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"...her campaigning against education cuts is good news for parents" - Rachael Ewing, Seedhill
" Fair trade fortnight just finishing - see why you should only eat 4 bar KitKats! http://bit.ly/9z6eMx "Follow Me what is this?
"...her campaigning against education cuts is good news for parents" - Rachael Ewing, Seedhill
" Fair trade fortnight just finishing - see why you should only eat 4 bar KitKats! http://bit.ly/9z6eMx "Follow Me what is this?
Wendy says it’s time for Council to listen to parents following today’s defeat of a review of the cuts in school buses.
Wendy Alexander said:
“Cloth ears to the concerns of parents just fuels parents’ cynicism about councillors removing their school buses. Today’s vote was very close (19 to 17). Council officials still need to respond to parent’s real fears. Read more »
Campaigning Pays off
In January my post bag was dominated by objections to the axing of the Renfrew Ferry. Local campaigners like Liz Grant, tirelessly collected 2800 signatures in just a week to keep the Ferry. Jim Sheridan MP, I and many others lobbied Strathclyde Passenger Transport to reverse the decision. SPT were wrong to propose closing the Ferry and we did not let party loyalty get in the way of condemnation on a wrong decision.
Thankfully – SPT’s new leadership have been “big” enough to think again. They have successfully searched for a new operator for the ferry. So I expect we will now have operator, with a new ferry boat on the route and a saving to the public purse by the summer. This is politicians listening and responding to public pressure. We need more of that today. Read more »
PARENTS DEMO
Wendy Receives Many Moving Responses Against The Removal of Buses in Renfrewshire
Wendy said, “I expect a big turnout on Monday. I do not think the council has thought through the consequences of this misguided decisions. What happens to disabled parents of children facing very costly zone card bills?
I received some very moving accounts of how the removal of school transport in Renfrewshire will affect the lives of parents and children. One mother wrote about how it will cost her 71 pounds a month in zone cards in August to send her children to school. Another mum is partially sighted and had to surrender her driver’s license in 2005 so she cannot drive her children to school. A Chair of a Parent Council has mobilised into action to help gain support for the cause.” Read more »
- By Just Eating 4-finger Kit Kats! -
Wendy Alexander MSP is participating in Fairtrade Fortnight, which runs from 22 February to 7 March 2010. This year’s theme is ‘The Big Swap’ - encouraging people to swap their usual product for a Fairtrade alternative.
Wendy’s pledge for ‘The Big Swap’ is to only eat 4 bar Kit Kats in the future!
Wendy has passionately campaigned against the use of human trafficking in chocolate manufacturing in Africa, where the cocoa that makes over a third of the world’s chocolate is harvested. In the cocoa farms of the Ivory Coast, thousands of young children are trafficked, enslaved, and abused. Read more »
Wendy was delighted to attend the celebrations for Montgomery Court’s 10th Anniversary. Wendy officially opened the Very Sheltered Development in the Gallowhill area of Paisley on 25 February 2000. She said “Thank you to Tommy Greenhorn for organising and inviting me here today. Ten years ago Montgomery Court opened its doors. Since then it has provided local, friendly care to lots of Buddies. Montgomery Court has welcomed a new manager to lead the staff and residents team to even greater success in the years to come.”
Red for Heart
- National Wear Red Day Friday 26 February 2010 -
- Wendy signs Abbeymill’s Cafe up -
February is National Heart Month and British Heart Foundation (BHF) Scotland and Wendy Alexander MSP are asking the people of PAISLEY to join National Wear Red Day on Friday 26th February 2010 and to follow the BEAT health code.
Wendy Alexander persuaded the great little café spot in her building to collect for the British Heart Foundation for a week. The red collection box will be opened on Friday, the National Wear Red Day. Read more »
- Murders committed with knives reach three year high -
Wendy Alexander MSP steps up call for action on knife crime as official Scottish Government figures have shown the number of murders committed using knives has hit a three year high.
The figures also reveal the proportion of people killed using a sharp instrument opposed to any other other method of killing reached a five year high. Read more »
“How many adults would be prepared to walk 2.9m to work and home again carrying heavy bags especially in the dreadful weather conditions we endure? The route suggested for our children to walk to school is far from safe. I hope whoever had this not so bright idea is willing to take responsibility for the trauma that they have caused and for the resulting incidents that are bound to happen should this go ahead.”
So wrote Joyce, a parent on my online petition about bus cuts. Read more »
Wendy Alexander MSP, Jim Sheridan MP, Hugh Henry MSP & Douglas Alexander MP all turned out at a local supermarket during one of it’s busiest hours to offer advice to constituents.
Wendy said “3-7 pm on a Friday is the store’s busiest time as people stock up for the weekend – so it is a good time to offer extra services like MP/MSPs surgeries to customers. Lots and lots of people were looking for help. Parents worried about bus cuts, renewed calls for a crossing in Linwood Road, problems with neighbours, support for GARL – everyone had their say on their way home. My office is now hard at work trying to get some action. Read more »
Wendy Alexander welcomed the news that the New Tannahill Centre has been awarded a grant of nearly a £1million from the Big Lottery Fund.
The grant will support will support plans for major refurbishment and improvements to the Tannahill Centre in Ferguslie Park in Paisley. This will enable the Centre to provide attractive facilities to support a range of activities and also provide office premises for Ferguslie Park Housing Association and various community groups. Read more »