'She was in tears and trembling.'
It was the coldest night of the winter so far and there was still a crisp white frost on the ground when volunteers turned up to open the doors of the welcome centre in Maryhill.and in Glasgow were as low as -8 yesterday morning, but for some there was no option but to brave the cold if they were to feed and heat themselves this week.
“I saw a man looking a bit unsure and eventually he decided to come in for a roll and cup of tea. I said ‘just come in and try it.’ If he didn’t like it he didn’t need to come back, but as he was leaving he was looking for me. He wanted to thank me for bringing him and asked how he could help – he wanted to volunteer,” said Mrs Vennard.
Iona Craig, community outreach worker for Immaculate Conception and Maryhill and Ruchill Parish Church, said: “We have had a breakfast club running here since the summer and with the food bank next door, we have a captive audience. “We have people who come in for warmth and or food, but it is the human contact that is so important. Poverty causes isolation and that is what the warm hubs offer - a place to help people feel less isolated. There is someone here to listen to them and have a chat. At another hub families come in after school and some kids do homework or play with the toys. They even come in to use some of the charging facilities.
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