MSP backs campaign
Mid Scotland and Fife MSP Alexander Stewart visited a special Boys’ Brigade exhibition at Holyrood.
The exhibition, which is running in the Scottish Parliament until Sunday, is aimed at encouraging more young people to take part in physical activity.
Mr Stewart, current battalion president of Stirling and District Battalion Boys’Brigade, said: “This latest initiative for more children and young people to participate in regular physical activity and to engage with each other as friends and equally as a team, thus developing mutual respect and encouragement, is deserving of every success and absolutely key to what the Boys’ Brigade stands for.
“The Boys’Brigade is calling for a team-based approach to encouraging participation in sports and activities which are critical for children and young people’s health, tackling childhood obesity and helping bridge the educational attainment gap – and this is to be wholeheartedly commended.”
John Sharp, director of the BB in Scotland , said it was vital for them to engage with MSPs on the role that youth