She plays a crucial role in providing a safety net for hard-pressed Dalbeattie families trying to juggle budgets as the cost of everything from fish fingers to firelighters continues to spiral upwards.
And if it’s something of a scandal that in 21st century Scotland the town needs a foodbank at all, development officer Donna McKnight just gets on with the job.
The 38-year-old mum-of-two herself didn’t have the easiest start to life, losing her father Mark Amos when she was a four-month-old baby.
