The CCG has a team of volunteers who give up their own time to collect excess food, They collect this food from restaurants and shops like Cosmo and The Co-Op. This week two of our volunteers managed to feed more than 25 people. By distributing this food within their own local communities.They are saving it from going to landfill and feeding the people within their communities who need it the most. Because we can do it together. If you are interested in volunteering and helpi

The CCG Needs a new van so that we are able to take emergency food parcels to people who need it the most. So far we have raised £1,536 so far thanks to the Co-Op community fund. To help support us you can get a memberships to the Co-Op and choose to support our cause. For more information on our cause goto or contact us as. https://membership.coop.co.uk/causes/20996 Email: info@myccg.co.uk Phone: 01418824333

The Co-Op has raised £19 million pound for local charities across the UK between 2018 & 2019 1% of the money spent on Co-Op branded products go towards local causes and Co-Op members can choose what cause your money goes too To support the crookston community group become a member then goto select a cause. To find out more about our cause click the link below https://membership.coop.co.uk/causes/20996 https://membership.coop.co.uk/new-registration

The Foodshare Project is a project that the CCG put into place to help tackle the food wastage crisis that we are facing. Working with Fairshare we collect a wide verity of food and with a little creativity the people who get the food have made some amazing dinners.

Thanks the the amazing work fairshare do collecting surplus food we are able to save all of this food from going to landfill. In 2019, an estimated 987,890 tonnes of food and drink in Scotland was wasted. That is Almost £2 billion worth of food This is why organisations like Fairshare and project like Foodshare are so important. With over 1 million people experiencing poverty and many walking the line. This massive surplus of food could be used to feed the people who are stru

Today Mr wilfred took the excess food he got from Cosmo Silverburn and the Co-Op to a local homeless shelter. All this Food would've went to landfill but thanks to our dedicated volunteers this food managed to goto people who need it. To get involved with the Crookston Community Group get in contact with us at Phone:01418824333 Email: info@myccg.co.uk

The Youth and Philanthropy Initiative (YPI) is a programme run by the wood foundation, with the goal of making young people aware of local social issues and involving them in philanthropy. This programme is delivered in Scotland’s schools and has engaged more than 140,000 young people in social issues within their communities. The YPI that was held in Rosshall Academy and involved their S2 pupils who did presentations on their chosen charities in front of panel of judges who

One of our up incoming stars 12 year old Aminah made a slide show of some of her favorite CCG blogs from the past few months. CCG is always aiming to inspire young people and we a very grateful to all of the young leaders of tomorrow for everything they do to help out. “Children are likely to live up to what you believe of them.” -Lady Bird Johnson (Former First Lady of the United States)

The use of food banks in Scotland has hit a record high after soaring by 17 per cent in the past year, according to research published today Food banks across the nation distributed 170,625 three-day emergency food packages to people in crisis in the year to April, of which more than 55,000 went to children. The figures were released by leading food aid charity the Trussell Trust, which said the ongoing freeze on working-age benefits meant that many people were left unable to

Glasgow is among the UK's poorest constituencies, according to a new report. The End Child Poverty Coalition, made up of charities, faith groups and trade unions, said that 45% of children in the city centre were living in poverty. Glasgow Central appears 12th on a list of 20 constituencies, which is otherwise dominated by communities in London, Birmingham and Manchester. West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine had the fewest children in poverty at 9.2%. The Coalition calculated th