That the Parliament congratulates Capital City Partnership’s MacMillan Skills Hub, which is in north west Edinburgh, on being shortlisted in the Removing Barriers to Employability category of what it sees as the prestigious 2025 SURF Awards; understands that this category identifies and celebrates best practice, innovation and achievement in interventions that improve communities; recognises that the MacMillan Skills Hub initiative supports community regeneration in north Edinburgh; commends the dedication of its staff, who it believes go consistently above and beyond to support jobseekers with skills development, CV writing, interview preparation and access to training opportunities; notes that this employment service is part of a wider approach to regeneration development launched in Muirhouse and Pennywell, which are areas of high deprivation in north Edinburgh, to make services community-led, interlinked, accessible and effective; acknowledges the hub’s strong collaboration with local and national employers to support recruitment, training and community engagement, and wishes the MacMillan Skills Hub and its staff, every success at the SURF Awards ceremony in Glasgow on 4 December 2025.
Supported by:
Jeremy Balfour, Colin Beattie, Paul Sweeney