Emma Roddick has heard of the difference the Inverness InSpire Project has made in the local community.  The InSpire Project launched in 2016 offering "Bags of Hope" and has since grown to offer toiletries, emergency food parcels, uniform, and winter jackets for children and their families who are in need of extra support in the [...]

I had a brilliant time at the beginning of this month at the Highland Parasport Festival in Grantown-On-Spey, organised by Scottish Disability Sport. It was wonderful to see all the kids getting involved and trying out some new sports. We know that sport is so important for physical and mental health, but also to address [...]

Emma met with the Highland Violence Against Women Partnership (VAWP) on Tuesday [13th of February] to learn about the work they are doing to prevent gender-based violence. Emma met with Myra Ross, Training Officer at Highland VAWP, to discuss new materials that are being created to illustrate to the public what it is like for [...]

Emma Roddick MSP has called on the UK Government to lift the £50 million cap on annual charity lottery sales.   Speaking in a Members’ Business Debate on Thursday [1st of February], Emma called on the cap to be lifted as it is “outdated and unneeded”.  The cap is said to be impacting the ability of [...]

Emma Roddick met with members of the Scottish Rural & Islands Youth Parliament in Holyrood on Thursday [18th of January]. Members of the Rural & Islands Youth Parliament travelled to Edinburgh to meet with MSPs to discuss ten demands that were created by members at the 2023 Scottish Rural & Islands Youth Parliament event in November. [...]

Emma Roddick has invited her constituents to get involved in the “Fair Begins Here” campaign.   The campaign that was launched at the end of last year calls for “a fair new plan for refugees that works for everyone”.   Numerous charities, faith groups, and public figures have since joined the campaign to urge the [...]

Emma has welcomed the announcement of a shortlist of contractors who will carry out work on the A9 between Tomatin and Moy. On Tuesday [28th November], Fiona Hyslop, Minister for Transport, announced that there were three contractors shortlisted to upgrade the road to a dual carriageway. In the running are John Graham Construction Ltd, Sacyr [...]

Yesterday [20th November], Emma held a roundtable with local organisations that provide housing support to people across the Highlands. The roundtable brought organisations together to discuss the current situation in the Highlands and how everyone could work together with decision-makers and partner organisations to improve the current challenges people are facing. On the roundtable, Emma [...]

Emma has visited local businesses in Fort Augustus, talking about the Scottish Government’s latest Building a New Scotland paper which focuses on migration policy in an independent Scotland and how it could support them deal with the impact of rural depopulation.  Since the end of the freedom of movement after Scotland was taken out of the EU against [...]

As part of her busy recess schedule, Highlands & Islands MSP Emma Roddick met with Autism Rights Group Highland (ARGH) this week to discuss the local campaigning group’s work in the Highlands. The group, which is run by and for autistic adults, campaigns for better services for autistic people and works to challenge stigma and [...]