A taskgroup has been set up to look at possible ways of tackling food poverty and the growing dependence of foodbanks.
Representatives from poverty organisations and charities will convene on Monday for its first meeting.
Its remit is to identify the issues which push people into food poverty and discuss how they can be addressed.
The group, chaired by Rev Dr Martin Johnstone, of the Church of Scotland’s Church and Society Council, is to examine actions required to eradicate food poverty in Scotland.
The body is to make recommendations to the Scottish Government by February.
Latest statistics from the Trussell Trust show that a total of 117,689 people picked
up a three-
Of those, 36,114 were children. This is more than eight times the number helped just two years ago.
The Trussell Trust operates a food bank in Stornoway in partnership with the New Wine Church. The facility which opened two years ago delivers food parcels across the islands.
Foodbank taskforce set up
20 October 2015