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Keiran Fleming

Glasgow homeless charity launch first food truck of its kind in the city

A Glasgow homeless charity has launched the first food truck of its kind in the city.

The Homeless Project Scotland (HPS) serves hot meals under Central Bridge seven days a week from 8pm onwards for the people who need it most.

It has now launched a food truck which will allow the organisation to provide help to those unable to travel into the city centre.

The truck is offering a variety of items including hotdogs, burger, soups and more and is already serving hundreds of people each night.

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Colin McInnes, chairman of the HPS, said: "It is providing food that people would usually see as a luxury.

"What we are finding is that there is a lot of families accessing it because they can get a burger as a treat for their children. Queues of 300 people were waiting to access the truck.

The truck serves a variety of food items (supplied)

"At the moment we are doing over 100 burgers, 100 hotdogs, 300 cans of juice and teas and coffees. The truck also allows us to speak to those who are rough sleeping over a cup of tea and a burger.

"We now have a kitchen on wheels which teams of volunteers are driving. It's acting as a trial run to see how it goes, if it does well then we'd look at bringing in another one.

"This food truck can go into deprived areas and feed the people there without any questions being asked.

"We are now looking to continuously fund this truck. Every time it hits the streets it costs £400 so we are hoping some companies come forward and sponsor it.

"We hope other charity’s will see this and look to follow in our foot steps."

Any companies willing to sponsor the truck can email: Office@homelessprojectscotland.org

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