14,000 people forced to use Glasgow southside foodbank amid cost of living crisis
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- Glasgow South East Foodbank in Govanhill opened in 2011 and currently feed between 200-250 people every week with numbers steadily increasing.
The food bank is supported by local churches and faith groups, local community groups and businesses and of course by the general public through permanent collection points in local supermarkets, weekly and ad hoc collections and financial donations.
Manager Audrey Flannagan gave us a tour around the facilities on Glasgow’s southside which fed 11,500 individuals last year and is expected to serve in the region of 14,000 people this year.
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I remember when I was young in the seventies the supermarket use to bin all the dented tins and bruised fruit and veg in the big skips at back and people use to raid them at night I didn’t understand then until I asked my parents why people did this they replied those people were struggling and needed food to give their children I remember feeling so sad and every harvest festival I took a box full of food to school and now I give to the food banks
A barometer for poverty reduction will be a commensurate reduction in food banks - this is such a sad reality of in our great country 😮
Thank you for making a difference 🙏
Respect from China 🇨🇳 for the people trying to hold everything together. Why is wealthy Britain in such a mess? Here food and rent are much cheaper. We don't have as many luxuries, but people get fed.
@@Mr.Patrick_Hung I live in the Uk and was born here. I think you have made a very fair observation. It is not uncommon to see luxury items/cars/homes in Britain yet we also have people living with extremely little food/money shelter. The gap between the rich and poor is significant here. I am sure it is similar to different magnitudes in other places. My family had no money growing up. I have only succeeded in earning money because of free university education given to Scottish students studying in Scotland. Without education, life in the UK is extremely difficult.
they were not as keen on the contraception bank though......
Now the 1 and only issue I have with this is. How many people going to FB are using them but still spending money on smoking (roll up or pack of 20) or still drinking) while going to a food back for free food. If you have money for Booze or Cigarettes, over feeding your family whether you man or woman. U don't need a FB. If you don't have the money go without the cig/booze.
I believe you have to be referred to most of them, so a person does have to be in need.
That's easier said than done when people have developed dependencies on substances. Whether legal, such as tobacco or alcohol, or illegal.
Think you need to remember that the government gets HUGE amounts of tax income from cigarettes and alcohol....I wish everyone WOULD give up, government would be millions down.
They have their cogs and booze and their kids go hungry always been!
People like you just stigmatise all those in dire poverty. It is no wonder many people actually feel too embarrassed going to one so don't go, or use other apps like Olio which is more discreet. A lot of them are referred to by agencies. It may come as a shock tp you but some people actually are teetotal, don't have kids or do drugs
Energy firm should be public service
why should people work in power stations so you can have free stuff ?
Germany should be your model.
Soup would be a choice? If you are hungry you eat anything. My mother use to have a pot of soup on the cooker. In winter is was potato soup, in summer it was vegitable. Does anyone know how to make a pot of soup in Glasgow anymore? My mother always gave a meal to tramps that came to the door, she never turned anyone away. We would walk out of our district so my mother could get a bone for free to make the soup. She called into a butcher's shop "Do you have a bone for the dog?" If they gave it to you for the dog it was free, if you asked for a bone to make soup they charged you. At that time we didn't have a dog. Looks like people have to learn from previous generations. I remember a woman who grew up in the Great Depresion, saying her mother always had a pot on the cooker, sometimes it was soup sometimes it was stew. Her mother went out everyday and bought day old vegitables and anything else she could afford. What ever she got went into the pot. She said we ate it because we knew there were people in our building that didn't have anything.
I wondered as well why many people were going for processed food in these docs, rather than buying bigger quantities of whole foods like rice, dry beans, lentils, vegetables and fruits, etc. which are much cheaper than processed. BUT someone in a documentary said that the food banks in the UK are only giving processed ready to eat foods because the recipients cant afford to use their gas or electric stoves anymore. So they mostly eat sandwiches, or soup from the can. And I imagine many in the UK don't have a back garden where they can light a little fire to cook a pot of soup on, though some might and they would definitely benefit from doing so. I'm from the US so I only know what I hear from these documentaries, but wishing you all the absolute best across the pond. I'm worried and saddened for the elderly who may die this winter :( I hope somehow the government comes to its senses and sets up some emergency action- otherwise they are just marching the old and ill to their deaths 😓
Well u can refer them as poor or homeless, or someone that's in hardship. A tramp is a bum who has a addiction to drugs. Anyways especially ur mother lied to get bones for her soup rather than a made up dairy about a dog.
