On Saturday 20th June we will have a real bike expert from Dunbar Bike Hub in the village to help us sort out any mechanical problems before we take to the road.
Come along to the village hall at 2 pm, bring your bike and learn how to do some basic maintenance.
Ice-cream cones will be for sale and we’re hoping to muster as many cyclists as we can for a mass ride along the Champs Elysees of Garvald at 4 pm.
GARVALD & MORHAM COMMUNITY COUNCIL
COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP PROPOSAL FOR ULTRA FAST FIBRE BROADBAND IN GARVALD & MORHAM
Some parts of our area have fibre broadband but most do not. The Community Council is exploring the possibility of a community project to install ultra fast broadband. This will depend on government subsidies but may involve community funding.
SUFFICIENT LOCAL SUPPORT IS ESSENTIAL FOR A VIABLE PROJECT. Therefore, we need to know your opinion.
For information about the project and/or to register your interest, please contact community councillor, Roger Harris, using the contact form, below:
A member of the GMCC wishes to gather information from residents about the issue of poor broadband reception in some parts of the Morham and Garvald area.
The roll-out of fibre broadband in our area of rural East Lothian has now become a very contentious subject with progress and information about it inconsistent and, at times, confusing.
If anyone is concerned about this, please use the contact form, below, to help give the GMCC a clear picture of residents’ thoughts and concerns:
Two planning applications have been lodged by Lothian Broadband with East Lothian Council for the erection of two masts; one up on the river banking opposite the village hall and one on the hill behind the village hall. The masts will provide high speed broadband with improved service levels from Lothian Broadband to residents of Garvald and surrounding area. As part of this project, Lothian Broadband will also provide a wifi connection to the shelter in the park at no cost to the community. The planning application can be viewed on the ELC website:
https://pa.eastlothian.gov.uk/online-applications/
Either search for ‘Garvald’ or Reference Numbers 18/00679/P and 18/00680.
The minutes from the June 2016 meeting of Garvald and Morham Community Council are now available on the GMCC page. Among the items discussed were the repairs to the bank of the Papana Water, the Garvald Woodland Project (phase 2) and the Haddington and Lammermuir Local Area Partnership.
If you’d like better broadband, please complete the online survey at https://eastlothianconsultations.co.uk/policy-partnerships/community-broadband (scroll down to the bottom of the page and click ‘Online Survey’).
A message from Kaela Scott, Local Community Planning Officer, East Lothian Council:
“Haddington and Lammermuir Area Partnership are ready to begin formally establishing evidence of demand and interest across rural and remote communities through this area-wide survey. The survey will remain open until the 20th February 2015.
Garvald is included in the list of areas that are unlikely to benefit from existing plans to roll out Superfast Broadband, and the council needs your help to gather as many responses as possible in order to look at alternative ways of improving broadband in the rural areas affected.
For more information, see the leaflet: Better broadband connectivity for rural and remote communities in East Lothian. Thank you for your help.”
Lothian Broadband Ltd, our local community co-operative broadband provider, is presently upgrading existing subscribers in the Garvald and Morham areas to its new fast broadband service.
This community co-operative service is now open to new subscribers. You can test the quality of the service for free at your local Wi-Fi Hotspots in the Garvald Village Hall and the Garvald Inn.
To subscribe or find out more, please e-mail: info@lothianbroadband.coop or telephone 07432 683 006.