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: "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 [...]
Today (Monday 12th May) is International Nurses' Day and Martin Whitfield MSP is joining parliamentary colleagues in helping celebrate and thank nursing staff across South Scotland and the rest of the country for everything they do for us. International Nurses’ Day marks the anniversary of the birth of Florence Nightingale and is an opportunity to [...]
Martin Whitfield MSP has joined cross-party parliamentary colleagues in supporting Chest, Heart and Stroke Scotland's Tartan Tea Party Day which is taking place on Wednesday 21st May. It is one of the charity's main fundraisers and is crucial to helping fund its work supporting the one in five Scots who are affected by chest, heart, [...]
The next Asda Foundation grant scheme - the high value Local Community Spaces fund - is opening today (7th May). Martin Whitfield MSP is encouraging groups across South Scotland to consider applying to the fund, which has a total value of £1 million and is aimed at charities and not-for-profit organisations that benefit local people. [...]
This year's Cleft Lip and Palate Awareness Week is taking place from Saturday 3rd to Sunday 11th May. The annual event, run by the Cleft Lip and Palate Association (CLAPA), is dedicated to raising awareness and supporting the thousands of people affected by cleft lip and palate across the UK. As this year's week gets [...]
Martin Whitfield MSP has welcomed the launch of a new campaign from Trading Standards Scotland (TSS) aimed at raising awareness of consumer rights. The ‘Know Your Rights’ campaign has been launched following a poll by TSS which found that almost half of Scots have been targets of aggressive or misleading sales practices, impacting their mental [...]
