Motion · S5M-22138 · 23 Jun 2020
Reading Force Meets Huge Increase in Demand for Services
The motion
That the Parliament commends the role that Reading Force has played in keeping Armed Forces families in touch during the COVID-19 pandemic; understands that Reading Force is a charity that offers support to Ministry of Defence families in order that quality time is spent reading and telling stories to help bring families together; notes that the charity, founded in 2011 by Dr Alison Baverstock, provides free books, scrapbooks, competitions and certificates for children who have a parent in the Armed Forces; appreciates that Reading Force activities can be undertaken by personnel serving away from home over Skype or FaceTime to help maintain contact with their children; recognises that the pandemic has been a significant additional demand for Forces' families where COVID-19-related duties have been added to existing duties and many deployments have been extended, and commends Reading Force for meeting the 900% increase in demand for its services at the height of the pandemic.
Supporters (15)
- Jeremy Balfour 24 Jun 2020
- Alex Cole-Hamilton Scottish Liberal Democrats 24 Jun 2020
- Kenneth Gibson No Party Affiliation 24 Jun 2020
- Bill Kidd 24 Jun 2020
- Richard Lyle 24 Jun 2020
- Stewart Stevenson 24 Jun 2020
- David Torrance Scottish National Party 24 Jun 2020
- Sandra White 24 Jun 2020
- Fulton MacGregor Scottish National Party 25 Jun 2020
- Gil Paterson 25 Jun 2020
- Keith Brown Scottish National Party 26 Jun 2020
- Willie Coffey 26 Jun 2020
- Joan McAlpine 15 Jul 2020
- Gillian Martin Scottish National Party 22 Jul 2020
- Ruth Maguire 20 Aug 2020
Source: the Scottish Parliament motions and amendments record.