Archive for June 2022

Thousands of school pupils across Lanarkshire are missing out on the opportunity of free school meals after a proposal by Central Scotland MSP Monica Lennon was voted down in the Scottish Parliament

Monica tabled an amendment to the Good Food Nation Bill on Tuesday, June 4 which would have seen free school meals offered to every primary and secondary school pupil in Scotland. Free meals are currently offered to primary one to five children and means tested for older pupils. The STUC Women’s Committee is championing the…

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Volunteers’ Week – British Heart Foundation

Central Scotland MSP Monica Lennon has praised the invaluable role of volunteers during a visit to the British Heart Foundation Scotland’s shop in Hamilton – seeing first-hand how their efforts help raise vital funds for the charity’s lifesaving research into heart and circulatory diseases. The Scottish Labour and Co-operative representative visited to mark Volunteers’ Week…

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