On Friday 9th February, the film showing at Gifford Film Club is “The Eight Mountains” – an epic journey of friendship and self-discovery set in the luscious scenery of the Italian Alps. Oh and it’s in Italian…so you might want to prepare yourselves with a bit of spaghetti for dinner!
Doors open 7.30pm Film starts at 8. Still fabulously good value if you want to buy an annual membership for £30 ( 9 films) or pay £5 on the night.
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:
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
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
Please scroll down to read several new posts which, due to being time critical, have been posted out-with the usual days.
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.
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.**
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.
A local resident is looking to rehome a piano. If you’re interested, please use the contact form, below: