Gavin Newlands, SNP MP for Paisley and Renfrewshire North, is backing a local charity as they seek to win a public vote and help secure funds from the National Lottery’s Big Lottery fund. Bravehound are based at Erskine Hospital and provide a range of support to former servicemen, women and their families, this includes providing companion dogs to veterans as a means of helping to support their transition into civilian life. The charity is now competing for The People’s Proje

Gavin Newlands, SNP MP for Paisley and Renfrewshire North, has visited a new facility in Erskine which aims to provide further employment opportunities for Scottish Armed Forces veterans, enabling them to work and develop new skills. Scotland’s Bravest Manufacturing Company is a social enterprise partnership between the Royal British Legion and the military charity, Erskine and is due to open its doors in summer 2018. Scotland’s Bravest Manufacturing Company will manufacture

Gavin Newlands, MP for Paisley and Renfrewshire North, has welcomed recently announced funding to Erskine to support their work in caring for people with dementia. In excess of £1 million worth of funding has been awarded towards veterans and ex-services charities across Scotland, with Erskine directly benefitting from this. The milestone comes as a further £315,591 of grant funding has been allocated to 19 projects, including a contribution of over £148,000 from Standard Lif

Gavin Newlands, the MP for Paisley and Renfrewshire North, has commended the charity Erskine for providing “unwavering care and support to our ex-service men and women for over a century”. In response to the devastation of World War I and the insufficient hospital facilities to care for our veterans who were wounded in war, Erskine was founded on 29th March 1916 and has cared for veterans from every major conflict since 1916. The hospital was originally known as the Princess

Gavin Newlands, the MP for Paisley and Renfrewshire North, is urging the people of Renfrewshire to back Erskine Care Home’s bid to win the National Lottery Award for Sport by logging on and voting online. The National Lottery Awards are an annual search to find the UK’s favourite Lottery funded projects. In the Best Sports Project Category of the 2015 National Lottery Awards, Erskine Hospital is up against North Wales Crusaders Wheelchair Team, The Girl Can, Sport England TAS