'A lot of food banks rely on donations, and they get quite a lot of food so we don’t fund it.'
A request for funding of £5000 to purchase “essential items” at a Glasgow food bank has been rejected - because of the “thousands” of donations it receives from the public.
The funds would have allowed the community groups to collect enough stock to cover a two month period. “If we were to fund say one community group - we would have hundreds of community groups coming in and asking for food and money for food.
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