Bob Doris MSP at The Nolly Cafe

I was pleased to visit The Nolly - the new community café based in Maryhill Burgh Halls which officially opened today. It will be a welcome addition to the Maryhill community and I wish it every success.

Achieve More Scotland

Wonderful to catch up with the team at Achieve More Scotland in Summerston yesterday morning. Great Easter Holiday Activity Programme for kids, based at Parkview Primary, run in partnership with Parkview & St Mary's primary. The young people were having a fantastic time. Well done all.

glasgowuniversity

As the Scottish Environment LINK Nature Champion for Peregrine Falcon, it was good to see a nesting pair in the Gilbert Scott Tower at University of Glasgow. Thank you Kelvin and everyone I met this morning. Quite something to see in our urban setting and what a stunning location for the nest.

Look forward to hearing more about the project.

mariecurie

Tribal politics put to one side as the Scottish Parliament came together along with Marie Curie to mark the National Day of Reflection on the third anniversary of Covid-19 lockdown

Read more: Marie Curie National Day of Reflection

MND2023

I was pleased to host MND Scotland’s Parliamentary reception on Wednesday 22 March.

Read more: MND Scotland Parliamentary reception 2023

Go Dance

I was blown away by the wonderful dancers, coaches, choreographers and of course supportive families at the Theatre Royal tonight showcasing the great talent of young people in our constituency with Achieve More Scotland who were part of the Go Dance opening night. 

Read more: Glasgow Go Dance Festival 2023

First Glasgow

I have been working with local mum, Heather Sturdy, to improve the experience of wheelchair users on First Glasgow services. This follows  the refusal of some drivers to permit Heather to use  bus services along with her baby and pram. Her plight has previously been featured in the media. Following this I arranged for a site visit to Ruchill (where she stays) by senior First Glasgow officers to meet Heather and discuss this issue. They brought along a bus from their fleet and we had a very constructive discussion about the service Heather and her family should expect.

Read more: First Bus to Improve Service For Wheelchair Users

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Privilege to host the annual Rare Disease Day event (online) and hear from lived experience of Emily and Kimberley- the challenges they have faced and the challenge to policy makers to improve the system.

Thanks also to Maree Todd MSP and Nick Meade at Genetic Alliance UK
 
 
 
 

pizza

Wonderful visit last week to the fantastic Victor Pizza Company based in Milton for Scottish Apprenticeship Week.
Great to hear about their strong partnership with Skills Development Scotland and Scottish Bakers
 

scottish child payment

Over 34,000 children in Glasgow have benefited from the Scottish Child Payment since it was introduced by the Scottish Government.

Now all eligible children under the age of 16 can get the payment. In total 34,520 children in Glasgow have received a payment since the scheme’s inception in February 2021, totalling £25,052,620. The full roll-out has been described as a “watershed moment” in tackling poverty in Scotland.

Read more: Scottish Child Payment is now £25 a week

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