Highlands and Islands MSP Emma Roddick has visited Dundreggan Rewilding Centre, developed by Trees for Life, to discuss the work they do, and their plans to make the forest more accessible to the public. Rewilding is the practice of restoring natural ecosystems to Scotland, by planting native trees and greenery - and encouraging wildlife to [...]

Highlands and Islands MSP Emma Roddick met this week with the Caithness Broch Project to discuss the work they do and the challenges they face. The project consists of a team of volunteers who preserve and maintain the county’s brochs; circular stone structures unique to Scotland, known to be at least 2,000 years old. The [...]

Emma Roddick MSP has urged projects in Shetland to apply for the newly launched Scotland Loves Local Fund. The scheme has been launched by the SNP Scottish Government to support local projects run by organisations like town centre partnerships, chambers of commerce or community and charity trusts. It will provide projects with match funding of [...]

A public consultation will be launched this week to gather input from people with day-to-day experience of social care, in order to inform plans for the new National Care Service proposed by the Scottish Government. The new service aims to deliver a standard of care across the whole of Scotland, regardless of where in the [...]

Emma Roddick MSP asked the First Minister today what the options were for Scottish University students who are only 17 and not due the Covid vaccination yet. She asked, following the First Minister stating that further guidance from the JCVI was due in regards to this. Roddick asked: ‘I appreciate the information that has been [...]

Emma and Hamish the Westie Highlands and Islands MSP Emma Roddick was delighted to be shown around the SSPCA in Inverness to meet some of the animals they are currently looking after and to talk about new legislation and the positive impact it will have on the rehoming of animals.  While at the centre, Emma learned of the various [...]

Emma Roddick MSP asked the First Minister today how the most vulnerable to COVID in our society will be supported following the move to level 0, highlighting specifically those with blood cancers whose treatment may affect the vaccine’s effectiveness. She asked: “Given that Blood Cancer UK has instructed that the vaccine may have lower efficacy [...]

The Social Justice and Social Security Committee is considering the Carer's Allowance Supplement (Scotland) Bill and asking people to submit their views. What are your views on the increased payment of the Carer's Allowance Supplement? Do you agree with increasing the December payment of Carer’s Allowance Supplement? Do you have any views on the Bill’s [...]

SNP MSP for the Highlands and Islands, Emma Roddick, is encouraging 16-25-year-olds to apply for the Job Start Payment, a grant which helps young people get back into work by covering "prohibitive" start-up costs. Roddick said: "The costs of starting a new job shouldn't be prohibitive, but they often are. I am delighted to see [...]

Following Orkney Pride celebrations on 26th June, organisers have shared an interview with Emma Roddick MSP, the island's only out Parliamentarian. https://twitter.com/PrideOrkney/status/1409591849006796806 Roddick had said she was "delighted" to be taking part in the march, a first for the island, after a year of COVID restrictions prevented them from taking place in 2020. https://twitter.com/Emma_Roddick/status/1408719378892345345