An East Lothian charity which will toast its 40th anniversary next month has been praised in the Scottish Parliament by Martin Whitfield MSP. Can Do, which provides a range of activities and services for local children with disabilities, is having a fundraising ceilidh in Dunbar on October 5 to help mark its milestone. Martin Whitfield [...]
The 2025 Countryside Alliance Awards are now open to public nomination, and Martin Whitfield MSP is urging people in South Scotland to get nominating. These awards, nicknamed the ‘Rural Oscars’, celebrate people going the extra mile to ensure that our rural food and farming industry, small businesses, traditional skills, forward-thinking enterprises and, most of all, [...]
A Scottish Parliament motion marking the success of Prestonpans War Memorial at the recent Legion Scotland Best Kept War Memorial competition has already garnered the support of more than a dozen MSPs. Tabled by Martin Whitfield MSP, who is a Prestonpans resident, the motion welcomes the memorial winning in the Large Community without Gardens category [...]
Martin Whitfield MSP has pledged his support for this year’s Gas Safety Week (9th-15th September) and is helping the industry to raise public awareness about the importance of gas safety. Gas Safety Week is here to remind the public how to keep themselves gas safe, and organisations across the nation are working together to raise [...]
Martin Whitfield MSP has welcomed the publication of the Blood Cancer Action Plan (BCAP), a landmark report published by Blood Cancer UK that sheds light on the factors keeping UK blood cancer survival rates lagging behind. From access to clinical trials, regional inequalities, and slow diagnosis – a taskforce of specialists, researchers, GPs and people [...]
Speaking during a Ministerial Statement on mobile phones and behaviour and relationships in school, Martin Whitfield MSP questioned the Cabinet Secretary on the challenges faced by care-experienced pupils. The South Scotland MSP referenced the Scottish Government's recently published “Education Outcomes for Looked after Children 2022/23” report, which shows that care-experienced pupils face significant challenges in [...]
A motion celebrating the 70th anniversary of Ross High School has been tabled at the Scottish Parliament by Martin Whitfield MSP. Mr Whitfield’s motion highlights the school’s significant milestone and congratulates everyone who has been associated with it over the years on its various successes. Commenting, Martin Whitfield MSP said: “During the time I’ve represented [...]
Martin Whitfield MSP is urging constituents who have an outstanding local councillor in their area to consider nominating them for this year's Cllr Awards. Now in their seventh year in Scotland, the LGIU & CCLA Cllr Awards are the only national awards celebrating the vital work of councillors. Anyone can make a nomination and it [...]
Martin Whitfield MSP has welcomed the new Cashpot for Schools initiative from Asda aimed at enabling customers to help their local primary schools. The initiative, delivered in partnership with charity Parentkind, will make millions of pounds available to state primary schools by allowing customers to raise money for their own local school by shopping with [...]
Martin Whitfield MSP has joined Douglas Alexander MP on a visit to Belhaven Community Garden. Run by Sustaining Dunbar since 2012, the community garden is a project to transform an area of land adjacent to the former Belhaven Hospital for community use. Following the closure of the hospital, Sustaining Dunbar are now seeking to make [...]
