Children and young people’s mental health funding in Midlothian

Early day motion 1495, tabled 11 February 2021 by Owen Thompson (Scottish National Party). Signed by 11 members.

That this House congratulates the Midlothian Children and Young Peoples Consortium on being awarded £170,000 to provide additional mental health support for children and young people in Midlothian; notes that the consortium is comprised of Midlothian Sure Start, Home Link Family Support, Play Therapy Base, MYPAS and Play Midlothian; understands that the funds were provided from Midlothian’s share of the Community Support Mental Health Services Framework fund – an annual fund from the Scottish Government distributed to local authorities; and wishes these groups well in using these funds to work with 130 young people and 95 parents/carers to improve children, young people and family mental health.

Signatures by party: Scottish National Party 9, DUP 1, Labour/Co-operative 1.