Praise for local day centre

2023-10-23T15:36:03+01:00

Martin Whitfield MSP has joined Cllr Shamin Akhtar in praising Tranent Day Care Centre following a recent visit to the facility. The visitors met members of the centre’s staff team and chatted to some of its service users about what it means to them and their daily lives. The centre utilises a people-centred approach, creating [...]

Praise for local day centre2023-10-23T15:36:03+01:00

Spark the Park play session drop-in

2023-09-20T15:06:31+01:00

Martin Whitfield MSP has attended one of East Lothian Play Association's summer Spark the Park informal play sessions which are taking place on on Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays until 11th August. The South Scotland MSP spoke to ELPA staff and volunteers as well as some of the children and families attending the event, which is [...]

Spark the Park play session drop-in2023-09-20T15:06:31+01:00

Highlighting benefits of loose parts play

2023-09-21T11:09:03+01:00

East Lothian Play Association (ELPA) has launched a new film made with children from Tranent to help demonstrate the positive benefits of loose parts play. ELPA and Windygoul Primary School have been working together to build understanding of play across the school and improve play experiences for all pupils. In the film, created as part [...]

Highlighting benefits of loose parts play2023-09-21T11:09:03+01:00

Column: Bank’s reasons for closure do not add up

2023-11-20T15:39:39+00:00

The Royal Bank of Scotland’s (RBS) announcement that its Tranent branch, the last bank in the town, will close in July is a significant blow for local customers, businesses, community groups and the high street. If this branch goes it will leave the whole of the Tranent/Wallyford/Macmerry and Preston/Seton/Gosford wards without a single bank branch [...]

Column: Bank’s reasons for closure do not add up2023-11-20T15:39:39+00:00

Motion commends Keep the Heid cafés

2023-10-02T15:43:09+01:00

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 [...]

Motion commends Keep the Heid cafés2023-10-02T15:43:09+01:00
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