Renfrewshire charities given £25,000 community pantry funding boost
Join thousands of others in getting the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox.A community pantry that provides a lifeline to vulnerable Renfrewshire families during lockdown has been handed a bumper £25,000 funding boost.The STAR Project's Shortroods fridge has proved vital to the people in the area since it opened in 2019.The initiative will now receive a cash boost as Renfrewshire Council looks to help groups in their post Covid-19 recovery.RAMH and Active Communities will also receive £25,000 each to support their plans to establish two new community pantries at the Restore superstore in Paisley and the former Johnstone police station.Sharon McAulay, manager of STAR Project, said: “Our Community Fridge and Pantry is the