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Motion · S6M-04558 · 20 May 2022

Scottish Library and Information Council Wins Share of £1 Million Circular Future Fund

Lodged by Stephanie Callaghan Standard Motion 22 supporters

The motion

That the Parliament congratulates the Scottish Library and Information Council (SLIC) on being selected as one of four pioneering projects awarded a share of the £1 million Circular Future Fund; understands that the Circular Future Fund was created through investment from the John Lewis Partnership, using funds generated by the 10p plastic bag charge, and was promoted and managed by Hubbub, building on what it sees as their growing expertise in this area; further understands that Hubbub’s role will be to ensure that the winners are able to learn from each other and have access to external experts, and crucially, it believes, to measure the impact of the grants and share learnings widely, with the intention that the fund can act as a catalyst encouraging more organisations to explore circular options; notes that, from an impressive 245 applications, these four projects were chosen by the grant panel as the most innovative, impactful, and interesting approaches to boosting the circular economy; understands that, as one of the winners, SLIC wants to launch a pilot to turn up to 10 Scottish libraries into lend and mend spaces, to become community hubs for repair and reuse and develop a long-term model for libraries to be a hub of circular economy activities, and believes that this funding will create a body of evidence demonstrating the role that libraries can play in mainstreaming the circular economy, including fitting out the spaces with the circular economy in mind.

Supporters (22)

Source: the Scottish Parliament motions and amendments record.