Evening Telegraph (First Edition)
Tayview Hotel team offering food for key staff and vulnerable
NHS staff, key workers and some of the most v ulnerable in the com mu n it y a re bei ng offered free meals by a city hotel.
Tayview Hotel boss Misbah Mohammed said his kitchen will be open so he and others can help provide food for those most in need.
Health service staff as well as police officers, firefighters, council workers and teachers, along with vulnerable people, can take advantage of the hotel’s goodwill gesture.
With panic buyers still leaving the shelves of many supermarkets empty, Misbah said he was particularly concerned about the impact on children.
“If people from the NHS or the emergency services are finishing a shift late at night, a lot of them are not able to buy what they need,” he said.
“The situation we are in just now could change at any time.
“There are people out there who aren’t able to get the food they need to feed their children.
“I’ve been to Tesco just to get bread and milk and it’s not been possible.
“There have been people in tears because they can’t get anything.
“The least we can do is try to help the community in some way and try to keep the morale up.”
A number of community groups and individuals have already banded together in an effort to assist the most vulnerable in the city.
Food and care packages have been delivered by individuals and companies to emergency workers.
Several videos have been posted on social media by NHS staff and key workers who have been unable to purchase the food they require from supermarkets due to panic buying.
Misbah, 42, is also urging cooks, drivers, or anyone who wishes to volunteer to get in touch, saying he will provide up to 50 meals a day.
The hotel would also welcome any surplus food in order to assist with their efforts.
Meals can be picked up from the hotel on Broughty Ferry Road after 3pm with deliveries also possible depending on the situation.
Misbah added: “We are also looking for any chefs or delivery drivers who would be willing to help with this. We would be asking anybody who needs any of our meals to come and pick it up.
“If there are vulnerable people who need it then we can deliver but what we are offering will mostly be from picking the food up. We are just a small hotel but we want to try and keep the community spirit as high as we can.”