Almost 400 people reached out for help to feed their families on Christmas Day clearing one Stirling group - who provide free food to the community - out of turkeys completely.
Stirling Community Food, based on Wellgreen Lane in the city, collects excess and sell-by-date food from stores and supermarkets to give to those in need and at the mercy of ever tightening household budgets.
With the pressures particularly tight this Christmas, demand for the service has soared - with hub manager Joe Swindells admitting that the uptake for their services had risen by 50 per cent.
