PORT Glasgow man Adam Wines worked as a postman for 24 years before swapping his daily rounds to take on deliveries for the Inverclyde Foodbank.

He told the Tele that over the last 18 months he has had his eyes opened to the need that exists in the district and without the charity struggling families would go hungry.

As a member of Hope Community Church - which runs the foodbank - he had volunteered on a number of occasions, but decided he wanted to do more.

Adam, 44,  said: "I worked as a postman for all those years and I did love the job. But I was looking for a change and then the opportunity came up to be Inverclyde Foodbank manager.

"I had volunteered at the foodbank a few times at Christmas. 

"I enjoy being at the front, serving and talking to people. I do a lot of the background stuff, there are some similarities to my role as postman, sorting and delivering.

"Our volunteers are fantastic, some of them have been here since the start and keep me right!

"I think I have had my eyes opened to the need there is out there. We get people from all walks of life. People can just come up against hard times and don't have enough money to get them to the end of the month and they have nowhere else to go."

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Adam heads up a team of around 15 volunteers who help pack and hand out dozens of parcels every week.

The Inverclyde Foodbank was set up in 2012 by the then Elim Church (now Hope Community Church) in partnership with the Trussell Trust.

It was part of a raft of anti-poverty initiatives founded by the church's i58 project to help the most vulnerable in Inverclyde.