More than 6000 meals were donated to North and South Lanarkshire charities by supermarket Aldi during the school summer holidays to help people in need.
The supermarket paired its stores up with local charities, foodbanks and community groups in the region via community giving platform Neighbourly to donate surplus food to good causes.
Since the partnership began in 2019, Aldi’s UK stores have already donated more than 25 million meals to over 3600 local causes.
Liz Fox, corporate responsibility director at Aldi UK, told Lanarkshire Live : "Our food donations scheme with Neighbourly operates year-round, but we know that school holidays are a particularly hard time for families, especially as many continue to experience greater hardship due to the cost-of-living crisis.
“This is why we committed to supporting even more amazing causes in North Lanarkshire over the school holidays, helping them to provide meals to those who needed them most.”
A total of 4036 meals were handed out in South Lanarkshire and over 2200 in North Lanarkshire.
Steve Butterworth, from Neighbourly, added: “School holidays are often a time when demand on charities and foodbanks drastically increases, particularly during summer when children are at home for six weeks or more.
"This push in donations from Aldi was therefore essential in helping these organisations support families during this time.”
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