SNP MSP Emma Roddick this week met with Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) in Shetland.  Ms Roddick sat down with HIE area manager for Shetland, Katrina Wiseman, to discuss how the development agency is working to support businesses and communities in Shetland and attract investment in the region.  Commenting on her visit, Ms Roddick said:  “I had [...]

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 [...]

Professor Todd Walker, Principal and Vice-Chancellor of UHI, and Emma Roddick after the graduation ceremony Emma Roddick MSP was spotted in Lerwick attending UHI Shetland's first in-person graduation ceremony. The graduation celebrated students who graduated over the pandemic and those graduating in 2022, giving the opportunity for those that didn't have a traditional graduation ceremony [...]

Highlands and Islands MSP Emma Roddick has brought the Scottish Parliament’s Social Justice and Social Security Committee virtually to Shetland, to share Anchor’s work in the isles. Visiting the organisation last year, the SNP MSP said that organisations across Scotland could “learn a lot” from their approach.  Following this, she recommended the group to the [...]

Emma Roddick MSP will visit the isles this week to campaign for local SNP candidates Robbie MacGregor, Shetland South, and Zara Pennington, Shetland West.  = She said: "I am really looking forward to getting out on the doors to speak to people and help get our two amazing candidates elected to the Shetland Islands Council [...]

SNP MSP Emma Roddick has welcomed the news that Shetland will receive £5,899 from the Scottish Government to support care experienced families or children who are on the edges of care, in addition to the £41m provided through the Winter Support Fund. Commenting, Roddick said: “Many children across Shetland who are on the edges of [...]

Emma Roddick MSP SNP MSP Emma Roddick has wasted no time writing to the new Minister for Transport Jenny Gilruth, appointed on Tuesday, highlighting the importance of developing fixed links in Shetland. Referring to the Scottish Government’s target of reaching net-zero by 2045, Roddick has reiterated the significant role that transport plays in these plans, [...]

Emma Roddick MSP Local MSP Emma Roddick has welcomed record investment in Scotland’s NHS, including £57 million for NHS Shetland and £57.1 million for NHS Orkney. The Scottish Government Budget confirmed £18 billion for Health and Social Care, including £12.9 billion for health boards through the pandemic and to accelerate the recovery of vital services.  [...]

Emma Roddick MSP Highlands and Islands MSP Emma Roddick has welcomed the progress on plans, announced on Tuesday, for a new £125m NHS Shetland Hospital. The Gilbert Bain Hospital is expected to be built within the next five years and to include 100 residential units, a helipad and carbon net-zero designs. This comes after an [...]