The annual Garvald village show will take place on Saturday 24th August 2024. The show schedule can be viewed here and on the GHS page:
2024 Garvald Village Show Schedule
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Deadline REMINDER: Polling District & Places Review Consultation
All responses must be submitted by 29 January 2024.
In accordance with legislation, East Lothian Council are undertaking a statutory review of polling districts and places. The review must be completed within a 16-month period from 1 October 2023 to 31 January 2025.
The consultation period will run from 4 December 2023 until 29 January 2024, providing members of the public, elected members, MPs, MSPs, political parties, community groups and disability groups an opportunity to comment on the proposals. Any persons or bodies making representations should, if possible, give alternative places that may be used as polling places.
The Returning Officer’s proposals, along with a list of current polling places and a current polling districts map, can be viewed on the Consultation Hub. Please see the link, below. Copies are also available for inspection at John Muir House, Haddington and Brunton Hall, Musselburgh.
The following criteria has been used to assess polling places as part of this review:
• Availability
• Accessibility
• Safety, for both staff and voters
• Current electorate
• Projected electorate
• Number of postal voters
Comments should be sent to:
By email: elections@eastlothian.gov.uk
By post: Elections Office
East Lothian Council
John Muir House
Haddington
EH41 3HA
New, Important Posts – Please Scroll Down to Read
Please scroll down to read several new posts which, due to being time critical, have been posted out-with the usual days.
Post Office Outreach at Garvald Village Hall –
The Post Office outreach service in Garvald Village Hall will NOT operate tomorrow – Thursday 18th January – due to an equipment issue which cannot be repaired in time for the service.
The Post Office outreach service will resume as normal next week, on Thursday 25th January.
BIKE MARKING EVENT – Saturday 27th January
Did you get a new bike for Christmas? Looking for that extra bit of security?
Come along with your bike to the East Lothian Police Scotland Youth Volunteers pop-up outside Haddington Farmers’ Market, on 27th January between 9am and 1pm, to have your bike marked and registered with the Bike Register.
**We have a limited number of bike marking kits, so will only be able to mark 1 bike per person. Please bring a mobile phone with you in order to register your bike.**
REMINDER: PUBlic Philosophy Evening – Thursday 18th January
The next PUBlic Philosophy event will be THIS THURSDAY 8-10pm in the Garvald Inn. Professor Amalia Amaya Navarro and Dr. Nick Treanor will lead discussions about jurisprudential virtue and the biggest thing you’ve ever seen.
FREE Piano Available
A local resident is looking to rehome a piano. If you’re interested, please use the contact form, below:
Garvald EV Chargers: Community Co-operation
With the increase in electric vehicles in the village, the EV chargers are now getting very well used. This means that it has become increasingly difficult – particularly for commuters who depend on their EVs every day – to find a vacant charger on weekday evenings.
A solution is now required which facilitates fair and efficient use of the EV chargers and avoids cars remaining in the charging spaces long after their batteries have been fully charged.
One suggested solution is that all EV charger users leave a note in the car windscreen with a finish time (when the car will then be unplugged and the charging space vacated) so that anyone needing charge has a sense of when a charger might become free.
If anyone can think of any other ways to improve fair and efficient use of the EV chargers, please complete the contact form, below, and we can then move forward with a solution which works for everyone:
Garvald Village Hall – Craft Taster Sessions – A FEW PLACES REMAINING!
Anyone who wants more information or to book any of the remaining spaces, please complete the contact form, below, ASAP!
Introduction to Basket Weaving – FULLY BOOKED
9 hours spread over 3 evenings between 6.30pm and 9.30pm on Wednesday 17th January, Wednesday 31st January and Wednesday 14th February 2024. Fee of £35 to cover materials.
Introduction to Wet Felting – ONE SPACE LEFT
7pm – 9pm Thursday 29th February 2024. Free
Introduction to Gel Painting – ONE SPACE LEFT
7pm – 9pm Thursday 14th March 2024. Free
Introduction to Water Colours – no limit on class size so lots of spaces available, but please book a space.
7pm – 9pm Thursday 11th April 2024. Free
Introduction to Quilting – FULLY BOOKED
7pm – 9pm Thursday 25th April 2024. Free
Garvald & Morham Community Council Meetings 2024
Please see below for all the GMCC meeting dates for 2024.
All meetings take place on Mondays at 7.30pm in either Village Hall:
5th Feb Garvald
25th March Morham
3rd June Garvald
19th Aug Morham
7th Oct Garvald
2nd Dec Morham