Modo – Circus with Purpose
- Submitted by: Stewart Stevenson, Banffshire and Buchan Coast, Scottish National Party.
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 December 2016
- Motion reference: S5M-02977
That the Parliament congratulates Modo – Circus with Purpose in Peterhead on securing £9,980 from the Big Lottery Fund's Awards for All Scotland programme; understands that the funding will be used to deliver a workshop programme "Oot and Aboot", which will provide a youth café for people in disadvantaged circumstances and also increase Modo’s work with young people; notes that Modo uses circus performance and activities to help improve life chances, skills, confidence and self-esteem of young people; considers that this funding will enhance its ability to continue constructive work with young people, and wishes it success with its new workshop programme.
Supported by:
Tom Arthur, Colin Beattie, Jenny Gilruth, Emma Harper, Clare Haughey, Bill Kidd, Richard Lochhead, Richard Lyle, Gillian Martin, Joan McAlpine, Stuart McMillan, Gil Paterson, Ash Regan, Maree Todd, David Torrance, Sandra White