Bob Holman, who dedicated his life to fighting inequality, loses battle with motor neurone disease

Bob Holman, the community worker who dedicated his life to fighting poverty, has died aged 79 after battling motor neurone disease.

A tireless activist who decided to live among the people he supported, Holman co-founded Family Action in Rogerfield and Easterhouse (FARE) an organisation supporting the area's youth as well as the wider community.
Originally Holman was a social worker who turned his hand to writing on social justice issues, publishing a number of books and essays as well as being a regular columnist for a number of national newspapers.

In 2012, Holman turned down an MBE as part of the Queen's birthday honours list on the grounds the honours system was "designed to promote differences of status" and hindered equality.

Sandy Weddell, the Reverend of Easterhouse Baptist Church, described Holman as "a lovely man" who "transcended difference", adding: "People, regardless of political persuasion, all ended up really liking him."

And Labour's Margaret Curran praised his"deep integrity and commitment, adding: "Deeply saddened to learn of the death of the giant of social justice Bob Holman... There will never be another."