MP Ged Killen and MSP Monica Lennon hosted a successful Great Get Together Coffee and Cake afternoon on Friday 21st (June 21) at Gilmour and Whitehill Parish Church, Burnbank.
Ged Killen MP and Monica Lennon MSP hosting their Great Get Together in memory of Jo Cox MP.
The Great Get Together is a UK-wide series of events inspired by the pair’s fellow Labour MP Jo Cox, who was killed on June 16, 2016.
Jo’s family and friends decided to arrange the Great Get Together each year in Jo’s memory, and to coincide with the late politician’s birthday on June 22.
The Great Get Together is held in memory of Labour MP Jo Cox who was was killed on June 16, 2016
Events were held across the country between June 21 and 23 in a bid to encourage civic pride and boost community spirit.
“We are far more united and have far more in common than that which divides us”
Ged Killen, MP for Rutherglen and Hamilton West, said:
In her first speech to parliament, Jo said: ‘We are far more united and have far more in common than that which divides us,’ and I think that she would be proud of her family and friends’ efforts to unite communities across the UK with the Great Get Together.
Thank you to everyone who came along and enjoyed a cuppa with us, and to all who made donations for the day including Asda Blantyre and Lightbody’s in Hamilton.
The Great Get Together was well attended and supported by local business such as Asda, Blantyre and Lightbody’s, Hamilton.
Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, said:
It’s important to come together to honour Jo’s legacy and it was fantastic that so many people attended the Great Get Together on the weekend that would have been Jo’s 45th Birthday.
Bringing our community together makes us stronger and happier. Most of us have more in common than we think.
The Great Get Together 2019
24th June 2019
