Charity boss calls on council to 'donate instead of hate' after parking fine issued during food drop-off
A homelessness charity is calling for double yellow lines to be removed from outside its hub after a volunteer was fined for parking during a food drop-off.
Homeless Project Scotland has lost an appeal to get the ticket thrown out despite having a dispensation fromHowever, the local authority said the fine was issued and appeal refused due to the traffic warden observing no activity around the vehicle"over a reasonable length of time". Chairman Colin McInnes, who co-founded HPS in 2019, said volunteers have parked there for three years"unhindered"."If Glasgow City Council want to enforce parking fines for us using that space outside that unit, we [will have] to close down our service.
"What the council should maybe consider is stop fining us for parking and donate to us to provide the meals."HPS runs a soup kitchen seven nights a week under Glasgow's Hielanman's Umbrella next to Central Station in the city centre.-wide charity, which uses money donated by members of the public to buy and cook food, says around 310 people use its services each night.
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