West End Community Council

I attended the first meeting of the West End Community Council for 2012 on Tuesday evening. There was a very interesting presentation on the work of the soon to be launched Food Train in Dundee. Food Train is a charity with local volunteers, providing a vital grocery delivery service to older people living in the Dundee city area. I think that this is a great idea and I hope that it is really successful. For more information please visit the Food Train website, or phone 459202 or email dundee@thefoodtrain.co.uk.

Alan Young the former chair of the Community Council brought everyone's attention to the Think Jessica campaign. This is a campaign against scam mail, which is a crime and which brings a great deal of distress to victims, who are often elderly. The video here gives a little bit of background to the campaign and its Scottish launch. It includes Tayside's Assistant Chief Constable Angela Wilson talking about how angry she got when she saw the impact scam mail has on victims.