MEALS SERVICE RECOGNISED IN PARLIAMENT

Ness Bank Church’s Inverness Foodstuff, which provides meals to people who are homeless, vulnerable or financially disadvantaged, has been recognised in the Scottish Parliament for its service to the community during the Covid-19 pandemic serving over 10,000 meals locally. The drop-in café quickly adapted and evolved during the pandemic in order to provide food distribution six days a week including a delivery option for those unable to leave their homes.

David Stewart MSP thanked Inverness Foodstuff in a motion laid down in Holyrood last week, specifically commending the more than 80 volunteers and two paid members of staff who have provided “a staggering 10,000 nutritious meals to people in need during the Covid-19 lockdown.”

The MSP further congratulated the team for “addressing the problem of homelessness, food poverty, social isolation and food waste” whilst relying on donations of fruit and vegetables from supermarkets, grocers and individuals in order to do so.

The Rev Fiona Smith, the minister at Ness Bank Church and chair of Inverness Foodstuff said: “We are over the moon that our MSP David Stewart has proposed this motion.

“Our volunteers are utterly phenomenal and many of them have been with us since we started Inverness Foodstuff five years ago.

“Without the commitment and dedication of our volunteers we could not have achieved the higher output of meals over the past few months. Going forward we sadly know that demand for our service will continue to be so needed and so we are thankful that the very real issue of food poverty in our city will be raised in the Scottish Parliament.”

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