Highlands and Islands MSP Emma Roddick joined Inverness-based charity Spokes for Folks on one of their frequent rides around the city this week. The group offers assisted trike or adapted bike rides, which are piloted by trained volunteers, for the elderly or those with limited mobility around Inverness. Joining in on a ride with Gateway [...]

Highlands & Islands MSP Emma Roddick this week heard from the John Muir Trust on its community projects in the areas around Lochinver and Assynt on a guided visit in the Culag Woods.   Ms Roddick was shown around the community-managed woodland by a team from the John Muir Trust as she continued her busy recess [...]

Highlands & Islands MSP Emma Roddick has been getting out in nature, visiting the Corrimony nature reserve this week. Managed by the RSPB, the 150-hectare nature reserve is comprised of open moorland, conifer plantations, woodland, wetlands, and mountain habitats and is a popular spot for bird lovers. Ms Roddick was shown around the reserve as [...]

Highlands & Islands MSP Emma Roddick was in Nairn this week to meet with Sam Hey, founder of Team Hamish to hear about the charity’s work and plans to create a family-friendly social gathering space on Nairn Links. Team Hamish was established in memory of Sam Hey’s son, Hamish, who passed away at 8 years [...]

Highlands & Islands MSP Emma Roddick has praised the messaging at this year’s Royal Highland Show, saying it is heartening to hear agricultural organisations emphasise the importance of speaking out about mental health and wellbeing. The annual agricultural show, which celebrated its 200th anniversary last year, brings together the best of Scotland’s food, drink, farming [...]

Local MSP Emma Roddick has welcomed plans to protect the right to healthcare access, available at the point of need, by including the NHS in an independent Scotland’s written constitution. The plans to create a constitution that provides recognition of the NHS in Scotland were included in the fourth Building A New Scotland paper from [...]

Highlands & Islands SNP MSP, Emma Roddick, has welcomed the signing of a landmark agreement between local and national government, saying it demonstrates the Scottish Government’s commitment to empowering local authorities and providing high-quality public services in Orkney. The Verity House Agreement, which was signed by First Minister Humza Yousaf and COSLA President Shona Morrison, [...]

SNP MSP Emma Roddick has welcomed the publication of a new paper by the Scottish Government that outlines the opportunities of a written constitution for an independent Scotland. The paper is the fourth in the Scottish Government's Building a New Scotland, which aims to inform the Scottish independence debate. Previous papers have compared other similar-sized [...]

Highlands & Islands MSP Emma Roddick today (Friday 16th June) paid a visit to the Outward Bound Trust’s outdoor education centre on the shores of Loch Eil in Lochaber. The centre, which prides itself on providing visiting groups of young people with a unique outdoor learning experience, offers a wide range of activities such as [...]

Highlands & Islands MSP Emma Roddick has said that the UK Government has undermined devolution by interfering with Scotland’s Deposit Return Scheme - delaying the scheme’s launch. Reacting to the news that the scheme will now launch no earlier than 2025, rather than March next year as planned, Ms Roddick said that the UK Government’s [...]