NHS 24 has launched its public health campaign ‘Powered by People’ which is designed to promote the use of trusted digital health tools as a source of accurate advice and support when people are unwell. Martin Whitfield MSP is helping promote the campaign, which also encourages people to use NHS services appropriately and to be [...]
Martin Whitfield MSP has attended a special St Andrew's Day Saltire Service at Athelstaneford Parish Church to mark the 60th anniversary of the Saltire Memorial. The Scottish Flag Trust has also launched a £300,000 fundraising appeal for replace the memorial, which is now beyond repair, with a new Saltire Monument at Athelstaneford, the birthplace of [...]
Martin Whitfield MSP has joined Douglas Alexander MP at the Haddington Tesco store to support East Lothian Foodbank's Christmas appeal as part of its annual Winter Food Collection. The parliamentarians were invited by Tesco to join local foodbank volunteers at the store as part of its weekend collection to boost the charity's supplies for emergency [...]
Martin Whitfield MSP has hosted a reception at Holyrood in association with the UK Accreditation Service. The event, titled 'The Societal Benefits of Accreditation and Standards', brought together around 100 key stakeholders from across Scottish Government, local authorities, regulators, industry and the third sector to explore how accreditation and standards support consumer protection, innovation and [...]
Martin Whitfield MSP joined volunteers at the unveiling of the Community Connections Memory Collage at North Berwick Library. In 2024, the charity, which works to combat social isolation and loneliness in the North Berwick Coastal area, commenced a year-long legacy project to create an incredible memory collage with people in the community through a series [...]
Martin Whitfield MSP has given his backing to a campaign against compulsory redundancies at the University of Edinburgh. Organised by UCU Scotland in partnership with other trade unions, the campaign is part of the unions wider #StopTheCuts campaign opposing cuts in Scottish Higher Education. Earlier in the week, Mr Whitfield raised the issue of redundancies [...]
Martin Whitfield MSP is backing the Fostering Network’s 2025 #TickTheBox campaign which officially begins today. The UK-wide #TickTheBox campaign encourages people with care experience to ‘tick the box’ on their UCAS application to say they have spent time in care, so they can get the support they may need, to help them enter and thrive [...]
The Aviation Preservation Society of Scotland's recent award success at the Aviation Heritage UK AGM has been recognised at the Scottish Parliament in a motion tabled by Martin Whitfield MSP. The APSS were given the Organisation of the Year award at the AGM in Derby, recognising the group's remarkable commitment to its 24-year project to [...]
Martin Whitfield MSP has hosted a parliamentary reception to help celebrate 70 years of Action for Children Scotland supporting children and young people in Scotland. The reception brought MSPs, supporters, partners and volunteers together to recognise and celebrate that over the past 70 years, Action for Children has supported hundreds of thousands of children, young [...]
Martin Whitfield MSP is backing the retail trade union Usdaw, which launched their annual Respect Week with shocking statistics showing unacceptable levels of verbal abuse, threats and assaults against retail staff. Interim results from over 3,000 retail staff responses show that in the last twelve months (change from last year): 71% (-6) have experienced verbal [...]
