Foreign Aid• 0.7% of overall budget – investment in

future stability & prosperity in some of world’s most troubled nations

• Britain NOT biggest donor in terms of % of Gross National Income or absolute amount of money given

• £8.45 billion in 2013 (£126.2 billion on Health Care; £138.1 billion on pensions)

Give a Goat!• In Sudan and Bangladesh a goat

can be a lifesaver, providing enough milk to keep the whole family healthy. Goats can also be bred and sold, allowing poor parents to generate income to pay for food, education and vital medicines for their children.

• Cost: £25

Legacy• British Empire (1689 – 1950):

plundering many parts of world for national benefit (tobacco & slave trade)

• Determining boundaries in Africa and Middle East, including failed states (i.e. Iraq, Democratic Republic of Congo)

• UK has invaded 9 out of 10 countries globally over course of history…

• Development aid rights historical wrong

MySociety.org• They Work For You – track your

political representatives voting patterns

• Write To Them – email your Local Councillor, MSPs (all nine!), MP (Angus Robertson), MEPs

• Fix My Street – report pot-holes!

• Northern Scot & stv:elgin - letters

Personal Touch• Physically choosing & wrapping a

present for someone who is desperately in need, may never say thank you in this life but you could meet in heaven!