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Motion

Fi Thomson, Championing Mental Health in Huntly

S5M-15202 · Standard Motion · lodged by Burnett, Alexander

Lodged on
19 Dec 2018
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Unknown
That the Parliament congratulates Fi Thomson, who is a member of the Dementia Friendly Aberdeenshire Team, on becoming a Dementia Champion; acknowledges that, to earn this status, Fi was required to complete the Scottish Dementia Champions Course; recognises that she is part of a great team of workers at the Networks of Wellbeing in Huntly, which provides support and activities to help improve people’s mental health and wellbeing; hopes that Fi has a great time at the award ceremony, which will take place at Murrayfield early in 2019, and wishes her continued enjoyment with her work.
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Supported by 18 additional MSPs

Con 14 SNP 4
Lodged by Burnett, Alexander (Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party).
No division on record. Either the chamber agreed this motion without a vote, it was withdrawn before debate, or it predates 2011 — vote-by-vote records only run from then.

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    S5M-15202
    19 Dec 2018 · Standard Motion · Burnett, Alexander
    That the Parliament congratulates Fi Thomson, who is a member of the Dementia Friendly Aberdeenshire Team, on becoming a Dementia Champion; acknowledges that, to earn this status, Fi was required to complete the Scottish Dementia Champions Course; recognises that she is part of a great team of workers at the Networks of Wellbeing in Huntly, which provides...