SSE Enterprise employees helped pack 75,000 meals to be delivered to some of Glasgow’s most vulnerable households, after volunteering to support a local charity.
Workers helped staff at FARE Scotland to distribute vital supplies to people across the city.
The 10-strong group heard about the charity’s coronavirus emergency hamper drive through a friend and decided to lend a hand.
They helped pack around 2800 emergency hampers at St Mungo’s Academy in Glasgow's east end, which contained enough food to support a family for up to 2-3 days – freeing up FARE staff to make the vital deliveries.
Pauline Wilson from FARE Scotland said: “Demand for the hampers has grown massively from day-to-day and we’ve been inundated with calls and request from the local community.
“At times we have struggled to keep up with the demand. However with the support from SSE we have kept the hampers going out.
“Their support has helped over 2000 families receive emergency food parcels so far.”
After the success of their initial efforts the SSE Enterprise employees have offered up more of their time, and will now continue their support twice a week.
FARE Scotland has already spent around £35,000 in their emergency hamper drive, on top of receiving another £7,000 in donations with a further £21,000 order arriving this week.