CROOKSTON COMMUNITY GROUP

Early day motion 1603, tabled 10 September 2018 by Chris Stephens (Scottish National Party). Signed by 11 members.

That this House notes the work of Crookston Community Group, based in Crookston, Glasgow, a charity organisation, founded by Tariq Ali, which has a goal of creating a sense of community by building bridges among a diversity of cultures and communities; praises its collaboration with local organisations, local authorities, communities, statutory and voluntary groups and the public sector to develop and support a range of beneficial projects; welcomes its diverse range of projects including arts, culture, education, festivals, sport and others; acknowledges Crookston Community Group's development of best practice materials and resources on cross-cultural dialogue and collaboration to help build platforms for constructive debate; praises them for its foodbank programme which delivers thousands of food parcels within Glasgow to individuals who have difficulty travelling to their local foodbank; congratulates Nasreen Ali, chair of the Crookston Community Group, for winning first runner-up in the Mary Barbour Award; and wishes them every success with its future plans for a climate challenge and food share projects.

Signatures by party: Scottish National Party 10, DUP 1.