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Chamber and committees

Bothwell Scarecrow Festival

  • Submitted by: Stephanie Callaghan, Uddingston and Bellshill, Scottish National Party.
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 28 July 2022
  • Motion reference: S6M-05540

That the Parliament welcomes the 10th annual Bothwell Scarecrow Festival, which will run from 3 to 18 September 2022 in Bothwell, South Lanarkshire; understands that the festival team have created a programme that aims to surpass the popularity of previous years, with the last pre COVID-19 pandemic festival attended by 30,000 people across 30 separate events, involving 450 scarecrows displays; notes that the festival kicks off with a sports weekend, with later highlights including music, comedy, art, farmers’ market and craft fair, before the festival culminates in the hugely popular and entertaining scarecrow parade; believes that the festival has contributed enormously to community pride and wellbeing by celebrating all the things that make Bothwell such a special place; commends the Bothwell Scarecrow Festival's voluntary committee for all their hard work in bringing this much-loved festival back to full-scale following the pandemic; notes the support of local sponsors and the committee’s pledge to donate surplus funds generated from festival events to local charities and community groups, and wishes everyone involved a successful festival, full of great entertainment and enjoyment.


Supported by: Karen Adam, Clare Adamson, Jeremy Balfour, Colin Beattie, Miles Briggs, Siobhian Brown, Alexander Burnett, Sharon Dowey, Annabelle Ewing, Kenneth Gibson, Pam Gosal, Emma Harper, Bill Kidd, Gillian Mackay, Rona Mackay, Ruth Maguire, Gillian Martin, Stuart McMillan, Audrey Nicoll, Paul Sweeney, Evelyn Tweed