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MSPs’ Christmas Card Competition Leads to Charity Donation

December 11, 2012 Joe FitzPatrick MSP, Shona Robison MSP No comments

L-R: Joe Prystupa, Manager of Lidl Dura Street, Shona Robison MSP, Joe FitzPatrick MSP, Fairprint Director George Cant, Alasdair Fowle, PR Manager Lidl Scotland.

Local MSPs Shona Robison and Joe FitzPatrick joined  staff of Lidl and George Cant, Director of Fairprint in a cheque presentation to cancer charity CLIC Sargent.

CLIC Sargent the cancer charity received a cheque for £350 as part of a three-way sponsorship tie-up between the MSPs, Lidl  and Fairprint to produce this year’s joint Christmas card for the two MSPs and Dundee East MP Stewart Hosie.

The MSPs sponsored the prize of a card designing competition in local schools, Fairprint printed the card free and Lidl matched the funding with a cheque to their charity of the year, CLIC Sargent.

Dundee City East MSP Shona Robison said: “We will be sending out our joint Christmas card to around 1000 individuals and organisations this year and as the competition is part of a three-way tie up with sponsors Lidl and Fairprint it has led to a total donation of around £350 to the charitable work of Clic Sargent which supports children with cancer.

 

“We are delighted to be able to organise our official Christmas Cards in such a way that we can reward local artistic talent and facilitate contributions to a very worthy charity.”

Grove Academy Pupil Wins Christmas Card Competition

December 6, 2012 Stewart Hosie MP No comments

Dundee City East MSP Shona Robison today [ 3rd December] congratulated Grove S3 pupil Jacob Guild on his success in a Christmas Card competition run in Art & Design Departments in the city’s secondary schools.

Jacob’s photograph ‘Winter Woodland’ was selected as the winner by MSP Shona Robison and her Scottish Parliamentary colleague Joe FitzPatrick  and Stewart Hosie MP and will now be incorporated as their shared official Christmas Card this year.

Shona handed over a £200 prize cheque to Jacob at a photocall at the school attended by Grove Academy Rector Graham Hutton. Principal Teacher of Art & Design at Grove, Mrs Liz Chisholm was unable to be present at the ceremony.

Commenting, Shona said: “We were all delighted with Jacob’s wonderful photograph, taken, I understand, in Crombie Country Park.

“It was the unanimous winner for all three of us. We liked the composition of it and the pattern of light and shade.  It perfectly captures a mood and the stillness of the scene.

“Jacob clearly has a talent for photography and I hope he continues with it.

“I would like to take this opportunity to thank all the other pupils who submitted entries and to the Education Department of Dundee City Council for organising the competition on our behalf in Art & Art Departments across the city’s secondary schools.

MSP Visits Post Office on Busiest Day of the Year

December 14, 2011 Joe FitzPatrick MSP No comments

Joe with Postmaster Mr Mohammad Haneef

Joe FitzPatrick MSP today made his annual Royal Mail Christmas visit to wish Season’s Greetings to frontline Royal Mail staff. This year he met the Postmaster Mr Mohammad Haneef and staff at Brantwood Post Office, on the busiest day of the year.
 
The MSP had to make a flying visit because of the size of the queues but said: “it’s always a pleasure to meet the front line staff in Post Offices who deal with all the items of Christmas Mail.
 
“Monday 12th is traditionally the busiest day of the year, as I saw for myself as there were queues out the door. My hearty thanks go to Mr Haneef and his staff and all Royal Mail staff for their hard work to get Chrismas cards and parcels sent and delivered on time.”

Launch of MSPs & MP’s Official Charity Christmas Card

December 12, 2011 Joe FitzPatrick MSP, Shona Robison MSP, Stewart Hosie MP No comments

A photocall was held in ASDA Kirkton today to launch the official joint Christmas card for local MSPs Joe FitzPatrick and Shona Robison and MP Stewart Hosie and the picture shows Shona and Joe with George Cant, Director of Fairprint  (front row, second from left) and Mary Robertson, Community Oficer for ASDA and ASDA store Manager Martin Green with members of the Society of St Vincent de Paul – which is the charity benefitting this year.

