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Motion · S6M-11630 · 11 Dec 2023

Top Award for Founder of Bishopbriggs-based Powerchair Football Club

Lodged by Rona Mackay Standard Motion 21 supporters

The motion

That Parliament congratulates Kieran Burns, the founder of Bishopbriggs-based FC United Powerchair Football Club, on winning a top honour at the Variety Club Disability Sports Awards 2023; notes that Kieran, who is 26 and has cerebral palsy, received the Champion for Change Award at a glittering ceremony in Leeds, which was hosted by Channel Four’s Last Leg presenter, Adam Hills MBE; further notes that he received the award for his determination to be involved in football, despite being a full-time wheelchair user all his life; understands that, after a decade playing for established clubs in Scotland and England, Kieran founded FC United in October 2022; applauds Kieran and the team for being named, within a year of being established, as finalists in the Club Sport Award category of the Scottish Sports Awards 2023, which took place on 7 December 2023; understands that the team is now flourishing in the National Premiership, Scotland’s top wheelchair league; commends the club, which trains at Turnbull High School in Bishopbriggs, for its focus on enabling sports participation for wheelchair users and for providing a safe and secure environment for people to share challenges and gain support for mental health issues; further commends Kieran for raising awareness and helping to change perceptions about disabilities through his own podcast, All About Ability, which was launched in 2020; believes that the Variety Club Disability Sports Awards are the only annual national sports awards exclusively for disability sports, and wishes Kieran, and all at FC United, all the very best for the future.

Supporters (21)

Source: the Scottish Parliament motions and amendments record.