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Motion · S6M-03184 · 10 Feb 2022

Sustainable Kirriemuir Secures £160,000 of National Lottery Funding

Lodged by Graeme Dey Standard Motion 25 supporters

The motion

That the Parliament congratulates Angus community environmental organisation, Sustainable Kirriemuir, on securing £160,000 of National Lottery funding, £10,000 via the Together for Our Planet initiative and £150,000 through the Community Led fund over the next two years; understands that this will enable the group to retain its three members of staff and continue work on its Future Kirrie Climate Action Plan, developed by local residents with support from Keep Scotland Beautiful, while connecting people to nature and to each other, and enhancing local climate literacy across all ages; further understands that plans include helping 100 people from the local area to grow their own food, rolling out a growing award across Angus, developing a seed cooperative and tree-growing collective, training 10 people to deliver community cooking sessions, working with other local groups, schools and Angus Council on fostering active travel, supporting individuals and workplaces with energy efficiency, promoting reuse and repair through a fashion and needlework group, running a series of events and workshops from April 2022 with the establishment of a community resilience network, and launching a green map of Kirriemuir linking all projects; commends Sustainable Kirriemuir on its highly laudable aims and ambitions with this work, and considers that it is having a positive impact on the local area and on the wellbeing of residents.

Supporters (25)

Source: the Scottish Parliament motions and amendments record.