The Big Issue, Real Lives, Real Achievements

That the Parliament notes that the Big Issue Real Lives, Real Achievements Awards Ceremony was held in Glasgow on Tuesday 24 November 2009; congratulates Barry Greenan, Scott Lawrie, Joan Anderson and Peter Corstorphine on winning Vendor awards; notes that The Big Issue Scotland is the best-selling news and arts weekly magazine in Scotland, that it has over 500 vendors working across the country and has helped change hundreds of lives for the better in the last 15 years, and looks forward to the Big Issue Foundation being able to secure the finances required to expand its work and provide additional services in Scotland.