Kindness plea to event-goers in Highland capital
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KINDNESS bins will be installed at this year’s Inverness Highland Games and Highland Pride events to bring some summer lovin’ to those most in need.
Inverness Highland Games committee plans to invite spectators to bring a tin of food, or another useful item, to this year’s events in Bught Park to help re-stock food banks throughout the region.
The bins are being organised in association with the Rotary Club of Inverness Culloden, Blythswood Care, the Trussel Trust, the Victorian Market and Highland Pride.
In 2019, the charitable food bank network across the Highlands provided more than 7000 food parcels requiring 27 tonnes of food.
It is hoped that kindness bins put out at events, such as Inverness Highland Games and Highland Pride, will provide a much-needed boost during the school holidays when additional supplies at food banks are required to meet the ever-growing demand.
Games chairman Angus Dick said: “At first our committee was considering collecting donations during the run up to Christmas but after we talked to the food bank team we discovered that they would really appreciate support during the school holiday period.
“We know that it’s a really simple idea to invite the thousands of spectators, marchers and competitors to help our city’s volunteers deliver hundreds of extra much-needed meals; but there is only one way to find out if this will work.
“Our gates will open at 11am for the Highland Games on July 18 and noon on July 19 for Highland Pride and we are inviting everybody coming to one, or both, of these events to bring something extra along to lend a helping hand to those in need.”
Highland Foodbank manager Lorna Dempster said: “During summer months stocks are at their lowest, so having this collection at the Highland Games will bring a real boost.”
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