Meals on wheels to cease at year end

The meals on wheels service has been withdrawn from many parts of Scotland – and will cease entirely by the end of the year. The deliveries, by the Royal Voluntary Service (RVS), have been a lifeline to thousands of elderly and disabled people.

The service has now ended in Moray, Argyll and Bute, East Dunbartonshire and West Dunbartonshire. RVS said it could no longer ensure the service is safe and sustainable. Meals on wheels started in the 1940s and expanded after the end of the Second World War.