Calling all #WestLothian folks, our branch are having an open day for anyone interested in volunteering, please RT to help us spread the word #volunteering

👇❤️ Thanks to everyone for their help sharing and everyone taking the time to register their interest and apply. We're excited for shortlisting and interviewing and feeling 💯% certain of recruiting a great new CEO #WatchThisSpace

Fantastic #FoodTrain volunteers braving the snow and ice #RollOnSpring

👇balancing charity activities, reserves, funding, staffing, volunteers, assets etc to please every beneficiary/partner/funder/donor/stakeholder, is akin to standing on a wobbly high rope on one leg while spinning plates with your hands, trying not to fall or drop anything!

Happy #BurnsDay from everyone at Food Train Head Office. A lovely 3 courses cooked by Lisa & served by Nancy & Carol - our wonderful volunteers. Angelina played the pipes, guitar & sang & we had a poetry recitation & talk from café regular George. Slainte Mhath!

The UK operates a 'just in time' food system, but this means the system has little resilience. Extreme weather, cancelled ferries, pandemics (& more) can, within an instant, disrupt supply. There is disparity in the impact of this approach, see photos from Orkney below ⬇️

Our Eat Well Age Well Advice Line is open to anyone aged 65+, or anyone caring for an older person, who has concerns about appetite, eating well or unplanned weight loss. Our friendly team are here to offer guidance and support. 0131 447 8151

Eat Well Age Well support phone line is available for anyone aged 65+ or caring for an older person. Speak to the team for advice on any concerns about appetite, eating well or unplanned weight loss - these are not an inevitable part of ageing. Call 0131 447 8151 for support 📞☺

Catching up with photos from our recent Burns lunch celebrations in #DumfriesandGalloway

Could YOU be our next volunteer Board member? We’re looking for someone great with numbers & figures to be our Treasurer. You don't need to have previous Trustee experience to apply, we warmly welcome interest from people of all ages and cultures. PRT thefoodtrain.co.uk/vacancies/dire…

Amazing local support for Food Train in #Wigtownshire £1376 raised from the annual potato day fundraiser

This is a really good report and highlights an often overlooked (large) group of people's needs

Could YOU be our next volunteer Board member? We’re looking for someone great with numbers & figures to be our Treasurer. You don't need to have previous Trustee experience to apply, we warmly welcome interest from people of all ages and cultures. PRT thefoodtrain.co.uk/vacancies/dire…

Lovely to meet up with Food Train managers for the last time before I leave at the end of March, a great venue given freely for our meeting

Thanks @BruceKMcKenzie for this brilliant piece on #FoodTrain through the years, great to see the old footage from 22 yrs ago and how far we’ve come

Lucky to have worked with, and met many amazing and inspiring women over the last 22 years

Our Raising the Issue of Malnutrition Toolkit is available for anyone supporting older people. It has guidance to help identify #malnutrition risk & provides information to help support an older person to eat well. Order a Free Digital Toolkit: eatwellagewell.org.uk/toolkit #NHWeek

Been a joy to work with Tilly, committed to the work Food Train founders started 29 yrs ago, doing so much to highlight food access needs and good nutritional care for older people

Last week at work after nearly 22 yrs leading Food Train, a role I have loved and felt privileged to do, with the help and support of many many people over the years, huge thanks for your help along the way, you've been amazing and I can't thank you enough

Thanks to everyone who has followed me here on my Food Train journey over the years, as I take a break you can follow new CEO roseanne mcluskie and Food Train