That the Parliament congratulates Deanburn Primary School on winning the 2019 Church of Scotland Moderator’s Prize for its partnership work with Café Connect, which is based at Bo’ness Old Kirk; understands that the Café Connect partnership between the local church and school brings children with additional support needs together with older local people to run a café and become more involved with the life of the local community; commends the work of the Church of Scotland in its outreach into the communities that they serve by various means, including activity groups and voluntary organisations; supports the aims of the Café Connect partnership between the school and Bo’ness Old Kirk in encouraging more groups like this to follow their inspiration in their own communities; congratulates everyone involved on winning the Moderator’s Prize, and wishes them continued success for Café Connect and in all of their future endeavours.
Supported by:
Clare Adamson, Tom Arthur, Angela Constance, Jenny Gilruth, Bill Kidd, Richard Lyle, Fulton MacGregor, Ruth Maguire, Gillian Martin, Stuart McMillan (Registered interest)
, Stewart Stevenson, Sandra White