Food for Thought opens new emergency distribution centre in Alexandria
dailyrecord.co.ukGet the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our personalised newsletter.A new emergency foodbank distribution centre has opened in Alexandria.Food For Thought, based in Dumbarton’s St Augustine’s Church, has increased staff and is quadrupling its reach with an extra three distribution centres across West Dunbartonshire.The Alexandria base opened on Tuesday last week in the Catra Centre in Alexander Street.It will be open every Tuesday between 11.30am and 1.30pm and provide food parcels to anybody requiring support.The charity has gone from handing out 40 food packages a week to 300.Chiefs also forecast that demand will grow further as the economic fall-out from the coronavirus pandemic deepens.Lorraine McLeish said:.
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