@@kloewe6069 at one time I use candles to cook soup or spaghetti
You never see a politician visit a foodbank
And how much was sent to Ukraine. 60 million a year in aid to china. 200 million a year in aid to India. Food banks are there bc the dwp sanction people for a full month, zero money.
We here in China 🇨🇳 don't want your 'aid'. It must be expensive to run battleships along our coast. Try feeding your own people and leaving us alone.
we here in India do not accept any kind of aid from anyone either. we stopped doing that since early 2000.
@@shravangupta4828 Lol - every country accepts help if they are in need, especially financially. It is true that both the United States and Canada have been sending financial assistance to other countries in large amounts.
Why in the UK does everybody need a referral to go to a food bank. That's just an extra humiliating step. Can't you just trust people who say they need help and let people come in as they need to. Why do they have to justify themselves to the keeper of the referrals.
Because some people will, and do, take the piss.
Btw, you don't need a referral anymore.
@@apemoon1731 oh that's good - thanks for letting me know!
@@freakinfrugal5268 fill your boots.....I might even save myself some money this week 👍🏻
@@apemoon1731 absolutely.
It is sad that food banks exist
Many poorer countries have cheaper basic food and don't need food banks. What is Britain doing?
Praying 🙏🏻
It saddens me with such wealth and tech and opportunities of this country, yet they can't even manage basic living cost for the entire UK population. Shame on the government and shame of all those businesses who ruined the system for thier own gain. I honestly get upset thinking about all those poor families especially single parents on how they are feeling. It's too upsetting. We're a goddammit Western country not a 3rd world one. Shame on the British monarch, shame on the Conservative and shame on those Non Dom people SHAME ON YOU!
Remember when the only time you donated food was for the harvest festival
or the farvest hestival.
This is a soul harvest
SNP government should be ashamed of u herself
Wow gee, maybe blame SNP for the foodbanks in Blackpool too...
@@buk3695 stop talking rubbish
@@shaunmaxwell9948 you don't want competition there , i see 🤣🤡
Yes they will, but they don't care.
Who held the camera! You show the food, not focus on her hand. Pull back!!
I like this lady. Food banks are an unfortunate situation, never trust an accountant. ❤🧑🏻🦼
What has a accountant got to do with anything your talking like a idiot
Food Bank and Banks terms, that's 21 century Britain and it stinks.
its a harsh lesson about responsibility. many people have kids they cannot afford to have. these bills are not my bills. i use my money on me.
Iam not surprised have you seen the price of Whiskey in Scotland
Food and rent in China 🇨🇳 cost much less. Food banks aren't necessarily here. Why is Britain so poor? You are supposed to be one of the richest countries in the world. A few decades ago we were the poorest in the world, but have improved.
I’ve been to China a few times, poverty there is on another level, so don’t get started on how the people don’t need food banks.
@@oscargrainger2962 It was, no doubt. Things are getting much better. Many people can't afford the latest gadget. However the basics, such as rent, rice and cabbage are easily affordable, especially in third or fourth tier cities.
We give to a food bank once a month
Meanwhile the shyster is of to Egypt giving Scottish money away
bet they have plenty of money for beer...
Yum yum free stuff.
Drugs or food?
People like you stigmatise all people in poverty, many people who use foodbanks don't have kids, don't do drugs or are teetotal. Some people using foodbanks are NHS workers too
thatchers diabolical legacy.
Not understand the lady at all
How odd. I thought she has a beautiful accent and speaks very crisply and clearly. And I'm from the US, so I don't hear those accents on a daily basis, just occasionally on TH-cam. Sometimes I struggle with understanding heavy accents, but her speech was super clear to me.
The eyebrows.....
She’s doing a fantastic job for the community. What does her eyebrows got to do with anything
She has probably had an illness that caused her to lose her hair. Perhaps chemotherapy. Shame on you.
how come all the birds running these food banks are size 22+ ......
Agreed,and those tatood eyebrows and wig are a little unfortunate .
Cheap food makes you fat. Don't have a go at the volunteers. She doesn't take the food herself. She is to be admired for helping people.
@@Whatever_Happy_People Have you heard of Alopecia? Hair loss. Eyebrows can be put on with out being tattooed. Don't have a go at the volunteers.
@@Whatever_Happy_People have you thought that she may have had cancer treatment?
@@sandrafinbar thank you, such a nasty comment, poor woman may have had chemotherapy
Tories
Britain should never have Brexited. Yes, that can't be blamed entirely for the terrible economic situation, but it's a major factor.
Why be tied intp something we can't vote for? Scotland shouldn't have voted in snp more like