SOCIAL LEADER OF THE YEAR AWARD 2018

That this House congratulates Geraldine Cotter, Chief Executive Officer of Money Matters, based in Govan, Glasgow, for her outstanding achievement winning the Social Leader of the Year Award 2018 at the Scottish Women's Awards; acknowledges Ms Cotter and her team at Money Matters, a financial advice centre which has been supporting people since 1990 with welfare rights, money management, budgeting and debt prevention and representation at social security and disability appeal hearings; welcomes the success of the organisation in the last year helping more than 8,000 people and winning more than £14 million in unclaimed benefits for welfare claimants, as well as preventing evictions, preventing disconnections and helping people to afford to eat; and thanks Ms Cotter for her hard work, commitment and dedication to her service users.