“We want to give people dignity, to give them somewhere warm to sit and eat and socialise.'
A Glasgow soup kitchen is urging the city council to find them a suitable indoor location following two knife crime incidents in the space of a week.
READ MORE: Man 'stabbed three times' near Glasgow soup kitchen leaving hundreds of homeless without food “We have previously held demonstrations outside the city chambers, we have put a lot of pressure on the council to find a solution but they don’t seem to be able to find us one.” “That wasn’t suitable because it had no heating or a kitchen. The place was a bit of a nightmare so we couldn’t justify spending the amount of money we would need in one local authority because we cover the whole of the country.
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A spokesman said: “The incident at the weekend was very concerning but we understand volunteers with the charity responded admirably to an emergency situation.
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