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Congratulating Scotland for Decrim on National Campaigner Award

  • Submitted by: Kate Nevens, Edinburgh and Lothians East, Scottish Green Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 18 June 2026
  • Motion type: Standard Motion
  • Motion reference: S7M-00403

That the Parliament congratulates the Scotland for Decrim campaign on winning the David & Goliath Award, which is sponsored by Joseph Rowntree Reform Trust, at the Sheila McKechnie Foundation’s National Campaigner Awards 2026; understands that Scotland for Decrim is a campaigning organisation dedicated to achieving the full decriminalisation of sex work, including by rejecting the Nordic Model and promoting the safety and rights of sex workers; recognises the organisation's grassroots origins, having begun as a small collective of current and former sex workers, academics, third sector workers and trade union representatives and growing into a broad cross-sector coalition; notes what it considers to be the campaign's success in reaching and educating the public about decriminalising sex work, aiming for sex workers to be legally protected from exploitation, trafficking and violence and to have improved access to support and healthcare; further notes that the organisation also advocates for better anti-poverty measures so that no one has to engage in sex work if they do not want to; thanks the organisation for bringing parliamentary awareness to the complex issues underpinning anti-sex-work, legislation as well as providing avenues for those who would be impacted by the legislation to have their voices heard, and further thanks the campaigners at the heart of this coalition for continuing this important work.


Supported by: Ariane Burgess, Maggie Chapman, Q Manivannan, Cara McKee, Lorna Slater