Glasgow Speedway is lending its support to the Evening Times ‘Food For Thought’ campaign to raise awareness and direct help to those families in this part of the world who are unable to afford regular and wholesome meals.
Our skipper Theo Pijper recently joined Rangers & England football legend Mark Hateley, and Partick Thistle’s Gary Fraser to initiate supporter power amongst the three clubs.
From this Sunday, and right through July, we will have a collection point for item donations and would be grateful if Tigers, and visiting, fans would be kind enough to support this great cause through donation. Not only will this directly help our fellow citizens throughout the City, it will also help fly the flag for our club and what we represent to Glasgow. People make Glasgow.
As a guide, the type of supplies the Food Bank is looking for include the following –
• UHT or powdered milk
• Sugar
• Fruit Juice in cartons
• Pasta sauces
• Tinned sponge pudding and rice pudding
• Tinned tomatoes and other vegetables
• Tinned fruit
• Tinned meat and fish
• Rice and pasta
• Cereal
• Jam
• Tea and instant coffee
• Biscuits or snack bars
• Instant mash potatoes
• Toiletries including toilet roll, toothpaste and feminine hygiene products
Thank you.
The following article was recently published by our print media partner the Evening Times:
“TODAY across Glasgow, hundreds of Glaswegians will once again face their daily battle with hunger,
The need for and use of food banks has become ever more common.
And that is why the Evening Times launches its Food For Thought campaign to at least try and ensure No One Goes Hungry In Glasgow.
While the causes of this shocking situation have become a political football, many of our fellow citizens are simply wondering how they will put food on the children’s plates.
Too often those in positions of power have preferred to score points against opponents rather than playing a leading role in resolving this crisis.
That needs to stop. Our leaders at national and local level need to focus on providing solutions by working more effectively with businesses, communities and charities.
It is shameful that there is a need for food banks to even exist in a modern, affluent society.
However, much has to be done to create a society where hunger does not exist, these lifelines and the charities and organisations which support them must be given every support.
Dealing with food poverty should be much more co-ordinated and not simply left to the exceptional band of citizens who run these services.
That’s why we will demand politicians of all persuasions and at all levels engage in providing these groups with the help they deserve.
That’s why we will be asking businesses, organisations and communities to do their part by organising collections to ensure no food bank ever has to worry about empty shelves.
In recent months we’ve reported on the man who walked 10 miles from Easterhouse to Govan and back again for a bag of food after being left with no money to feed himself.
We’ve told of children who rely on free school lunches for a square meal but who go hungry during summer holidays.
We’ve met the Glasgow family who had toast for Christmas dinner after the expense of the festive season pushed them to the brink.
And we told you of the 4015 children and 5672 adults who had been fed by just a handful of food banks in the city last year.
What is undeniable is that it is shocking, unacceptable and heart-breaking that citizens in Glasgow and other parts of the west of Scotland have such need.
However, we should not shy away from facing our problems or attempt to brush them away from the common gaze.
We should embrace those challenges and take pride in the fact that as a city and a nation we can unite to help neighbours who most require our help.
And with hundreds of Glaswegians making food donations in just 24 hours at Central Station after a plea from one charity, what is evident is that our citizens want to play their part in finding answers.
As a society we’ve got to do better. And over the coming months we’re going to tell you how you can help and demand that those with the ability to make a difference play a key role.
Together we can hope to deliver on the pledge that No One Goes Hungry in Glasgow.”