Motion · S5M-21533 · 22 Apr 2020

Scottish Gas Partners With The Trussell Trust to Provide Food Parcels to Vulnerable Households

Lodged by Joan McAlpine Standard Motion 12 supporters

The motion

That the Parliament congratulates Scottish Gas on the volunteering partnership it is supporting with The Trussell Trust, which is helping vulnerable households across Scotland; understands that The Trussell Trust has lost three quarters of its usual volunteers because of the COVID-19 outbreak; acknowledges that volunteers from Scottish Gas are donating and collecting food items from supermarkets to supply The Trussell Trust's foodbanks and then delivering 14-day food parcels directly to vulnerable households; commends the more than 3,000 engineers from Scottish Gas from across Scotland for volunteering; understands that the partnership anticipates 50,000 deliveries each month; thanks the local engineers, Grieg Maxwell, Chris McLaughlin, Stephen Brogan and Gary Jamieson, for volunteering in Dumfries, and recognises that this partnership will allow many foodbanks to continue to operate effectively.

Supporters (12)

Source: the Scottish Parliament motions and amendments record.