Tuesday, November 8, 2022

A BLEAK FUTURE EMERGES AS WINTER SLOWLY TIGHTENS ITS GRIP - MY FOODBANK WEEK

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  So we call them library bags. Hardly the most imaginative of names! Library bags are the food parcels we make up for libraries and various...
Tuesday, September 6, 2022

A WINTER'S TALE - THE EVOLUTION OF THE FIRST BASE EMERGENCY FOOD PARCEL FOR 2022/23.

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  For the last couple of weeks I have had Sean Bean's voice stuck in my head. The full fat Sheffield version. Two words. 'Winter...
Monday, August 29, 2022

MY OPEN LETTER TO THE SCOTTISH GOVERNMENT ON THE BRUTAL CHALLENGES FACED BY THE NATION'S FOOD BANKS

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I've had this blog sitting for weeks now. It seemed right wait for the actual situation we all find ourselves in to to fully emerge. Wel...
Tuesday, April 12, 2022

SHAFTS OF SUNLIGHT IN A DARKENING WORLD - PEOPLE FROM DUMFRIES AND GALLOWAY TRANSFORM THE LIVES OF HUNDREDS OF GIRLS IN AFRICA.

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It has to be said, we are living through very dark times. Every night the news is filled with images of genocide we all hoped would be forev...
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Saturday, March 12, 2022

AND SO IT STARTS. THE CATASTROPHE OF 2022 ARRIVES AT OUR FOODBANK

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  It's March and it is already crystal clear. History will recall 2022 as a year of catastrophe. We don't yet know just how great th...
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Thursday, February 17, 2022

IN THESE DIRE TIMES, DO YOU EVER LOOK BACK TO THE 2014 INDEPENDENCE REFERENDUM AND THINK 'IF ONLY?....' I DO!

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  I did an interview for 'Scotland Tonight' yesterday evening. It was actually rather a bizarre experience - High tech and low tech ...
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Wednesday, January 26, 2022

SAVE BIG DOG? OH PLEASE, PLEASE DO!

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A few months ago I found myself in what I guess might be called a double pinch myself moment. You know the kind of moment, right? As in this...