CROOKSTON COMMUNITY GROUP

That this House notes the work of Crookston Community Group, based in Crookston, Glasgow, a charity organisation, founded by Tariq Ali, which has a goal of creating a sense of community by building bridges among a diversity of cultures and communities; praises its collaboration with local organisations, local authorities, communities, statutory and voluntary groups and the public sector to develop and support a range of beneficial projects; welcomes its diverse range of projects including arts, culture, education, festivals, sport and others; acknowledges Crookston Community Group's development of best practice materials and resources on cross-cultural dialogue and collaboration to help build platforms for constructive debate; praises them for its foodbank programme which delivers thousands of food parcels within Glasgow to individuals who have difficulty travelling to their local foodbank; congratulates Nasreen Ali, chair of the Crookston Community Group, for winning first runner-up in the Mary Barbour Award; and wishes them every success with its future plans for a climate challenge and food share projects.