Renfrewshire Foodbank: Last News

The manager of Renfrewshire Foodbank has said she thinks people will freeze this winter as the cost of living crisis bites.

“Worrying” trends have shown more working people in Renfrewshire need financial support during the cost-of-living crisis.

Renfrewshire residents have been forced into turning to foodbanks after steep gas and electricity price rises pushed them deeper into poverty.

More than 9,000 emergency food parcels have been issued to Renfrewshire families in the past year as foodbank bosses reveal users have increased since the cut to Universal Credit.

Read More About: Police have appealed for information on the attempted break-in and urge anyone with information to come forward.Inspector Allan O’Hare, from Renfrew, Johnstone and the villages community policing team, said: “A male tried to gain entry to the unit in the Westway business park in the early hours of Sunday morning.“A window was smashed and the male appears to have tried the door.“We are urging anyone who may have information or seen anyone acting suspiciously in the area to come forward to police by calling 101 or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.”The unit was also broken into in October last year, when a crook stole volunteers' tea money before making off. Read More About: Anyone who would like to make a donation

Join thousands of others who have signed up for the Daily Record newsletter.Renfrewshire Foodbank is working harder than ever before as dedicated volunteers await an influx of people in need who have been left struggling due to Covid-19.Volunteers at the vital service which helps thousands of people in the local authority say they have numerous services now in place to help people who have been left struggling to make ends meet.More than 7,500 people in Renfrewshire are currently claiming unemployment benefits as a result of the pandemic, making the local authority one of the hardest hit areas in Scotland.But Renfrewshire Foodbank says, thanks to additional funding, it has now secured a number of additional lifelines to give people as much

People are not donating to Renfrewshire Foodbank because they are stockpiling supplies for themselves, the charity’s bosses have said.