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MAEDT Really Makes It
MAEDT is a community development trust dedicated to creating opportunities and improving outcomes for the local community of Mayfield and Easthouses. A key value of the Trust is to work…
Bonnyrigg Rose Community Football Club: Championing Football and Mental Health
Bonnyrigg Rose Community FC (CFC) is a football club that is gaining recognition for its work championing mental health and wellbeing in Midlothian. As such, it was one of four…
Resist potential cuts to third sector budgets
We are once again concerned that there will be cuts to third sector budgets by statutory funders. We wish to strongly resist this, and we are keen to make sure…
TSI Statement on the Death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II
We were deeply saddened to hear of the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II on the afternoon of Thursday 8th September 2022. The Queen dedicated her life to serving…
Midlothian: Shared Prosperity Fund Recording 2022
If you missed our event about the UK Shared Prosperity Fund and the proposed grants programme for Midlothian you can now watch the full video recording here:
Midlothian Volunteer Awards 2022
The Midlothian Volunteer Awards are all about celebrating the amazing efforts of volunteers in Midlothian. The awards take place every year during Volunteers’ Week and are a great opportunity to…
Recognising and supporting unpaid carers in your workplace
There are an estimated 1.1 million carers in Scotland and an estimated 1 in 8 people in the workforce are unpaid carers. Many carers juggle employment alongside their role as…
Preparing for winter
Winter can be a hard time for older people – from trying to stay warm to dealing with dicey pavements. With Midlothian Health and Social Care Partnership we’ve published a…
Social Enterprise in the Spotlight: Penicuik Carbon Challenge
With the UN Climate Change conference (Cop26) happening in Glasgow from Sunday 31 October to the 12th of November, Fraser Waugh caught up with Rene O’Reilly at the Penicuik Carbon…
Welcome to our new graduate intern
I’m Jill Bunyan, 24, from Glasgow. I recently started my new role at Midlothian Voluntary Action as a Social Justice and Financial Inclusion Graduate Intern. I’m thrilled to start my graduate career…
Never Mind the Football – the Midlothian Volunteer Awards are Coming Home!
It’s been a month since the 2021 Midlothian Volunteer Awards ceremony took place online, and we are pleased to say that we have now managed to get the trophies and…
