A Lanarkshire foodbank has recorded the busiest year in its existence as it sees a massive 21 percent increase in the number of people needing emergency food packages.
Rutherglen and Cambuslang foodbank provided emergency food for a total of 7,233 people, 5,007 adults and 2,226 children in the past year, which equates to 21 percent more than the previous year.
The foodbank opened in 2014 and in its first year saw 2,190 people attend for help, but in the last nine years, they have seen a threefold increase in the need for emergency food within the community.
