Machan Trust: 20th Anniversary

EDM number 1714 in 2017-19, proposed by Angela Crawley on 17/10/2018.
Categorised under the topics of Charities and Children and families.

That this House celebrates the Machan Trust, a children and young persons charity, on reaching its 20th anniversary; notes that the Trust was established in 1988 as a joint churches initiative and now operates over 40 groups a week for children in Larkhall, Netherbum, Stonehouse and Ashgill; commends the charity's endeavors to build a stronger community and to make a positive difference to the life chances of young people by providing activities, experiences and opportunities; celebrates that the group has recently been awarded the active organisation of the year award at the Volunteer Action South Lanarkshire Third Sector Awards; and wishes the Machan Trust continued success in the future.

This motion has been signed by a total of 11 MPs.