Food parcel crisis in Caithness as demand grows
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FOOD parcels which are donated to families in financial trouble in Caithness have been reduced by half due to lack of donations and increased demand in more populated areas.
HomeAid Caithness and Sutherland said that the number of boxes donated through the Blythswood Food Bank programme for people in need in the Far North has been reduced by 50 per cent.
HomeAid general manager Michele Whibley said that hundreds of families in the county facing financial trouble depend on these boxes and unless the situation improves the future of the service in Caithness could be in doubt.
"The distribution to the Far North has been cut down as Blythswood try to cope with the demand for food parcels in Inverness," she said.
"Unless the people of Caithness and Sutherland can keep a steady supply of food coming through, we are very limited to the amount we can give out."
Blythswood Care has placed several food banks across the Highlands where people can donate cans and packets of dried food for distribution to those in the region who are facing difficult times.
Read more in Wednesday’s Caithness Courier.
