Supported by: Miles Briggs*, Pam Duncan-Glancy*, Kenneth Gibson*, Kevin Stewart*, Bill Kidd*, Jeremy Balfour*, Jamie Greene*, Rona Mackay*, Annabelle Ewing*, Colin Beattie*, Audrey Nicoll* *S6M-13622 Michelle Thomson: Local Initiatives Celebrate 10,000 Hours of Volunteering— That the Parliament congratulates volunteers at Kersiebank Community Centre, in Grangemouth, on accumulating over 10,000 hours of volunteering time; notes that the Kersiebank Community Centre hosts the Grangemouth Community Pantry, GEM in Grangemouth Association and the Grangemouth Community Café and Garden; understands that all groups are run solely by volunteers with support from Falkirk Council’s Community Development Team; recognises that the Grangemouth Community Pantry, which provides a low-cost alternative to food banks and aims to top up main food shopping, has also piloted lunch clubs and cafes with further training for volunteers thanks to the Food Futures Fund; further recognises that the GEM (Growing, Eating and Meeting) in Grangemouth Association aims to grow its own produce and grow the skills of volunteers, offer low-cost or free food in a dignified way, and brings the community together to combat loneliness through volunteering initiatives or activities...