Motion · S5M-24081 · 5 Feb 2021
New Food Pantry at Courtyard Café, Westercommon, Glasgow
The motion
That the Parliament congratulates the partnership between Flourish House and Queens Cross Housing Association on being awarded £21,000 from Glasgow City Council’s Town Centre Action Programme Fund to open a food pantry at the Courtyard Café, beside Westercommon flats; notes that the food pantry is also benefiting from £16,000 from the Scottish Government’s Community Recovery Fund; pays tribute to the work of all involved at the Courtyard Café, which offers both a café space for the community and jobs at Flourish House by providing transitional and supported employment; thanks all who have supported the Courtyard Café kitchen, which has been well used to provide an emergency food response since the first COVID-19 lockdown; believes that the Scottish Food Pantry Network makes a dignified and effective contribution to tackling poverty, and looks forward to the launch of the Courtyard Food Pantry, which will see members pay £2.50 and receive food of the value of £10 to £15 each visit, with the aim of supporting over 200 users each week.
Supporters (12)
- Colin Beattie Scottish National Party 10 Feb 2021
- Kenneth Gibson No Party Affiliation 10 Feb 2021
- Bill Kidd 10 Feb 2021
- Fulton MacGregor Scottish National Party 10 Feb 2021
- Rona Mackay 10 Feb 2021
- Ruth Maguire 10 Feb 2021
- Stuart McMillan Scottish National Party 10 Feb 2021
- David Torrance Scottish National Party 10 Feb 2021
- Sandra White 10 Feb 2021
- Pauline McNeill Scottish Labour 11 Feb 2021
- Stewart Stevenson 12 Feb 2021
- Gillian Martin Scottish National Party 24 Feb 2021
Source: the Scottish Parliament motions and amendments record.