A baby bank is in critical need of formula milk donations in the city.

Glasgow Baby Food Bank Limited have only five tins left and are in desperate need of contributions.

The group provides services for up to 50 families a week, but have been struggling to keep up with demand due to the cost-of-living crisis.

Now they are calling on the support of the city to rally round and help them secure Cow & Gate First Milk, as well as Aptamil 1 First Infant Milk Formula.

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Springburn volunteers Tracy Pender, 47, and Agnes Watson, 64, spoke to the Glasgow Times and said: “We massively rely on donations and at the minute we are seriously struggling.

“We have five tins of formula right now because we have seen such a big increase in demand for it.

“We also would never say no to help so if anyone would like to volunteer they are welcome.

“All of us are mums and grans that volunteer, we know what it is like to be in the position the service users are.

“There's no judgement or questions, it is a safe space that just wants to help people across Glasgow.”

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New figures have shown 15,546 youngsters in Scotland have been supported by baby banks in the last year.

The service saw a 54.4% increase across the UK between 2021 and 2023, according to Baby Bank Alliance.

The charity has called to scrap the two-child tax credit limit which they believe is causing more infant poverty.

We recently reported how all six of Glasgow's MPs voted against an amendment to abolish the cap this week, despite 1.6m children being affected.

It would also see 670,000 additional children in poverty in the next five years.

Now Glasgow Baby Food Bank Limited has backed calls to scrap the two-child tax limit.

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Tracy said: “We started up this baby bank in 2019 and were promied child poverty would be tackled.

“Here we are all these years later and things have just got worse, we need it to stop and things to really change now.

“The two child tax limit is not helping the situation and we agree it needs to be scrapped.

“We get working families in as well, everyone is struggling because of the cost-of-living crisis.

“People need to start standing up for these low income families and finally say enough is enough.”

A UK Government spokesperson said: “No child should be in poverty and the mass dependence on baby banks is unacceptable.

“We will take bold action alongside the Scottish Government to support families right away, by developing an ambitious strategy to reduce poverty, tackle inequality and make work pay.”

Maureen Burke, Glasgow North East, Labour MP told the Glasgow Times: “Scottish Labour MPs want to get rid of the two-child benefit cap. Every Labour MP wants to abolish it too.

“We voted for a King's speech that will do an enormous amount to lift people out of poverty and voted against an SNP amendment that criticised the Government for not lifting the two-child cap in 18 days.

“The immediate challenge on the two-child cap is the disastrous state of the public finances, which we’ve inherited from the Tories. I listened to former Conservative Ministers this week reimagine the last 14 years of Tory repeated failures and pretend they have left the country in good shape. They haven’t.”

To get involved at the baby bank by volunteering or making vital donations please email babyfoodbank@gmail.com

You can also find them on social media or visit them at Flemington House, 110 Flemington Street, Glasgow, G21 4BF.

The opening times for the baby bank [at the time of this article being published] are 10am until 2pm every Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday.