We are applying for £500 to purchase food for our community pantry which is currently supporting up to 150 people/families every week. Our drop in cafe offers a free two course hot meal cooked fresh on our premises.  Over the winter we are a warm hub for families who are struggling to heat their homes and also feed their children.  We provide vochers for warm clothing along with gas and electricity support for vulnerable adults and families.  The additional £2000 will enable us to support more families within West Dunbartonshire and continue to provide a warm safe place for our clients.

We are applying for funding to help towards our utility costs over the colder months when our bills are at an all time high. We run a food pantry, community cafe, warm hub and laundry service to vulnerable families who are struggling in financial hardship. Our running costs have increased by 30% since last year as a result of a surge in the demand for our services.  an average of 400 families visit us on a monthly basis and it's important that our building is warm, inviting and welcoming especially during the colder months.  our heating costs are averaging £1,200 although we haven't yet had a winter period in our new premises therefore we are very worried about what kind of increase we may see. 

The Community Laundry already has 2 washing machines, 2 tumble dryers, 2 irons and 2 ironing boards.  We also have various equipment for basic repairs.  we are looking to expand this and also help with the cost of running these so that the community have ongoing access when they need it as we are open 7 days a week currently.

Sewing machines x 2 = £200

Tool Boxes with basic tools x 2 = £300

Fabric repair items x 2  = £300

Instruction = £500

running costs = £1000

advertising = £200

Our project is to help anyone struggling with food poverty to be able to come in to Golden Friendships club and access either free freshly cooked meals or subsidised freshly coopked meals. We have projects ongoing throught the years that tackle social isolation where we bring people together with freshly cooked meals and some entertainment. We also host afternoons for families each month where we provide hot and cold drinks with hot and cold snacks. At the moment we are doing free freshly cooked meals October to end of March to help with the cost of living crisis.

What we would like to apply for funding for is new refrigeration. We are currently using domestic fridges and freezers and have been advised we should be using commercial items. 

3 x Fridge Foster Xtra 600l @1,803.75  Refrigeration  £5411.85

2 x Freezer Foster Xtra 600l @1803.75  Freezers        £3607.90

1 x Chest freezer 504l                             Freezer          £1679.98

1 x Hot plate Warmer                              Plate Warmer  £768.00

                                                              TOTAL COST    £ 11467.73

We are applying for £2,500 as we don't get any other support  from other agencies

we provide support signposting advice in colaberstion with CAB who attend in person bi weekly and also offer support via referrals and phone numbers .  , We encourage carers to come in and not about their heating cost we want to reduce isolation and we also provide support to 110 plus kinship families within West Dunbartonshire 

we will open daily through winter from 10am till 1.30 to facilitate this for families .   

£500 will be used for food 

the remainder will be spent on continuing support to both our weekly groups day and evening and 1 to 1 supports and in January our homework club .  This will help with both volunteer and running costs 

We also require a soup urn and extra bowls dishes 

TOYS   £700

BOOKS £100

ARTS & CRAFTS £100

TEA/COFFEE etc £100

We are asking for £2500 all of which would be spent on materials, building of beds would be carried out by volunteers. The beds would be worked on by people suffering from Alzheimers, they would be led by the person who grows for foodshare at present helped by other plot holders. It is planned that Cornerstone(mental health group) will be on site in the near future and would be more than welcome to participate.

We are a locally run charity who deliver a mobility scooter, manual and powered wheelchair service to residents of West Dunbartonshire and surrounding areas. Which allows individuals with mobility issues to get in and around the Clyde Shopping Centre, to shop, meet up with friends or just go for a coffee, this also allows people to get to doctors appointments or go on days out with their family. We deliver a drop off and pick up service of the scooters and wheelchairs whereby our members can call the shop when they have arrived at the shopping centre, and with the help of our staff/volunteers, we will deliver the equipment requested. The service is situated within the Clyde Shopping Centre the staff/volunteers can meet you at the car parks, bus stop, train station or taxi ranks. We also have a Long Term Hire Service which means members and non members can use our equipment for going on holidays. Service users could use our mobility equipment to get to community groups in the area that are giving food out to the community. 

With this funding we would like to purchase

• two new mobility scooters at £953.94 each
• Sighted guide training for 12 people £250
• First Aid Training for 12 people £207 
•   New Batteries for Mobility Scooter £135.12 

Foodshare is an independent registered charity which was started in March 2013 in order to help people experiencing food poverty. We started off doing emergency food provision covering all of West Dunbartonshire, this was suppoesed to be temporary but since then the need for the service has increased and our numbers for support are rising every year. we provide this support by home delivery as we find this is more dignified for people and we are able to reach more elderly and housebound people. Along with food support, the charity has since developed other much needed projects including a School Uniform Bank where we provide a new school uniform for kids going back to school and also run this throughout the year, Fuel Bank where we offer we offer emergency top ups for pre payment meters, School Holiday Brunch Bags where we provide breakfast and lunches each day the schools are off, A Christmas Toybank and a Babybank. We work closely with other local organisations to reach as many people in need in our community. The high cost of basic necessities is placing significant burden on low income families. Recently we have seen an increase in need amongst low income working families.