Food For Thought - West Dunbartonshire

14/06/2026

Reminder that we are closed tommorow for the bank holiday.

12/06/2026

We are closed this coming Monday for the bank holiday.

12/06/2026

** Reminder Post to changes that come into effect as of Monday 15th June **

****Please Everyone Take Note of and Share The Below Important Information****

We’re sharing an important update about how Food for Thought is adapting to significant funding changes from West Dunbartonshire Council. Because funds and food stock are now going to be a lot tighter, we will be prioritising families with children and pensioners only to ensure the youngest and most vulnerable in our community continue to have access to nutritious food during the months of greatest need.

This means that from Monday 15th June all households without children residing with them who are in need of emergency food aid will be advised via signposting to contact other Local Authority Services such as other local food banks, local pantries and West Dunbartonshire Council Welfare Services.

If you are a family with children or pensioner faced with food insecurity, please phone us on 01389743908 to complete a consultation before presenting for food aid. Contact to our admin email address ; [email protected] and or a message to our Facebook messenger can also be used as a means of contacting us.

Please also note that proof of child residency will be required to ensure we are serving a family with children, this can be shown to our office staff, documents such as Universal Credit Statement showing the child element and or Child Benefit/ Scottish Child Payments letters/awards.

Above and beyond this we also must stop our weekly run outreach centres in neighbouring Alexandria and Dalmuir again due to the lack of funds.

Our opening days and hours must be reduced for the next few months and will be the following ;
Monday 10am-3pm
Tuesday 10am-3pm
Wednesday – CLOSED
Thursday 10am-3pm
Friday 10am-3pm

Our team remains dedicated to dignity, respect, and clear communication, and we’ll review our new emergency approach regularly with the council and partner organisations. Thank you for your understanding that our priority now must be focused on the most vulnerable groups families with children and the elderly in our community.

11/06/2026

Lomond Community Pantry- Thurs 1pm-7pm & Fri 10am-4pm. £4.00 for ten items. Available to everyone in the community in need of support with provisions. 101 Main street Jamestown G83 8AZ .

10/06/2026

09/06/2026

Please note that due to a water leak in the roof affecting the ceiling of our main foodbank distribution reception area and charity shop we are having to serve our service users emergency aid food parcels at the front door and close the charity shop until the relevant WDC Maintenance team makes the repairs. This is to ensure the safety of our service users and charity shop customers/donators. We will provide more updates on the situation when we have an update from WDC.

09/06/2026

Due to funding cuts we cannot operate our usual Tuesday emergency food aid outreach centre in Alexandria for the foreseeable future.

08/06/2026

Due to funding cuts we cannot operate our usual Monday emergency food aid outreach centre in Dalmuir for the foreseeable future.

08/06/2026

****Please Everyone Take Note of and Share The Below Important Information****

We’re sharing an important update about how Food for Thought is adapting to significant funding changes from West Dunbartonshire Council. Because funds and food stock are now going to be a lot tighter, we will be prioritising families with children and pensioners only to ensure the youngest and most vulnerable in our community continue to have access to nutritious food during the months of greatest need.

This means that from Monday 15th June all households without children residing with them who are in need of emergency food aid will be advised via signposting to contact other Local Authority Services such as other local food banks, local pantries and West Dunbartonshire Council Welfare Services.

If you are a family with children or pensioner faced with food insecurity, please phone us on 01389743908 to complete a consultation before presenting for food aid. Contact to our admin email address ; [email protected] and or a message to our Facebook messenger can also be used as a means of contacting us.

Please also note that proof of child residency will be required to ensure we are serving a family with children, this can be shown to our office staff, documents such as Universal Credit Statement showing the child element and or Child Benefit/ Scottish Child Payments letters/awards.

Above and beyond this we also must stop our weekly run outreach centres in neighbouring Alexandria and Dalmuir again due to the lack of funds.

Our opening days and hours must be reduced for the next few months and will be the following ;

Monday 10am-3pm
Tuesday 10am-3pm
Wednesday – CLOSED
Thursday 10am-3pm
Friday 10am-3pm

Our team remains dedicated to dignity, respect, and clear communication, and we’ll review our new emergency approach regularly with the council and partner organisations. Thank you for your understanding that our priority now must be focused on the most vulnerable groups families with children and the elderly in our community.

03/06/2026

From everyone at Food For Thought Foodbank, we would like to wish everyone a very happy Volunteers Week 2026. Every day across West Dunbartonshire volunteers provide a range of services and supports that make our communities stronger, more connected and resilient. Volunteers week gives us the opportunity to say a huge thank you 🙂💪

To volunteers within our Charity and everywhere thank you so much for all the hard unpaid work you do to help people in our Communities. 💚