Cross-Party Group on Volunteering rd Thursday 23 January 2025, 1.00 – 2.00 pm Minute Apologies David Maxwell, Volunteer Glasgow Sue Bowen, Dyslexia Scotland Lorraine Moir, EDVA Present MSPs Foysol Choudhury MSP Jeremy Balfour MSP Invited guests Martin Christie, Dunnikier Park Community Golf Sarah Boath, CHEX David McDonald, Creative Lives Gemma Campbell, Scottish Government Ruth Hutton, Scottish Government Eliza Twaddle, on behalf of David Torrance MSP Non-MSP Group Members Sarah Latto, Volunteer Scotland Rosie Wylie, Volunteer Scotland Bethany Sikes, Volunteer Scotland Debbie Maltman, Volunteer Scotland Alan Stevenson, Volunteer Scotland Scott Coyne, Epilepsy Connections Sarah Cleary, Volunteer Edinburgh Lesley Giudici, Cruse Scotland Heather Robertson, Maidsafe Foundation Susan Hunter, befriending Networks Bryony Hudson, Community Leisure UK Tracey Passway, NHS Tayside Beth Cowen, CVS Falkirk Helen Fleming, Prostate Scotland Valerie Ewan, NHS Tayside David Kelly, Community Transport Association 1 Kirstin Worsley, Breastfeeding Network Emma Christie, Aberdeenshire Voluntary Action Sunny Vaughn-Snowball, RNLI Andrew Ainsworth, Vintage Vibes Kiera Russell, Rowan Alba Sarah Duckmanton, Lifecare Edinburgh Alex Murrie, Victim Support Scotland Ashleigh Burt, CVS Falkirk Liz Green, YouthLink Scotland Gillian Kay, VASA Fiona Harvey, CHAS Arianna Patterson, Speech Language Communication Company Margarita Sweeney-Baird, Inclusive Skating Fraser Clark, YouthLink Scotland Jason Henderson, SCVO Mike Melvin, ACVO Gregor Muir, Scottish Sports Association Kirstin White, Victim Support Scotland Ruth Hall, Scottish Cycling Elizabeth Wigelsworth, Chest Heart and Stroke Scotland Abi Clarke, TSI Moray Kelsa McDonald, Voiceability Louise Henderson, Girlguiding Scotland Luthien Lark, Highland TSI Ann Wilson, TACT Martha Rodger, The Machan Trust Chris Ringland, Evangelical Alliance Apologies Agenda item 1: Welcome, Introduction, and Minutes of Previous Meeting Foysol Choudhury MSP (FC), Co-convenor, opened the meeting and welcomed everyone to the Cross-Party Group on Volunteering. st FC then asked for approval for the minutes from the 31 October Meeting.