Motion · S6M-17115 · 7 Apr 2025
Welcoming the Launch of Youth Project in Glasgow City Centre
The motion
That the Parliament welcomes the launch of Common Ground, a youth-focused project in Glasgow city centre designed to provide a safe, welcoming space for young people while also offering street outreach support; notes that the project is led by Barnardo’s and is a partnership between Barnardo’s, Aberlour, Action for Children, Right There and the Scottish Violence Reduction Unit, to ensure that young people feel safe, supported and connected to the help that they need; understands that the project will run for 12 weeks from 25 March 2025 as a test of changes made in response to consultation with young people; recognises that the project is supported by Police Scotland, British Transport Police, Network Rail and Glasgow Health and Social Care Partnership, with partners from Renfrewshire Council and North Lanarkshire Council on the steering group, and wishes all those involved in the project success.
Supporters (14)
- Jackie Baillie Scottish Labour 5 Sep 2025
- Jeremy Balfour 5 Sep 2025
- Colin Beattie Scottish National Party 5 Sep 2025
- Miles Briggs Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party 5 Sep 2025
- Alexander Burnett Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party 5 Sep 2025
- Foysol Choudhury 5 Sep 2025
- Bob Doris Scottish National Party 5 Sep 2025
- Bill Kidd 5 Sep 2025
- Monica Lennon Scottish Labour 5 Sep 2025
- Fulton MacGregor Scottish National Party 5 Sep 2025
- Kevin Stewart 5 Sep 2025
- Paul Sweeney Scottish Labour 5 Sep 2025
- Sue Webber 5 Sep 2025
- Annie Wells 5 Sep 2025
Source: the Scottish Parliament motions and amendments record.