Martin Whitfield MSP has welcomed this year’s Month of the Military Child. It takes place throughout April and celebrates children and young people from Armed Forces and Veteran families across the globe. Children from Armed Forces families lead unique lives. In particular, they are incredibly geographically mobile and have to face the challenge of interrupted [...]
Martin Whitfield MSP has become the latest employer to sign up to become a Zero Hours Justice accredited employer. This comes against a background of statistics from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) showing 94,000 Scottish workers are employed in insecure work, with sectors such as hospitality, social care and retail using them most frequently. [...]
With just over two months to go until Volunteers’ Week 2023, taking place 1-7 June, Martin Whitfield MSP has welcomed the announcement that the theme for this year’s week-long event is ‘Celebrate and Inspire’. Volunteers’ Week is an annual UK-wide event, now entering its 39th year. The week sees charities, voluntary groups, social organisations, and [...]
Martin Whitfield MSP has joined campaigners to recommit his support for the goal of eliminating child poverty in Scotland. Mr Whitfield joined parliamentary colleagues in pledging to meet targets set by parliament for achieving a Scotland without child poverty. Save the Children Scotland organised the event as an opportunity for politicians of all parties to [...]
The innovative work of mental health café project, Keep the Heid, has been commended in a parliamentary motion tabled by Martin Whitfield MSP. Keep the Heid was started in November 2021 by Emma Jackson with the Haddington mental health café at the Trinity centre. The project expanded last year to include a Tranent service, at [...]
Martin Whitfield MSP attended the unveiling of the UK’s largest marine plastic mural at North Berwick Harbour today and joined others in praising the installation and its creator, local artist Julie Barnes. The art piece will be located on an eight-metre stretch of the harbour wall near the Scottish Seabird Centre. It depicts a beach [...]
Historic Environment Scotland's project-based funding scheme, Historic Environment Grants, is now open to communities. There are three funding streams available (express, small and large grants) for grants from £1,000 to £500,000. The streams are now open for expressions of interest which will be accepted year-round. Additionally, HES is now able to offer express grants and [...]
Martin Whitfield MSP has thanked Armed Services charity SSAFA Scotland for the important work it undertakes for veterans across Scotland, following a reception for the charity at the Scottish Parliament. The reception focused on Glasgow's Helping Heroes (GHH), a SSAFA service run in partnership with Glasgow City Council, providing emotional, practical, and financial support to [...]
As Keep Scotland Beautiful’s 2023 Spring Clean campaign to help tackle Scotland’s litter emergency gets underway, Martin Whitfield MSP has joined local councillors in leading a community litter pick in Prestonpans. Mr Whitfield, who is a Prestonpans resident, was joined by Preston/Seton/Gosford ward councillors Colin Yorkston and Brooke Ritchie for the litter pick which took [...]
March is Brain Tumour Awareness Month and Martin Whitfield MSP is joining charities to help promote awareness. 31st March is Brain Tumour Research's Wear A Hat Day, one of the UK’s most popular annual charity fundraisers. Wear A Hat Day events have raised more than £2 million over the last decade to help fund vital [...]
