Dumfries and Galloway foodbank bosses draw up plans to support vulnerable residents during coronavirus crisis
dailyrecord.co.ukFoodbank bosses have drawn up plans to support vulnerable residents as food stocks dwindle.Organisers at the First Base Agency in Dumfries have formed an emergency strategy to keep the service going.And they were backed by suppliers who provided discounted food and storage to help.First Base have joined forces with Summerhill Community Centre to continue supplies.Staff and volunteers at the centre are making soup to be distributed in the community.As panic buying cleared supermarket supplies, the Dumfries foodbank bosses could only secure around £18 worth of their weekly £500 order.But they hope to be able to send out up to 600 emergency food packs weekly, up from their usual 120.The bid was backed by Whitworth’s, who handed over a tonne of
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