Slimmers donate to vulnerable by collecting 120 bags for Dundee foodbanks
Slimmers have come up with a real recipe for success by collecting 120 bags for city foodbanks.
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Overgate Shopping Centre accepting donations for Foodbank Month
As part of Foodbank Month, people in Dundee are invited to donate items at a drop-off point in the Overgate Shopping Centre.
Struggling families thrown lifeline: Dundee City Council takes the lead in poverty campaign
A week-long campaign to tackle poverty and its causes launched yesterday– and the Evening Telegraph is getting behind the cause.
No-deal Brexit remains the most likely outcome
Dundee City Council is one of a number of local authorities in Scotland to have produced and published contingency plans should the United Kingdom leave the European Union without a deal.
EWAN GURR: What Natalie McGarry did was wrong but was jailing her right?
On June 7, former SNP MP Natalie McGarry was found guilty and sentenced to 18 months in jail for embezzling more than £25,000 from two groups prior to the Scottish independence referendum in 2014.
Dundee community centre launches new cookbook to get foodbank users cooking
A Dundee community centre has launched a new cookbook it will give away with foodbank referrals in a bid to get more people cooking.
New Lochee community food service hopes to fill a gap
A new foodbank-style service is coming to Lochee as part of a charity’s expansion into the wider community.
Dundee Foodbank nets cash and donations from generous football fans
Generous football fans have donated nearly half a tonne of food and more than £2,000 to Dundee’s foodbanks following a collection at Tannadice.
Dundee Foodbank hoping for surge of pre-Christmas donations on warehouse open day
Dundee Foodbank will be opening its warehouse this weekend for people to donate goods.
Delays in Universal Credit payments blamed for surge in demand for foodbanks in Dundee and local area
More people than ever are being forced to turn to foodbanks due to delays in receiving their Universal Credit payments.
Dundee Foodbank in plea for more donations as handouts to city families soar
An SOS has been issued by Dundee Foodbank for more supplies as hundreds more people are forced to turn to the service to feed their families.
Oxfam launches ‘A Menu for Change’ in bid to cut foodbank reliance in Dundee and Fife
An Oxfam project that aims to slash the number of people reliant on foodbanks will be piloted in Dundee and Fife.
Demand for foodbanks locally continues to grow
The demand for foodbanks in Tayside shows no sign of slowing as the traditional post-Christmas lull failed to materialise.
Dundee shoppers donate more than 10,000 meals to foodbanks
Shoppers in Dundee have demonstrated their generosity this month, donating 10,371 meals to foodbank charity The Trussell Trust and food redistribution charity FareShare for Tesco’s Neighbourhood Food Collection.
New scheme launched to help people who rely on foodbanks
Employees at a Dundee organisation are set to donate some of their salaries in a bid to help out people who rely on foodbanks in Dundee.