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Motion · S6M-08888 · 9 May 2023

Teapot Trust Exhibiting at RHS Chelsea Flower Show

Lodged by Martin Whitfield Standard Motion 16 supporters

The motion

That the Parliament congratulates Teapot Trust on being the only Scottish charity exhibiting at the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) Chelsea Flower Show 2023; recognises what it sees as the opportunity that this will give the charity to promote its vision of allowing all children and young people living with chronic health conditions to access transformative art therapy without barriers or costs; commends the imaginative design of the Teapot Trust's Elsewhere Garden, which, it understands, guides children and young people living with the pain and stigma of a chronic health condition to a safe space where their minds go "elsewhere", representing a child's imagination as it blossoms in response to the creative freedom gifted by art therapy, and understands that, after the Chelsea Flower Show, the garden will move to a permanent home at Glasgow Children’s Hospital, which serves areas of social need where chronic illness in children is more than two and half times more prevalent, providing an inclusive safe space to help overcome barriers to accessing healthcare, and where all patients and visitors will be welcome.

Supporters (16)

Source: the Scottish Parliament motions and amendments record.