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Motion · S5M-24286 · 3 Mar 2021

Talk/Together Project Publishes Our Chance to Reconnect Report

Lodged by Jeremy Balfour Standard Motion 16 supporters

The motion

That the Parliament welcomes the publishing of Our chance to reconnect, the final report of the of the Talk/together project; notes that, with 160,000 participants, it is the largest UK-wide conversation to consider what brings people together, what divides them and how society can be more kind and connected in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic; notes that the report has contributions from small community groups and universities through to large organisations such as the NHS, the Scout Association and the British Paralympic Association; understands that in one of the national surveys carried out in December 2020, 51% of the people from Scotland who responded found people to be more united than divided through the pandemic as it has brought communities together by them looking after vulnerable, isolated and older people; acknowledges that moments such as the Clap for Carers brought the whole country together and showed the nation's support for the NHS, and hopes that this initiative succeeds in its aim to strengthen and bind the social ties that are essential to our recovery from this crisis. 

Supporters (16)

Source: the Scottish Parliament motions and amendments record.