Funding Awards for Glasgow Groups

That the Parliament congratulates the four organisations in Glasgow that have received a total of £25,398 from the Communities and Family Fund; understands that Project Ability Limited received £5,328 to develop sessions to support disabled children aged five and under; notes that the Garthamlock Family Centre was given £6,000 to continue its work promoting health and fitness by providing more varied activities for children; understands that the Park Villa Football Development will be able to deliver football training sessions to children over the holiday as a result of the £4,070 that it received; further notes that the Yorkhill Children’s Charity received £10,000 to maintain and develop its MediCinema service, which aims to improve the wellbeing of patients at the Royal Hospital for Sick Children by screening films in a safe environment; understands that the Communities and Families Fund offers £6 million of funding to organisations that improve early learning, health and wellbeing for children under eight; believes that the fund improves the lives of young people by supporting them, their families and communities, and wishes continued success to these organisations, and to the Communities and Families Fund, in their work for young people in Scotland.