Concessionary bus passes can now be used on the HandiCabs Dial-a-Bus service for people with mobility challenges. Please see the flyer, below, for contact details:
Please see the link, below, for details of a local road closure effective from Monday 5th February:
https://www.tellmescotland.gov.uk/notices/east-lothian/traffic/00000309101?utm_source=tms&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=notice_alert
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:
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
Copies of this leaflet will be distributed through doors on Monday and Tuesday next week by volunteers, accompanied by Changeworks. They will be promoting our Meet the Experts event on Saturday 3rd February but also to have chats with you about how to make your home warmer and reduce your energy bills as well as what areas of lower carbon living you’re interested in to help guide our future events.
You can also download the leaflet here
Please contact us on the form below if you are happy to help deliver some of these leaflets next week.
Please scroll down to read several new posts which, due to being time critical, have been posted out-with the usual days.