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Chamber and committees

Ayrshire’s KO-NEKT Secures Scottish Edge Awards

  • Submitted by: Sharon Dowey, South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 05 January 2023
  • Motion type: Standard Motion
  • Motion reference: S6M-07384

That the Parliament congratulates Marianne Greenway, CEO of the Ayrshire-based business, KO-NEKT, on it winning £60,000 in the social enterprise category at the Scottish Edge awards; notes that Scottish Edge is a funding competition to identify and support innovative, high-growth potential entrepreneurial talent across Scotland; understands that KO-NEKT is a childcare facility offering day and evening support for children and young people with special educational needs (SEN) or autism spectrum disorder (ASD); acknowledges that the business first opened in 2017 in Ardrossan before expanding to Ayr in 2019; understands that Marianne has developed the concept of a social franchise, which she plans to expand to further areas; considers that the award is a crucial step for Marianne’s plans to boost her KO-NEKT across Scotland campaign, working with other social champions to open a KO-NEKT in every Scottish town; commends her for all her work in using her 31 years’ experience of developing childcare services to support ASD/SEN young people, as well as training residents across Ayrshire to gain skills required to work in similar organisations, and wishes her well with her campaign going forward.


Supported by: Karen Adam, Clare Adamson, Jeremy Balfour, Colin Beattie, Miles Briggs, Alexander Burnett, Finlay Carson, Russell Findlay, Murdo Fraser, Kenneth Gibson, Maurice Golden, Dr Pam Gosal MBE, Jamie Greene, Dr Sandesh Gulhane, Craig Hoy, Liam Kerr, Stephen Kerr, Bill Kidd, Douglas Lumsden, Ruth Maguire, Roz McCall, Edward Mountain, Douglas Ross, Alexander Stewart, Paul Sweeney, David Torrance, Annie Wells, Tess White, Brian Whittle