The charity supports more than 400 over-65s across Glasgow, ensuring they don't go without food and meals through deliveries by its volunteers.
The campaign is calling on health and social care chiefs to save Food Train Glasgow - a charity that provides services for older people who are no longer able to manage independently.
However, it has been plunged into financial crisis and faces closure within weeks after the lion's share of its funding provided by Glasgow City Council was cut last week. “It’s a false economy for the health and social care partnership not to support us. Without Food Train, it’s they who will be left to pick up the tab for getting food and meals to those who need them - or for the additional NHS and care support they will need if they fall ill from becoming malnourished. Ours is a cost-effective way of providing critical services.
Another said: “Without Food Train delivering my shopping I will starve. I don’t mean to be dramatic, but I really can’t see any other outcome." Demand on Food Train’s services across Glasgow rocketed by 70% at the peak of the Covid-19 pandemic as older people were forced to isolate in their own homes. They have remained consistently high since.
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