Martin Whitfield MSP has raised the rail chaos experienced by local commuters earlier this week with the First Minister, Humza Yousaf. Mr Whitfield asked a question about the issue at First Minister’s Questions, following reports of the overcrowding problems faced by local commuters on early morning services from North Berwick to Edinburgh on Monday and [...]
Law Primary School's P7 pupils have had the opportunity to quiz Martin Whitfield MSP as part of their work studying democracy and the Scottish Parliament. Mr Whitfield visited the school to speak to around 100 pupils about his role at Holyrood representing the South Scotland Region, which includes the East Lothian constituency, and how the [...]
Preston Lodge RFC’s 51-12 victory over Orkney, which ensured they will be National League Division Three champions and promoted to National League Division Two, has been celebrated in a Scottish Parliament motion tabled by Martin Whitfield MSP. Mr Whitfield’s motion highlights Preston Lodge’s success in defeating their nearest challengers and congratulates the players, coaches, committee [...]
This year's Children’s Mental Health Week is taking place from 5 - 11 February. The week is run by children’s mental health charity Place2Be and was launched to equip, empower and give a voice to children across the UK. This year’s theme is ‘My Voice Matters’. Empowering children and young people can have a positive [...]
Martin Whitfield MSP is encouraging local schools to consider entering this year’s MARSBalloon project, which is designed to give young people practical experience of designing and testing ideas to go into space that could one day be destined for Mars. Thales Alenia Space’s MARSBalloon team will launch a balloon to an altitude of 30km, more [...]
Martin Whitfield MSP is backing VoiceBox, a Scotland-wide joke telling competition designed by the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists (RCSLT) to raise awareness of the fun and importance of communication. One in four children in Scotland have a predicted speech, language or communication need. Undetected or unmet speech, language and communication problems can [...]
P7 pupils at East Linton Primary School have been joined by South Scotland MSP Martin Whitfield at one of their lessons as part of their work learning about the Scottish Parliament and democracy. The East Lothian-based MSP joined the class to talk about his role as a parliamentarian and the way the Scottish Parliament operates, [...]
Welcome to Your Vote Week, the annual campaign encouraging schools and youth groups to join in celebrating democracy by delivering democratic education with their students and young people, is taking place from Monday 29 January to Sunday 4 February. Run by the Electoral Commission every January, the campaign provides a range of resources for educators, [...]
Martin Whitfield MSP has welcomed the return of the #LoveScotlandsColleges campaign, which aims to celebrate the outstanding innovation, hard work and best practice that takes place across the college sector every day. Organised by the CDN Marketing and Communications Network, the collaborative campaign launches on Monday 12 February 2024. The week-long digital campaign will highlight [...]
Saturday 27th January is Holocaust Memorial Day, the annual international day for the world to remember the millions of people murdered in the Holocaust, under Nazi Persecution, and in the genocides which followed in Cambodia, Rwanda, Bosnia, and Darfur. Holocaust Memorial Day Trust (HMDT), the charity established to promote and support Holocaust Memorial Day in [...]
