EDM 1102: Knightswood Community Shop

That this House welcomes the opening of Knightswood Community Shop, which welcomed 99 members in its first two days; recognises that the shop, located at 160 Lincoln Avenue, was made possible thanks to the work of LINKES Glasgow in partnership with Good Food Scotland; notes that the shop is the latest in a range of services offered by LINKES, a community project, serving Lincoln Avenue and Kestrel Road, and the wider Knightswood Community; further recognises that Good Food Scotland is a co-operative which works to provide practical ways to ensure access to affordable and nutritious food in locations across Scotland, with Knightswood Community Shop being its eighth affordable food space in Glasgow, allowing members to pay a membership fee of one pound per month or an annual fee of twelve pounds which gives access to fresh, chilled, frozen, and long-life food as well as basic household goods; and commends the work of community volunteers who set up fridges and freezers and stocked the shelves, and who now offer their spare time to serve customers and to ensure the shop is operational.