Motion · S5M-22529 · 25 Aug 2020
Congratulating Nominees Shortlisted for SCVO Scottish Charity Awards
The motion
That the Parliament congratulates the MND Scotland chairman, Lawrence Cowan, on being shortlisted in the charity champion category of the 2020 SCVO Scottish Charity Awards; recognises that Lawrence has helped raise more than £700,000 for research into motor neurone disease (MND) and believes that he has worked tirelessly to campaign to bring drugs trials to Scotland; understands that this work was an extremely personal challenge for Lawrence, after his friend, the campaigner. Gordon Aikman, died in 2017, aged just 31; considers that Lawrence’s campaigning played a significant part in the launch of the UK’s biggest MND drugs trial and that, during his leadership of MND Scotland, the charity achieved its highest income to date and invested £1.5 million into the pioneering drugs trial, MND-SMART, the largest investment into research the charity has ever made; congratulates all those shortlisted for the charity champion award, and thanks them for the contribution they make.
Supporters (16)
- Alex Cole-Hamilton Scottish Liberal Democrats 26 Aug 2020
- Annabelle Ewing 26 Aug 2020
- Christine Grahame 26 Aug 2020
- Iain Gray 26 Aug 2020
- Emma Harper 26 Aug 2020
- Bill Kidd 26 Aug 2020
- Richard Lyle 26 Aug 2020
- Liam McArthur Scottish Liberal Democrats 26 Aug 2020
- David Torrance Scottish National Party 26 Aug 2020
- Sandra White 26 Aug 2020
- Stuart McMillan Scottish National Party 27 Aug 2020
- Sarah Boyack 28 Aug 2020
- Neil Findlay 1 Sep 2020
- Fulton MacGregor Scottish National Party 1 Sep 2020
- Maureen Watt 2 Sep 2020
- Ruth Maguire 3 Sep 2020
Source: the Scottish Parliament motions and amendments record.