Josh Mennie
Channel: Humanist Society Scotland
Date: 2021-12-09

Josh is  the Communications & Office Manager for Karen Adam MSP, and previous to this spent seven years working in social care, supporting and caring for elderly people, and people with learning and physical disabilities. He is a former member of the SNP's National Executive Committee, and former National Convenor of the SNP's LGBTQ+ Wing. Causes Josh has campaigned for include assisted dying, LGBTQ+ rights and inclusion and disabled rights & inclusion. He sits on the End of Life Choices Cross Party Group (CPG) at the Scottish Parliament, and began campaigning for a change in the law to allow assisted dying when he witnessed the traumatising death of his grandmother whilst caring for her in the last weeks of her life. In his presentation Josh speaks movingly about his grandmother's experience and why it led him to campaign for legalised assisted dying in Scotland.