Airport cash boost helps village project support hungry families

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Cash generated by Glasgow Airport is helping feed families in Lochwinnoch.A £3000 sum was handed out to community group LEAP Together to help set up a community food larder project.The money, from the airport's FlightPath Fund, was funnelled in to help establish the project - which helps families by redistributing surplus food and reducing waste - benefiting more than 165 families in the area weekly.Based in Lochhead Gardens, the project, which is operated by volunteers, sees surplus food from local supermarkets redistributed, helping divert it from landfill and reducing unnecessary waste, as well as cutting out the logistics involved in disposal.Don't miss the latest headlines from around Renfrewshire.

Sign up to our newsletters here.Money handed out to the group was also used to allow members to buy a community fridge and seed library to support LEAP Together's Diggin' It project - aimed at helping users of the larder to grow their own vegetables sustainably at home.

Tori Bell, project officer, at LEAP Together, said: "We’re really grateful to the FlightPath Fund for their prompt response to our request, and for the award, which will really help our project at this critical stage of development. "We’re tackling climate change by redistributing surplus food otherwise destined for landfill.

It’s an important project which is building resilience in our small community and this money is really making an impact towards this aim." The FlightPath Fund saw a £70,000 sum offered last September to help to support community groups, charities and sustainability-themed projects close to Glasgow Airport.