Parents have penned a letter to educational establishments over fears for the future of Glasgow's most hard-hit children as cuts to services including the vital holiday food programme loom over.
A letter has been written to Glasgow City Council and Glasgow Education Directorate as parents worry about the impact education budget cuts will have on vulnerable children in the city.
The council is currently looking to get rid of kids' healthy free school meals to save £500,000 as part of their money-saving measures.
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Mum's and Dad's from the Glasgow City Parent's group have rallied together and demanded councillors meet with them to discuss their concerns before any decisions are made.
Services like the holiday food programme ensures that children are not left without food during the school holidays. But the service reportedly faces risks of being cut by a cash-strapped council.
The letter reads: "We all know that there has been a sharp rise in families accessing food banks and with some food banks struggling to provide help at times, the Holiday Food Programme is more important than ever. With the cost of living crisis and energy prices soaring there will no doubt be more, not fewer families, in need of this help."
Parents' other concerns include the citywide loss of school uniform/clothing banks, potential cuts to staffing as well as cutting services including educational psychologists and English as an additional language (EAL).
They further explained: "Glasgow as you know is the largest and most diverse local authority in Scotland, this means we have a wide spectrum of needs across our education establishments.
"Services like our nurture service, which was recently reported as a ‘success story’, is a key support for our most vulnerable children, making nursery or school feel like a welcoming and supportive environment. It’s a bit of a contradiction to then be considering cutting it.
"With over 170 different languages spoken in Scotland, you would expect a metropolitan city like Glasgow to ensure that is supported across education, so how welcoming or nurturing can our schools and nurseries be if we are not providing a service to our families where English is not their first language?
"We are all aware that we are in the midst of a mental health crisis, and unfortunately, that includes our young people. Our children and young people are still trying to recover from the Covid pandemic and we are only starting to see the impact of the pandemic now.
"Cutting services like educational psychologists is exasperating the situation further, not to mention the implications for staff and families if young people cannot access specialist help, it’s only pushing it down the line to become a bigger problem."
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