Hugh Henry MSP for Renfrewshire South: Festival fun

4 Mar 2016

Festival fun

The Inspired Family and Youth Arts Festival taking place in Johnstone and neighbouring Paisley is great news for my constituents with eight weeks of fun scheduled. The festival is a programme of events and activities for young people to get involved with, and be inspired by, the arts. There’s dance performances, drama, exhibitions and free art activities suitable for early years until teens running right up until the 17th April 2016. Some highlights to look out for include interactive shows, performances from the Puppet Animation festival and a drama piece by local Renfrewshire actor Sita Pieracinni. And for the first time ever, Johnstone Town Hall will be hosting film screenings with popular films like Minions and Inside/Out being shown. For a full list of events and activities please visit www.renfrewshireleisure.com.

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.