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Chamber and committees

New Food Pantry at Courtyard Café, Westercommon, Glasgow

  • Submitted by: Bob Doris, Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn, Scottish National Party.
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 10 February 2021
  • Motion reference: S5M-24081

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.


Supported by: Colin Beattie, Kenneth Gibson, Bill Kidd, Fulton MacGregor, Rona Mackay, Ruth Maguire, Gillian Martin, Stuart McMillan, Pauline McNeill, Stewart Stevenson, David Torrance, Sandra White