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Thanking the Food Train on its 25th Birthday

  • Submitted by: Colin Smyth, South Scotland, Scottish Labour.
  • Date lodged: Monday, 29 June 2020
  • Motion reference: S5M-22181

That the Parliament congratulates the Food Train on its 25th birthday; recognises that, since those first five home deliveries of groceries were made on 29 June 1995 in Dumfries, the charity has helped make daily life easier for thousands of older people by providing vital services to those who are no longer able to manage independently, through age, ill health, frailty or disability; thanks staff and volunteers who, over the years, have worked tirelessly to make an astonishing 445,000 deliveries of groceries, helped with household jobs, delivered books through the library service, provided meals through Meal Makers and offered friendship through the befriending services; notes that, since it was set up in Dumfries and Galloway in the south of Scotland, the Food Train has expanded to communities across Scotland; recognises the vision and foresight of those who established the charity more than two decades ago, in particular the late Jean Mundell MBE, and wishes the Food Train many more years of success in delivering its vision to enable older people to eat well, live well and age well at home.


Supported by: Jackie Baillie, Claudia Beamish, Neil Bibby, Sarah Boyack, Finlay Carson, Neil Findlay, Kenneth Gibson, Rhoda Grant, Iain Gray, Mark Griffin, Emma Harper, Daniel Johnson, Bill Kidd, Johann Lamont, Monica Lennon, Richard Lyle, Lewis Macdonald, Fulton MacGregor, Ruth Maguire, Joan McAlpine, Pauline McNeill, Alex Rowley, Anas Sarwar, Elaine Smith, David Torrance