THEY have been there for Dennistoun’s most vulnerable for nearly a decade. 

And, like many other community organisations across the East End, the Everlasting Foodbank has had to adapt to life with coronavirus. 

Volunteers take users’ details at the door and they have to sanitise their hands and wear a mask. 

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Everyone has their own allocated position and picks the items they would like, which volunteers will pack into their bags. 

Importantly, the restrictions haven’t stopped the foodbank from feeding around 80 families per week. 

The foodbank has also been helping needy families throughout the October holidays, handing out bags of healthy food, snacks and activities for those who are entitled to free school meals. 

Foodbank manager Robyn McLeod and her counterpart Keisha Pierre, who runs the Freedom Cafe, are preparing for a busy few months ahead. 

Robyn said: “We’’re expecting an increase in demand. October is the end of furlough. Especially with bars closing, they’ll be reducing staff further. We’ve already experienced a rise in demand.”

Robyn and Keisha wouldn’t be able to deliver their service without the help of their volunteers. 

Keisha said: “They’re just lovely. 

“They’re warm people.”

Glasgow Times readers can help to meet the demand by donating goods and money.

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You can find donation bins in supermarkets around the East End including Lidl  on Duke Street; Iceland on Alexandra Parade and Sainsbury’s on Argyle Street. 

Readers can also make a financial donation through the foodbank website at www.everlastingfoodbank.org/donate. 

You can also donate directly to the building at the following times: Wednesdays: 7:30pm-9pm, Saturdays: 6pm-8:30pm and Sundays: 9am-2:30pm.

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