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List of Funders:
List of Supporters:
- Aberdeen Council of Voluntary Organisations
- Bon Accord and St Nicholas Centres for Celebrate Aberdeen
- Elaine Manley
- Graham Dargie Photography
- Hamish McKay
- John Lewis Partnership
- Space Solutions
- Kevin Stewart MSP
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 Anne Begg was elected as the Labour MP for Aberdeen South in the General Election of May 1997. She was re-elected at the elections in 2001, 2005 and 2010.
Born in 1955 in Brechin, Angus, Anne attended Damacre Primary School and Brechin High School before going on to the University of Aberdeen where she studied History, Politics and English. Anne then attended Northern College where she studied to become a secondary schoolteacher, a job she kept up until the 1997 election.
In Parliament Anne's political interests include social justice, welfare reform, pensions, equality(with an emphasison disability),genetics and broadcasting. In 2008, Anne became Vice-Chair of the most recent Speaker's Conference, which was tasked with making recommendations about how the House of Commons can increase the representation of women, ethnic minorities and disabled people.
Anne was born with the rare genetic condition Gauchers Disease which has resulted in her bones breaking regularly and she has used a wheelchair since 1984. When elected in 1997 Anne was the first full time wheelchair user ever to be elected to Parliament. Regarding her wheelchair as her "liberator", Anne has always believed that disabled people should not be excluded from society."
Anne said: "I remember the first time I used a Shopmobility electric wheelchair to do my Christmas shopping on my own. It really gave me a sense of freedom, not having to depend on someone else to push me around."
Shopmobility People:
"Our services are not just for shopping. This intrepid bunch are off for a night on the tiles to celebrate an 85th birthday using two wheelchairs borrowed from us."
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