Scottish Retail Consortium Raises £16.6 million for Charity
- Submitted by: Daniel Johnson, Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour.
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 July 2022
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Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Motion reference: S6M-05508
That the Parliament congratulates the members of the Scottish Retail Consortium (SRC) on raising £16.6 million for charity and good causes in 2021, including during the COVID-19 pandemic, and £92 million overall since 2016, as highlighted in the SRC’s new report into retail charitable giving entitled Backing Scotland’s Communities Through Covid; understands that, through their shops and online operations throughout Scotland, retailers raise money and support for charity through donations, fundraising, awareness raising and community activity, including causes to do with medical research, public health, care, food aid and the environment, and acknowledges what it sees as the positive contribution that retailers make to Scottish society through their work in the community across each and every part of the country.
Supported by:
Colin Beattie, Finlay Carson, Sharon Dowey, Joe FitzPatrick, Maurice Golden, Rhoda Grant, Fiona Hyslop, Liam Kerr, Fulton MacGregor, Pauline McNeill, Colin Smyth, Kaukab Stewart, Paul Sweeney, Sue Webber