The Hope Hub relies on volunteers to help manage and run the store, as well as host classes which aim to develop skills such as money management, cooking classes or Alpha. We’d love you to join us in helping our community and see exactly what a difference The Hope Hub is having in Glasgow.