£24k grant boost for food charity

project, has now secured funding from three sources to keep the operation running.

The Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations approved £18,149 from its Community Recovery Fund, which will help keep the scheme going until the end of the month.

The Eastern Perthshire Local Action Partnership awarded £5,000, and £1,000 came from the Lansdowne Fund.

Phil Seymour, chairman of the Proactive Communities group, said: “We are absolutely delighted and very grateful to have received these funding boosts to help us continue the work we do in the local community.

“Rather than focus on a single element such as food poverty and simply address an issue for a period of time with no longevity, our approach is to develop a sustainable solution – and that doesn’t end when funding ends.

“Grants and donations such as these help support our efforts to help others while at the same time help us to become more sustainable and we very much appreciate it,” he added. n Volunteers at the Saturday Lunch Club (above).