That the Parliament congratulates the winners of Aberdeenshire Voluntary Action’s Community Spirit Awards, which were established to recognise the exceptional work of volunteers across Aberdeenshire who have supported people in need during the COVID-19 pandemic; recognises that there were over 200 winners, many of whom were from the Aberdeenshire West constituency, including Alasdair McCallum, Beattrice Fettes, Becky and Scott Ewan, Brenda and Alan Rennie, Brigitte Ziebell, Calum Auld, Charles Ives, Chrissie and Adam Innes, Claire Kneale, Debbie Macleod, Diane Bruce, Diane McCallum, Elaine Rough, Gill Allan, Graeme and Fiona Barbour, Hayley Andrew, Hugh Fraser, Jane Findlay, Jenny Allan, Jenny Robertson, Jenny Robertson, Jill Alexander, Joanna Macmillan, Karen Innes, Karen Milne, Kate Lorimer, Katherine Griffiths, Kieran Campbell, Kim Postlethwaite, Kyle Henderson, Leanne MacKay, Lillian Shanks, Linda Johnstone, Linsey Gibb, Lorna Robinson, Louise Murdoch, Lynn Cooper, Margaret Laing, Margaret Watt, Mark Calder, Mark Cooper, Mary Smart, Rab Riggs, Rory Cobban, Ruth and Mark Morley, Sally Mackinnon, Samantha Kinnaird, Sarah Berry Robinson, Shona Cobban, Shona Runcie, Terry Rigby, Tracey Hay, Vicky Gordon and Yvonne Craig (Coronavirus Insch Aberdeenshire Support Volunteers), Cameron Mathieson, Fran Patrick, Frances Mathieson, Kayleigh Wallace, Pauline Patterson and Sue Wainman (Lend A Hand Kemnay), Heather Carr (Crombie Primary School), Sandra McGregor (Westhill Community Church), Sarah Bell and Tracey Skene (Garioch Community Kitchen), William Blackwood (Kemnay Community Council), Alex Morrison (Huntly Helpers), Andrea Clark (Coronavirus, Covid-19 Huntly & District), Angela Christie (All Dollied Up Friends), Anna Bichard, Eric Sinclair and Pam Vickers (Deeside Stroke Group), Annette Masson (Ask Autism North East), Carole Paterson (Braemar Pop up pantry), Cheryl Barr (Shorty's Ballater), Christine Roper (Move More Aberdeenshire Project), Dave Ellis and Simon Welfare (Cromar Community Council), Di Mitchell (Huntly FaceBook Page), Edward Fowler (Ask Autism North East Banchory), Emma and Dave Pattullo (Platform 22), Eve Bolton and Vikki McPherson (Aboyne Breastfeeding Group), Fiona Graham (Aberdeenshire South Foodbank), Gillian Needham (Cromar Community Help Tarland), Graham Ross (Rossco Disco), Jamie Kinghorn (Moxon), Lucy Tame (SCILL), Nicola Sedgewick (Glenkindie Shop), Roddy Maclean (Banchory Academy), Scott Birse (SB Fitness), Shona Jamieson and Andrew Daws (The Highlanders Bakehouse), Thomas Truby (The Rubbish Club), Christina Daniel, Darren Cocker, Heather Watt, Phyllis Gordon, Gavin Crawford, Gordon Riddler, Lisa Ross, Mark Robinson, Orla Meechan, Rev Vittoria Hancock and Tina Thomas, the Aberdeenshire North Foodbank Volunteers, Coronavirus - Insch Aberdeenshire Support, Coronavirus,Covid-19 Huntly & District, Garioch Community Kitchen, SensationALL, Westhill Community Church, Westhill Men’s Shed, Alford Community Food Store, Huntly Helpers, Lumphanan Moving Pictures, Mid Deeside Community Trust, Networks of Wellbeing, Number One Banchory, Spikin Autism & More, The Boat Inn Aboyne, The Silver Circle, and The Spar Bellabeg; commends all who were nominated, and wishes them all the best for continuing to support their communities.
Supported by:
Jeremy Balfour, Michelle Ballantyne, Jackson Carlaw, Peter Chapman, Liam Kerr, Bill Kidd, Margaret Mitchell, Alexander Stewart, Annie Wells, Brian Whittle