The Leith Collective have said that the demand for their winter coat rack is through the roof after they shifted 500 jackets in just 10 days.
The charity organisation, which is based at Ocean Terminal, Fort Kinnaird and the St Enoch centre in Glasgow, offers a coat rack service that supplies free winter coats or the opportunity to exchange a jacket. A number of those using the rack this year are the elderly who are struggling to heat their homes or young children that are growing quickly.
Organisers and volunteers at the charity say that other organisations are referring people to their racks. They add that elderly people are taking multiple coats as they cannot afford to heat their homes.
