L to R, Operations Manager Jane Christie, volunteer Sheila Brown, Warehouse ManagerJohn McCartney & Annete


you do need to be a certain kind of person,” said Jane.


“You need to see through the idea that there could be a host of people who are at it and abusing the system. It’s a myth. People don’t come here to get their messages. They come here for emergency food.”


People who are referred to the


food bank by care professionals such as doctors, health visitors and social workers are given a three- day emergency supply of non-perishable, nutritional food. Items include milk, 500g of sugar, fish and pasta.


In addition to cooking tips, advice on how to build stronger relationships with others, how to cope with stress and information on where to go for help with housing worries is also available.


Below:


Food bank voucher


“We had a woman who couldn’t tell her mum, her kids or her partner that she was using a food bank,” said Jane.


“She was suicidal the day she came here. The only people who she had told was us. That puts a huge responsibility on us.


“We had to call her later on, when it was appropriate to do so with her permission, and encourage her to engage with her doctor, with Samaritans and Breathing Space services.


“A volunteer needs to have compassion for clients.”


According to the Scotish Index of Multiple Deprivation, much of the Airdrie and Shots constituency, 12 miles east of Glasgow, has a deprivation rate between 20 to 40 per cent. Areas


6 June 2015


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