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24 April 2025
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Supported by: Jeremy Balfour*, Miles Briggs*, Colin Beattie*, Bill Kidd*, Kevin Stewart* *S6M-17224 Bill Kidd: 2026 Marks 20 Years of LINKES Meeting the Needs of the Community—That the Parliament recognises that 2026 will mark 20 years of LINKES meeting the needs of the community in Knightswood; notes that LINKES gets its name from Lincoln Avenue and Kestrel Road, which are the streets that surround the multi-storey flats where it is based; further notes that LINKES is a community-led group, started by and governed by local people; understands that its charitable purpose is to provide opportunities for learning and wellbeing and to utilise its community facilities for the benefit of the community and that it takes a community development approach to its work, which means that it aims to engage with people in the community and to ensure that services meet their needs and that they can become involved in the organisation; further understands that LINKES is proud of its place-based approach to supporting communities in poverty for almost 20 years, and that its programme of activities promotes wellbeing, brings people together and creates stronger, more resilient communities to live well and thrive; understands that its English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) classes have a long waiting list, its group programme is well attended, drop-in enquiries increase year on year, with over 1,000 in the last 12 months, and that its new community shop has just launched; believes that the staff and volunteers who run LINKES do a fantastic job, with the evidence of that being very apparent in the community, and congratulates them on their success, and 20-year anniversary.
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7 March 2023
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Supported by: Douglas Ross*, James Dornan*, Emma Harper*, Stuart McMillan*, Bill Kidd* *S5M-05302 Angus MacDonald: Sacred Heart Primary School Lenten Fundraising That the — Parliament congratulates the pupils, staff and parents of Sacred Heart RC Primary School in Grangemouth on raising £534.82 for the Scottish Catholic International Aid Fund (SCIAF), which works in over 16 countries across Africa, Asia and Latin America and helps some of the world s ’ poorest people in areas such as farming and developing their livelihoods; notes what it sees as SCIAF's role in peacebuilding, education and emergency work and its efforts to raise awareness of, and tackle at root, the causes of global poverty, and commends the efforts of all involved with the school's Lenten fundraising activity...
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7 March 2023
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Supported by: Miles Briggs*, Liz Smith*, Alexander Stewart*, Rachael Hamilton*, John Lamont*, Maurice Corry*, Donald Cameron*, Peter Chapman*, Jeremy Balfour*, Douglas Ross*, Ross Thomson* *S5M-02114 Ivan McKee: Congratulating Wallacewell Community Fellowship and Oasis That the Parliament congratulates Wallacewell Community Fellowship and Oasis in — Glasgow on being awarded a £145,411 grant from the Big Lottery Fund; understands that this money will fund a wide range of community activities...
Official Report
Meeting date:
25 February 2021
COVID-19 Committee 25 February 2021
It is not about saying, “a fiver gets you this” or “a tenner gets you this,” it is a much more complex environment in which the cost to society of a new drug is judged.
Official Report
Meeting date:
22 March 2017
Local Government and Communities Committee 22 March 2017
However, they know that, if they go to the council they can, they hope, get help, although not everybody gets help.
Official Report
Meeting date:
25 January 2024
Meeting of the Parliament 25 January 2024
Can the First Minister tell me when the people of Lochaber, who have been campaigning for decades for a new Belford, will get the new hospital that they have been promised?
Official Report
Meeting date:
19 January 2023
Meeting of the Parliament 19 January 2023
Laughter. Will I be going along? If I get the opportunity, I will certainly relish it.
Official Report
Meeting date:
4 September 2013
Meeting of the Parliament 04 September 2013
We need all the information that we can get on how communities could benefit in terms of addressing poverty and reducing inequalities.
Official Report
Meeting date:
21 February 2013
European and External Relations Committee 21 February 2013
If we could match funding pound for pound, we could get double the amount that we are getting at the moment; indeed, we might even get three times that amount.
Official Report
Meeting date:
28 May 2025
Meeting of the Parliament 28 May 2025
My car is broken but I cannot afford to fix it. My rent is £1000 but I cannot get a mortgage due to uncertainty of work.
