Motion · S5M-22916 · 1 Oct 2020
Animal Wise
The motion
That the Parliament notes the launch of the Scottish SPCA’s revamped educational programme for schools and communities, Animal Wise, recognising that education lies at the heart of prevention of cruelty by expanding support for young people and communities from traditional classroom visits to include e-learning activities, virtual tours of centres and webinars; notes that this also encompasses the Society’s Animal Guardians programme, working with children who are showing behaviours towards animals that are a cause of concern; further notes that, during lockdown, education packs were downloaded over 6,000 times and that additionally around 1,000 packs, with the help of Barnardo’s and Police Scotland, were distributed to children who did not have the facilities to access the packs online, and congratulates the Scottish SPCA on this innovative engagement with young people and the wider community at large at a time when, during the COVID-19 pandemic, animals are playing such a large part in providing companionship.
Supporters (18)
- Fulton MacGregor Scottish National Party 1 Oct 2020
- Kenneth Gibson No Party Affiliation 2 Oct 2020
- Bill Kidd 2 Oct 2020
- Richard Lyle 2 Oct 2020
- David Torrance Scottish National Party 2 Oct 2020
- Sandra White 2 Oct 2020
- Liz Smith 3 Oct 2020
- Colin Smyth 3 Oct 2020
- Stewart Stevenson 3 Oct 2020
- Annabelle Ewing 5 Oct 2020
- Mark McDonald 5 Oct 2020
- Stuart McMillan Scottish National Party 5 Oct 2020
- Gil Paterson 5 Oct 2020
- Gordon Lindhurst 6 Oct 2020
- Joan McAlpine 6 Oct 2020
- Ruth Maguire 12 Oct 2020
- Maureen Watt 13 Oct 2020
- Gillian Martin Scottish National Party 20 Oct 2020
Source: the Scottish Parliament motions and amendments record.