The Agenda for the GMCC meeting to be held on Monday 5th February at 7.30pm in Garvald Village Hall can be viewed in the link, below:
The Minutes for the final 2023 GMCC meeting held on 4th December can now be viewed on the GMCC page:
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Interested in a fitness class in Garvald?
A resident is looking to organise a general fitness class (yoga/strength/cardio) for all abilities and ages and genders in Garvald.
It would possibly run on a Tuesday evening between 5-7pm and cost in the region of £6-7.
If you are interested in this, please complete the contact form, below, to let her know if the level of interest makes it viable:
Garvald Community Playgroup – CHANGE OF DAY
The Garvald Community Playgroup now meets on Thursdays from 10.30pm to 12 noon in Garvald Village Hall. All welcome. Please see the playgroup page for further details:
Garvald Horticultural Society Village Show 2024
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
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: