Photocall: 11am, Friday 29 September, public foyer of Scottish Parliament, Edinburgh
Robin Harper MSP, co-leader of the Green Party, will today (Friday 29th September) present an Awards for All grant for £5,000 to a group of junior chess players in the Scottish Parliament. The youngsters will receive the money on behalf of Chess Scotland who will use it to appoint conduct a root and branch review of schools and junior chess development in Scotland. Read the rest of this entry »
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Photocall: Castle Street (where it meets Princes St), participants due to arrive approx 8.15am
As part of European Mobility Week 2006 events, a Commuter Challenge will take place during the morning rush hour on Friday 22nd September. Read the rest of this entry »
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Better support for charities and social enterprises that help employ people with learning disabilities is vital to promoting inclusion in the workplace and in society as a whole, Greens’ Co-leader Robin Harper MSP will say today. Mr Harper will give a speech at the opening event of Inspire’s new facility on Aberdeen’s Beach Boulevard, the Boulevard Project, a multi-million pound project to help people with learning disabilities find work. (1) Read the rest of this entry »
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Addressing Aberdeen University Fresher’s events today, Rector and Greens’ Co-convener Robin Harper MSP, said, “Aberdeen is a welcoming city and University – you can get all the help you will ever need. You have over a hundred societies to choose from – so get out and about and try new ideas, explore new interests, make new friends.” Read the rest of this entry »
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Mr Harper today visited the GREAN project in Golspie to attend the AGM and celebrate the latest expansion of their services. GREAN (Golspie Recycling and Environmental Action Network) provides a kerbside recycling service for 625 households in Golspie – but that service will now extend to a total of 3000 households in South, East and Central Sutherland. Read the rest of this entry »
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It has been revealed following an alert from concerned parents to Green MSPs, that the practice of fingerprinting schoolchildren as young as 5 years old, in some cases without parental consent, is being introduced to a number of Scottish schools as part of a high tech biometric ID system to access school libraries. (1) Campaigners claim that Portobello High School in Edinburgh is using a biometric related system. (2) Greens have called for the practice to be investigated and have submitted a series of questions to demand answers from the Scottish Executive on the matter. Read the rest of this entry »
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Robin Harper - MSP for the Lothians 