THE team behind a West Dunbartonshire food bank - who helped feed people over 10,000 times during the coronavirus pandemic have been named the local Citizens of the Year. Old Kilpatrick Food Parcels (OKFP), which was set up at the height of Covid-19 to ensure vulnerable residents had essential supplies, received the gong at this year’s Provost’s Civic Awards. The annual awards ceremony is held every year to celebrate West Dunbartonshire’s top citizens who help others and more recently, who have inspired the community throughout the pandemic. Maureen and Gordon Cummings had the idea to create OKFP after volunteering their time to pick up shopping and prescriptions for neighbours when Covid hit.
Maureen Cummings is looking to open up the Chatty Cafe in Old Kilpatrick A COMMUNITY group in Old Kilpatrick has unveiled plans to expand its services by using a storage container as a sit-in cafe. Old Kilpatrick Food Parcels (OKFP) is looking for approval from planning officials at West Dunbartonshire Council to add a converted 40-foot steel storage container beside land next to the Glen Lusset Scout hall on Erskine Ferry Road, and to use the unit as an informal cafe for service users.. The organisation has been helping vulnerable people in West Dunbartonshire throughout the pandemic by providing emergency food parcels to residents.
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Packaging firm fined for environmental breach Richard Stuart-Turner Friday, February 5, 2021
Flexible packaging printer Arrow Film Converters has been fined over £17,500 for operating without an Environmental Permit and allowing harmful emissions to be released into the local environment.
Arrow Film Converters predominantly serves clients in the food packaging industry. Image: Google Maps
The Castleford, Wakefield, West Yorkshire-based business largely serves clients in the food packaging industry.
Wakefield Council said that the company’s failure at the time to install an abatement plant capable of reducing emissions by up to 90% meant that in excess of 270 tonnes of organic solvent was being released directly into the atmosphere.