Category Archives: Announcements

Community Hearing for Newlands Windfarm Proposal – Monday 12th October

There will be a Community Hearing about the proposed Newlands Hill Wind Energy Hub in Gifford Village Hall, 7pm – 9pm on Monday 12th October.

This is an opportunity for residents in East Lothian to hear more details about the impact of the proposal to erect wind turbines on the Central Lammermuir Ridge.

Everyone is welcome.

More information on the project can be found on the Newlands Hill Wind Energy Hub website. I have not included a link, here, as it came up as ‘not secure’ but it may be different for others who search for it. Information can also be found on the progress of the application and appeals on the Scottish Government Energy Consents website: Scottish Government – Energy Consents Unit – Application Details

Getting Ready for the McMillan Coffee Morning

The Coffee morning is going to take place on Saturday 26th September in The Stables.

We are planning a fun session of hoovering, cleaning and general preparation in the Stables on Friday 18th September from 10 am onwards. Many hands make light work so if you can spare half an hour or so please come along with your Marigolds.

And as ever, baking for the event itself will be very welcome on the 26th. It can also be dropped off at Ena’s house “The Green” opposite the pub on Friday afternoon 25th September

Contact Ena or Freda if you would like more details.

Rural Support Payment for Garvald and Morham Residents 2026

The rural support scheme is running again this year. All households in
the ward are now eligible for a small payment. This payment is
administrated by Garvald and Morham Community Council with Crystal Rig
Wind Farm Community Benefit Fund in recognition of the limited choices
available when selecting services to rural homes, including fuel bills,
transport and broadband options.

The 2026 amount will be £150 per household.

Please note that the GMCC support payment is available to homes in
Garvald and Morham Ward only and applications will be checked against
the Ward address list provided to us by East Lothian Council.

Only one payment can be claimed per household so please confer with
others before completing the form.

To claim, complete the online form here: https://forms.gle/EZ3XdKwfx655cDb1A

The deadline for applications is 30th November 2026.

This project is run by Garvald and Morham Community Council. We can be
contacted at secgmcc@gmail.com for any queries.

REMINDER: Piping Concert at Papple Steading – Saturday 12th September at 5pm

Tickets for the piping concert at Papple Steading on Saturday 12th September at 5pm are now available at https://papple.com/papple-events/piping-at-papple/

This is a unique opportunity to hear two of the best pipers in the world, Fred Morrison and Iain Speirs, with different styles but the same supreme quality.
Papple are generously hosting the event for us without charge. There is no charge for children under 12 and youth pipers.
All profits from ticket sales will go to the Garvald Village Hall Roof Repair Fund.
 
Please come if you can.
More details can be seen, here: Piping-Papple-v3-Hi (1)

Garvald Village Hall Needs You – Maintenance Day

Hello Garvald, 

Once again nature has taken over at the back of the village hall. We’re holding a “Maintenance Day” to clear the weeds on Sunday 4th October at 2pm.It usually takes less than 2 hours depending on how many volunteers turn up.

Strimmers, rakes, secateurs etc. will be the order of the day. Oh and don’t forget your gardening gloves! 

Once we’ve cleared the area we’d like to have a discussion about how to replant this area in a way that allows it to re-wild whilst also being manageable for access and maintenance etc. This was raised as a suggestion at the Coffee/Ideas session held earlier this year.

Hope to see you there!

Lee Robertson

Garvald Emergency Resilience Day: Saturday 5th September 2026

The Garvald Emergency Resilience Team are hosting a Resilience Event at Garvald Hall on Saturday 5 September from 9.00am to 1.00pm. This event has been organised by East Lothian Council and will be attended by Resilience Groups from all over East Lothian, Search & Rescue Teams, voluntary organisations, utility companies and a rep from the Met Office, amongst others.
There will be a number of reps from emergency/utility organisations attending this event so please don’t be concerned about their vehicles which will be in the village from just before 9.00am.  If at all possible, it would be great if the parking spaces in front of the hall could be left empty to allow some of these vehicles to park there.
Although this is a closed event, if you think that it sounds interesting then it’s not too late to join our Emergency Resilience Team and then you can come along to it! Being part of the team wouldn’t take up much of your time – we catch up on our WhatsApp group rather than have meetings and although we were active over Covid, we thankfully haven’t had to assist with any other emergencies so far. We have run a rescue exercise previously which managed to be both great fun and a great learning experience. We are a friendly, dynamic team and proud to be the first Resilience Group set up in East Lothian.
If you are interested in joining us or want more info, please use the contact form below.
And if you haven’t already, please consider joining the Facebook Group ‘Garvald Community Information Page’ for updates on adverse weather conditions, road closures and other important resilience info that might affect Garvald.
Penny

Garvald Emergency Resilience Team Co-ordinator

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    Garvald Play Park

    The swings have been removed by East Lothian Council to have repairs carried out on them. It is hoped the swings will be re-installed and back in action by Thursday 27th August.