SNP MSP Emma Roddick this week met with the team at the Shetland Foodbank to hear about what they do for the local community and discuss what action volunteers wanted to see from the Scottish Government.  Shetland Foodbank is a voluntary organisation which distributes food and toiletries to people in the Shetland community who are [...]

SNP MSP Emma Roddick caught up with some four-legged friends during a meeting with Dogs Against Drugs Shetland, telling the charity she was behind their calls for funding and writing to the new Cabinet Secretary for Justice to urge action. The charity, which was set up in 2002 by the people in Shetland in an [...]

Highlands & Islands MSP Emma Roddick has met with some of the team behind Hope Cohousing. Based in the Orkney Islands, the project will become Scotland’s first entirely rental co-housing scheme. The SNP representative told Radio Orkney on Tuesday [4th April] evening that she loved speaking with those driving the development. The community interest company, [...]

Highlands and Islands MSP Emma Roddick met with the Chair of Orkney Charitable Trust, Lynne Spence, to talk about the charity’s work and how it supports children and young people in times of need. Set up in 2014, the charity provides financial help through a range of grants, support schemes, and one-off payments to those [...]

As part of her busy recess schedule, Highlands & Islands MSP Emma Roddick has visited Employability Orkney, a charity supporting those with barriers to gaining employment in the islands through a range of sustainable supported employment, training, and volunteering opportunities. Commenting on her visit, Ms Roddick said: “It was fantastic to see first-hand all the [...]

Highlands & Islands MSP Emma Roddick has welcomed funding from the Scottish Government to charter an additional ferry for the Clyde and Hebrides network, saying it shows a clear commitment to the island communities which rely on lifeline ferry services. The MV Alfred will join the CalMac fleet on a nine-month charter following an agreement [...]

Highlands & Islands MSP Emma Roddick has welcomed Scotland’s new First Minister Humza Yousaf as he is voted in by the Scottish Parliament. The announcement that Humza Yousaf had won the Scottish National Party’s leadership contest came on Monday afternoon, with Ms Roddick quickly celebrating the result and congratulating Mr Yousaf on his ‘incredible campaign’. [...]

Scotland’s youngest MSP, Emma Roddick, has paid tribute to the First Minister of Scotland, Nicola Sturgeon, highlighting the political legacy she leaves behind and the inspiration she has given to women far and wide. This afternoon, Nicola Sturgeon gave her official resignation speech in the Scottish Parliament and said it had been the honour of [...]

Highlands & Islands MSP Emma Roddick has welcomed investment into schools across her region as plans to replace Nairn Academy get underway. Speaking in the Scottish Parliament, Ms Roddick asked the Cabinet Secretary for Education for an update on the Nairn Academy replacement project, as well as the new schools for Broadford in Skye, in [...]

Highlands and Islands MSP Emma Roddick has welcomed the Scottish Government’s official apology to those affected by historic forced adoption practices, in one of Nicola Sturgeon’s final acts as First Minister.  The SNP MSP, along with Monica Lennon, Miles Briggs, Maggie Chapman, and Alex Cole-Hamilton, was a signatory of a 2022 cross-party letter to the [...]