Hugh Henry MSP for Renfrewshire South: Making Broadway dream come true

4 Aug 2015

Making Broadway dream come true

I hope local people get behind a fundraiser to help teenager Aimee Farish - who has won a scholarship to dance at the Broadway Dance Centre in New York - make her dancing dreams come true. To study dance in New York and Broadway in particular, the dance capital of the world, would be an amazing opportunity for the 18 year-old but she needs money for flights and accommodation. Proud mum Irene has organised a fundraiser at The Killoch Bar in Neilston on July 31 at 7.30pm. Tickets are just £5 and can be bought at the door. Congratulations and good luck to Aimee on her big adventure.

About Hugh

Hugh Henry is a Scottish Labour politician first elected a Member of the Scottish Parliament in1999 when he represented Paisley South. He was appointed Deputy Minister for Health and Community in 2001and moved to Deputy Minister for Social Justice in 2002. He became Deputy Minister for Justice after the Scottish Parliamentary Elections in 2003 and Minister for Education in 2006. Hugh collected the Scottish Politician of the Year award in 2010 and won the newly created Renfrewshire South seat in 2011. He was raised in Erskine, Renfrewshire and educated at St Mirin's Academy, Paisley, at the University of Glasgow and Jordanhill College in Glasgow. He has worked as an accountant, a teacher and as a welfare rights officer. He was a local councillor from 1984 until 1999, including four years as leader of Renfrewshire Council. He is married with two daughters and a son.