Scottish Retail Consortium charitable giving

Early day motion 50, tabled 17 May 2021 by Kirsty Blackman (Scottish National Party). Signed by 19 members.

That this House congratulates the members of the Scottish Retail Consortium (SRC) on raising over £16 million for charity and good causes in 2020, including during the Covid pandemic, and £75 million overall since 2016, as highlighted in the SRC’s trailblazing Report into Retail Charitable Giving 2021; notes that, through their shops and online operations throughout Scotland, retailers raise money and support for charity through donations, fundraising, awareness raising and community activity, including causes to do with the medical research, public health, care, food aid and the environment; and acknowledges the positive contribution that retailers make to Scottish society through their work in the community across each and every part of Scotland.

Signatures by party: Scottish National Party 15, Alba 1, DUP 1, Labour 1, Liberal Democrat 1.