Shon explained: “As in previou years our joint card is designed by the winner of a competition and due to a three-way tie up with sponsors ASDA and Fairprint, it leads to a total donation of £450 to the charitable work of the Society of St Vincent de Paul which supports people with learning disability amongst other projects.
 
“We are delighted to be able to organise our official Christmas Cards in such a way that we can reward local artistic talent and benefit local charities at the same time.

Politicians Hand Over Cheque to Competition-winning Student

December 12, 2011 Joe FitzPatrick MSP, Shona Robison MSP, Stewart Hosie MP No comments

Stewart, Shona, Paul, Joe and Dean with Paul's winning image

Paul Cooper, a BA Design and Creativity student at Dundee College, was today named as the winner of a competition for an image to be used on the official joint Christmas card of three Dundee politicians.

The competition brief was to create a design or image that could be printed on a Christmas card to reflect ‘Dundee’s bright renewable future.’

Paul (24) from Blairgowrie received a cheque for £250 at a small ceremony at the Gardyne Campus today when MSPs Shona Robison, Joe FitzPatrick and Dundee East  MP Stewart Hosie today congratulated him and handed over the cheque.

Paul who is studying visual communications and graphics and web design, said: “I am pleased to have won this competition and that my image was liked by the three politicians. It’s nice to know that it will be seen by many people including the First Minister and hundreds of others when it gets sent out on the Christmas card.”

Shona Robison said: “I was delighted to meet Paul and to congratulate him on his stunning and vibrant image. It was the unanimous winner for all three of us and we liked the local skyline and particularly the energy and movement in the image.”

Joe FitzPatrick said: “It is an attractive image portraying the city’s skyline and with the Michelin wind turbines in the foreground alludes to recent massive investment in the  city.”

Dundee East MP Stewart Hosie added: “We will be sending out the image on the front of our official Christmas card this year and as the competition is part of a three-way tie up with sponsors ASDA and Fairprint we hope it will lead to a total donation of around £400 to the charitable work of the Society of St Vincent de Paul which supports people with learning disability.

“We are delighted to be able to organise our official Christmas Cards in such a way that we can reward local talent and contribute to a very worthy charity.”

Also in attendance was Paul’s tutor, Dean Robertson, Programme Leader of the BA Design & Creativity degree course, who ran the competition among the students

Charity Donation From Politicians’ Christmas Card Project

December 6, 2010 Joe FitzPatrick MSP, Shona Robison MSP, Stewart Hosie MP No comments
 
 

L-R: Bruce Rowe, Duty Manager, ASDA, George Cant, Sales Director Fairprint, Helen Forbes, Network Organiser for Tickled Pink, Shona Robison MSP, Joe FitzPatrick MSP, Mary Robertson, Community Colleague, ASDA Kirkton and Sarah Mills, ASDA

Dundee’s MSPs Shona Robison and Joe FitzPatrick and Dundee East MP Stewart Hosie are sharing an official Christmas Card this year and in a three-way tie-up with ASDA, Fairprint and Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art, a donation of £400 was made to breast cancer charity Tickled Pink today.
As part of the arrangement, the card incorporates an image by Roisin Connolly, a 4th level student of Jewellery and Design at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design; the winning entry in a competition held in the Art College to create an image for use on the Christmas Card which would reflect ‘the immense cultural opportunities that lie ahead for Dundee in the near future.’

While the politicians covered the cost of the competition, ASDA agreed to match the cost of the card’s production by Fairprint who donated their services and a £400 cheque was jointly handed over at a ceremony in ASDA’s Kirkton store. The card will be sent to around 800-900 organisations and individuals.

Shona, Joe and Stewart would like to thank all who have helped to make this project a success, including Roisin for her wonderful and witty image, Mhari Macdonald at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design for organising the competition, George Cant and Fairprint for producing such a classy card, Sarah Mills, Acting Property Communications Manager for Scotland at ASDA and Mary Robertson of ASDA Kirkton for hospitality at the store.

Speaking for the politicians, Shona said: “We are delighted to be able to organise our official Christmas Cards in such a way that we can highlight local talent and contribute to a very worthy charity. Thanks to all who helped us to do this.”

