Food Train

Food Train is a charity that provides practical, volunteer-led support to older people across Scotland. Its purpose is to help them eat well, stay connected and continue living independently in their own homes. The organisation combines local relationships with coordinated charitable services, and aims to be a single source of support for older people for as long as they wish to remain at home.

Its services are wide-ranging. Volunteers deliver grocery shopping and home food deliveries, which double as occasions for conversation and company. Food Train also offers trusted help with household tasks, befriending to counter loneliness and isolation, library book delivery and outreach library services, reading support, and shared neighbourhood meals that build community connection.

Volunteers are central to how the organisation works, and it offers meaningful volunteering opportunities to people of different ages and abilities. Staff, volunteers and members work together collaboratively, and the culture is grounded in kindness, compassion and human connection. Stated values include kindness and compassion, respect and integrity, creativity and diversity, and solutions with measurable impact. Support is practical and preventative, and every older person is treated with dignity.

Food Train operates in the fields of elder care and aging services, food and nutrition support, social care and community services. Further information is available at https://foodtrain.co/.