Motion · S5M-21533 · 22 Apr 2020
Scottish Gas Partners With The Trussell Trust to Provide Food Parcels to Vulnerable Households
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)
- Bill Kidd 22 Apr 2020
- Richard Lyle 22 Apr 2020
- Stuart McMillan Scottish National Party 22 Apr 2020
- Stewart Stevenson 22 Apr 2020
- David Torrance Scottish National Party 22 Apr 2020
- Sandra White 22 Apr 2020
- Emma Harper 23 Apr 2020
- Fulton MacGregor Scottish National Party 26 Apr 2020
- Ruth Maguire 27 Apr 2020
- Willie Coffey 30 Apr 2020
- Gillian Martin Scottish National Party 11 May 2020
- Clare Adamson Scottish National Party 16 May 2020
Source: the Scottish Parliament motions and amendments record.