Politicians Hand over Cheque to Winning Local Artist

November 20, 2010 Joe FitzPatrick MSP, Shona Robison MSP, Stewart Hosie MP No comments

JOe, Shona, Roisin, Stewart and Mhari with a copy of the winning image

Roisin Connolly, a level 4 student of Jewellery and Metal Design at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art, University of Dundee, was today named as the winner of a competition for an image to be used on the official joint Christmas card of three Dundee politicians.

The competition brief was to create a design or image that could be printed on a Christmas card to reflect ‘the immense cultural opportunities that lie ahead for Dundee in the near future’.

Dundee MSPs Shona Robison, Joe FitzPatrick and MP Stewart Hosie today congratulated the winner and handed over a joint personal cheque for £250 to Roisin, 21, who lives in Tayport, at a small ceremony in the Boardroom at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art.

Shona Robison said: “I was delighted to meet Roisin and to congratulate her on her wonderful collage. It was the unanimous winner for all three of us and we liked the cultural references, the colour and particularly the humour of it.”

Joe FitzPatrick said: “It is an attractive image which sums up key elements of Dundee cultural life and is witty and elegant.”

Dundee East MP Stewart Hosie added: “We will be sending out the image on the front of our official Christmas card this year and as the competition is part of a three-way tie up with sponsors ASDA and Fairprint we hope it will lead to a total donation of around £400 to Tickled Pink, a charity which supports people with breast cancer.

“We are delighted to be able to organise our official Christmas Cards in such a way that we can reward local talent and contribute to a very worthy charity.”
The Associate Dean of Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design, Mike Press and Mhari MacDonald, the College’s Marketing & Recruitment Officer, who organised the competition, were also present at the prize-giving.

Dundee MSP’s Congratulate Winners of Christmas Cards Competition

December 4, 2009 Joe FitzPatrick MSP, Shona Robison MSP No comments

ShonaChristmasCard09Dundee’s two constituency MSPs were in Dundee Primary Schools today to congratulate their winners in the annual Christmas Card designing competition organised by Dundee City Council Education Department.

Shona Robison went to St Luke’s & St Matthew’s RC Primary School in Longhaugh Road to congratulate P3A  pupil Nathan Harwood, whose collage design of a Christmas tree in snow against a blue night sky, JOeChristmasCard09was her winner. On the day, Nathan was ill, so that his older sister Kate-Lynne, collected his prize for him. The prize was sponsored by ASDA and gift vouchers were handed-over by ASDA’s Kate MacPherson. Also in the picture is Headteacher Kathleen Quinn.

Over at Park Place Primary, Ruth Walton, of P6, was Joe FitzPatrick’s winner for her design of two teddy-bears unwrapping presents in front of a decorated Christmas tree. Joe said: “I was delighted with Ruth’s drawing and very happy to hand over several dozen copies of the final printed card to her and gift vouchers from Tesco.” The prize was sponsored by Tesco Extra. Joe is pictured with Ruth and her card and Headteacher Alison Starke in front of the school asssembly.

MSP recycles Christmas cards to help fund tree planting

January 7, 2009 Joe FitzPatrick MSP No comments

Dundee West MSP Joe FitzPatrick will help the Woodland Trust Scotland create new woods by recycling his Christmas cards at Tesco Extra Superstore in Dundee.

The MSP is helping to draw attention to the scheme where the public can recycle their Christmas cards throughout January in bins at WHSmith, Tesco, TK Maxx and Marks & Spencer.

All of the cards collected during the campaign are taken to paper mills where they are recycled into brand new paper products, with money raised helping the UK’s leading woodland conservation charity plant thousands of trees.

Last year 73.6 million cards were recycled which enabled the Woodland Trust plant 17,000 trees in some of its 1,000 UK woods.

Joe FitzPatrick said: “It’s a great start to the New Year to recycle your Christmas cards and it couldn’t be easier, since the scheme is backed by leading retailers which are easy to get to.

“The cards are treated and eventually turned into new products such as tissue paper, photocopy paper or corrugated cardboard.

“Since the Woodland Trust Scotland scheme was founded 12 years ago more than 600 million cards have been recycled which has enabled the charity to plant 140,000 trees.”

For more information log onto www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/cards

Picture shows Joe with Customer Services Manager Craig Buick at the Recyling Centre, Tesco Extra

 

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