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Recharge

  • Submitted by: Iain Gray, East Lothian, Scottish Labour.
  • Date lodged: Friday, 08 September 2017
  • Motion reference: S5M-07598

That the Parliament welcomes BBC Children in Need’s award of £97,000 funding to the Tranent-based youth charity, Recharge; understands that the award will pay staff costs for three years to help ensure that it can continue to offer its services, which are aimed at improving the confidence and wellbeing of young people in the area to allow them to offer positive community engagement; notes that, since 2005, it has helped to empower well over 1,500 young people, by encouraging them to have their say and get involved with the community, acknowledges that it has also attracted significant funding to support its service users; congratulates the project manager, Alan Bell, the trustees, volunteers and all of the young people who have engaged in Recharge's activities over the last 12 years, and wishes them, and the charity, continued success.


Supported by: Tom Arthur, Colin Beattie, Alison Johnstone, Colin Smyth, Stewart Stevenson