Motion: Lloyds TSB Foundation Supports Bellshill and Mossend YMCA

Lloyds TSB Foundation Supports Bellshill and Mossend YMCA

Lodged by Michael McMahon Standard Motion 19 supporters

The motion

That the Parliament welcomes the award of £108,000 over two years by the Lloyds TSB Foundation for Scotland through the Partnership Drugs Initiative (PDI) to Bellshill and Mossend YMCA to establish a new befriending and mentoring service for children and young people at risk of misusing substances; notes that PDI is jointly funded by the foundation, the Scottish Government and the Robertson Trust and was set up in 2001 to increase the wellbeing of children and young people affected by alcohol and other drugs; notes that for every £1 allocated by the Scottish Government to PDI, the foundation and the Robertson Trust add £1.46 more and local matched funding creates a total pot of £4.92; notes that Bellshill and Mossend YMCA aims to support children and young people aged eight to 15 who have often grown up with the impact of parental substance misuse and that the mentoring support will aim to increase children’s confidence to make positive lifestyle choices, and considers that this sort of partnership approach to funding and service provision makes a real difference to vulnerable children and young people’s lives.

Supporters (19)