Martin Whitfield MSP and Douglas Alexander MP have visited the John Gray Centre in Haddington to celebrate Libraries Week 2025 and highlight the vital role libraries play in supporting local people, skills, and community life. The visit, part of the national Libraries Change Lives campaign coordinated by CILIP – the UK’s library and information association [...]
Nominations have now opened for the prestigious national 2025 SURF Awards for Best Practice in Community Regeneration following a special online launch event. The SURF Awards are delivered each year by SURF, a regeneration forum with over 300 cross-sector member organisations across Scotland, in partnership with the Scottish Government. The purpose is to highlight, celebrate and [...]
Martin Whitfield MSP has hosted a reception at the Scottish Parliament to help celebrate 250 years since the establishment of the world’s first building society. While the first building society was established in Birmingham in 1775, others followed in Scotland, including the Scottish Building Society, which started life in 1848 as the Edinburgh Property Investment [...]
Following the review of its remaining Crown branches, Post Office Ltd has announced details of the new franchise partner arrangements for Haddington's Post Office Branch on Court Street. They have confirmed that the branch will soon be operated by an independent franchise retail partner, ZCO Ltd (ZCO), from the current premises, offering the same range [...]
Martin Whitfield MSP has joined parliamentary colleagues in welcoming representatives from Playlist for Life, the UK's leading music and dementia charity, at their exhibition at Holyrood this week. Established in 2013 by Sally Magnusson MBE, Playlist for Life raises awareness of how the power of personal and meaningful music can help people live well with [...]
Martin Whitfield MSP and Douglas Alexander MP have welcomed the launch of a new campaign to encourage the public to be more confident in situations where someone requires first aid. The ‘Taking the Fear Out of First Aid’ campaign has been launched by St Andrew’s First Aid (SAFA), Scotland’s leading first aid charity, after research [...]
Martin Whitfield MSP is encouraging East Lothian residents to get involved in the Summer Solstice Coastal Sweep on the weekend of 21st and 22nd June. Organised by The Scottish Coastal Clean Up and Scottish Seabird Centre with East Lothian Council's Countryside Rangers Service and local community litter picking groups, the beach clean is aiming to [...]
The Mental Health Foundation's annual Mental Health Awareness Week is taking place from Monday 12th to Sunday 18th May. This year, the event is focussed on celebrating the power and importance of community. Martin is joining his parliamentary colleagues in helping to raise awareness about the role of community in our mental health. It's also [...]
Commenting on this evening's Stage One vote on the Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill, which saw the bill passed by 70 votes to 56, Martin Whitfield MSP said:Â "Tonight I have voted in favour of the Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults Bill. This was a vote on the general principle that [...]
The Eilidh MacLeod Memorial Trust has launched its 2025 funding round and is inviting applications from young musicians and youth music groups. The Trust is keen to see as many applications as possible from all genres and disciplines of music across the length and breadth of Scotland and Martin Whitfield MSP is helping promote it [...]
