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Befriend Motherwell And Support For Elderly People

EDM number 606 in 2016-17, proposed by Marion Fellows on 26/10/2016.
Categorised under the topics of Charities, Community care, Elderly people and Mental health.

That this House recognises the growing problem of loneliness and isolation among elderly people which has been proven to have detrimental effects on mental health and life expectancy; commends the work of the volunteers at Befriend Motherwell who provide support, social spaces and activities to elderly members of the community to combat loneliness and isolation within the elderly community through one-to-one befriending, group work and telephone befriending; congratulates it on its recent award of £148,667 by the Big Lottery Fund which will allow it to continue to provide its invaluable service to users; and believes the work that it and similar organisations do make great contributions to the social inclusion of elderly people and directly tackles the effects of loneliness and social isolation.

This motion has been signed by a total of 31 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Marion Fellows26/10/2016Motherwell and WishawScottish National PartyProposed
Brendan O'Hara26/10/2016Argyll and ButeScottish National PartySeconded
Kirsten Oswald26/10/2016East RenfrewshireScottish National PartySeconded
Peter Grant26/10/2016GlenrothesScottish National PartySeconded
Alison Thewliss26/10/2016Glasgow CentralScottish National PartySeconded
Patricia Gibson26/10/2016North Ayrshire and ArranScottish National PartySeconded
Douglas Chapman26/10/2016Dunfermline and West FifeScottish National PartySigned
Phil Boswell26/10/2016Coatbridge, Chryston and BellshillScottish National PartySigned
George Kerevan26/10/2016East LothianScottish National PartySigned
Steven Paterson26/10/2016StirlingScottish National PartySigned
Patrick Grady26/10/2016Glasgow NorthScottish National PartySigned
Stephen Gethins26/10/2016North East FifeScottish National PartySigned
Callum McCaig26/10/2016Aberdeen SouthScottish National PartySigned
Owen Thompson26/10/2016MidlothianScottish National PartySigned
Chris Law26/10/2016Dundee WestScottish National PartySigned
Stuart Donaldson26/10/2016West Aberdeenshire and KincardineScottish National PartySigned
Tasmina Sheikh26/10/2016Ochil and South PerthshireScottish National PartySigned
Lisa Cameron26/10/2016East Kilbride, Strathaven and LesmahagowScottish National PartySigned
Jim Shannon27/10/2016StrangfordDUPSigned
Martyn Day27/10/2016Linlithgow and East FalkirkScottish National PartySigned
Chris Stephens27/10/2016Glasgow South WestScottish National PartySigned
Michelle Thomson31/10/2016Edinburgh WestScottish National PartySigned
Michael Weir01/11/2016AngusScottish National PartySigned
Natalie McGarry01/11/2016Glasgow EastScottish National PartySigned
John McNally02/11/2016FalkirkScottish National PartySigned
Alan Brown02/11/2016Kilmarnock and LoudounScottish National PartySigned
Carol Monaghan02/11/2016Glasgow North WestScottish National PartySigned
Alex Salmond03/11/2016Signed
Hannah Bardell07/11/2016LivingstonScottish National PartySigned
Angus MacNeil07/11/2016Na h-Eileanan an IarScottish National PartySigned
Drew Hendry16/11/2016Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and StrathspeyScottish National PartySigned

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