Compass Scotland chefs prepared over 600 festive meals on the lead up to Christmas, with a combination of sit-down meals and deliveries. On 18-19th December, the chefs served 120 three course Christmas meals for local people at The Larder’s two Community Cafes in Blackburn and Broxburn.
The nutritious festive meals included vegetable and lentil soup to start; a traditional main course of turkey with all the trimmings or a delicious plant-based option and sticky date pudding with butter scotch sauce for dessert.
All meals were prepared and delivered by volunteers from Compass Scotland and The Larder, with ingredients donated by Compass Scotland suppliers, Lomond Fine Foods, Braehead Foods and Fresh Food Company.
David Hay, managing director of Compass Scotland, said: "We know that this Christmas will be incredibly tough for many people in Scotland, with the cost-of-living crisis continuing to deepen. We’re proud to be able to offer our services to help charities like The Larder who are doing incredible work in the local community and hope these Christmas meals offer some comfort and joy during the festive season.”
The Larder was founded in 2010 to address rising youth unemployment in West Lothian. Since then, the organisation has helped more than 5,000 people access training and delivered more than 200,000 meals to those in West Lothian experiencing food insecurity.