District News

Whitburn

Biggest and Brightest Soft Play in Whitburn open all week- Monday to Saturday 9am till 7pm and Sunday 10am till 7pm. Community gym opening times as usual from 8.30am till 9.15pm! Living Well Community Cafe at the centre- Pop along to the Livingwell Community Outreach Cafe in Whitburn Community Education Centre on the first Thursday of each month 10am - 2pm. There will also be other agencies there to talk to including: The Advice Shop, Social Work Addictions Team and WLDAS. Whitburn Juniors Football Social Club Monday hosts a regular Bingo Night with eyes down at 7pm. There is also a Domino Tournament every Friday evening at 10pm. The function hall is available for private hire on all days and nights except Saturdays. With Saturday hosting a wide roster of various entertainers details available from the club. On the 22nd we have Craig Swan and Heather Dickson.

Armadale

Grace Harris harrisg14@gmail.com Summer Cream Tea has been organised by Armadale Parish Church fund raising group and will take place on Saturday 5 August in the Church Hall. Further information will be given soon.

Armadale Academy is celebrating its 50th Anniversary as this year marks 50 years since Armadale Academy was first opened. The school first opened in 1967 and the school is planning to celebrate their Golden Anniversary in September 2017. They are currently making plans on how they can celebrate this event as a community and hope to have a guest speaker to describe the changes over the last five decades as well as having some displays. The school is looking for help to create this and are appealing for any photographs from your time at Armadale Academy over the last 50 years? Maybe you have photos from the old school? Perhaps sporting or academic achievements or music shows etc. Any photos can be copied by the school and promptly and returned to you. They are also hoping to have displays in their cabinets of memorabilia from the last 50 years that would be of interest to others at this event. Can you help by lending us anything for these? Maybe you could share a story or memory from your time at school - happy events and fond memories, maybe of friendships made or school dinners or maybe the time you got the belt! The school is open to suggestions for ideas on how they should mark this anniversary. If you can help with any of these ideas or would like to be involved in the organising any part of the event, please get in touch with Yvonne.egan@westlothian.org.uk or call 01506 282145.

Armadale Shed For metal work the shed now has a purpose built welding table. The wood work section is busy and is used for refurbishing a variety of items with wood turning taking place on a new lath so that the shed now have three. The Shed is thriving so come along as there is something for everyone. Check out their Facebook Armadaleshed.1 to see the range of activities. Everyone is most welcome. Stop Smoking Support takes place in Armadale Community Centre on Wednesdays from 12 noon – 1pm. This is a free service. For further details contact 01506 651829. Armadale Community Council – Meet in Armadale Community Centre at 7pm on the second Thurs- day of the month. If you are interested in the community, becoming a member of the community council or would just like more information why not come along or call 07801792917.

Credit Union are situated in Armadale Community Centre on Wednesday’s from 9.15am – 10.00 am and will continue to be in the Community Centre on a weekly basis. Posters are on display in Armadale Community Centre promoting what they have to offer to customers. The Credit Union are also in attendance at The Dale Hub on Wednesdays from 10am – 11am. Armadale Library opening hours are as follows:- Monday 10 am – 3pm, Tuesday 11 am – 6pm, Wednesday 10 am – 3pm, Thursday 10am – 7pm, Friday 10 am – 5pm, Saturday 9 am – 1pm.

Armadale Parish Church Sunday services are held at 11am. The Sunday School normally meet at this time also but are in recess over the summer holidays. Evening services have ceased for summer too but will resume again in September where everyone will be made most welcome. Do you shop online? Did you know you could be helping to raise money for Armadale Parish Church with your purchases. The Church now has an account with easyfundraising.org. uk and if you shop through this link a percentage of your purchases will be directed to the Church funds. When you sign up, simply note that your contributions are for the Church. Thank you all in advance.

Memory Cave Café takes place within Armadale Community Centre and Library for people with dementia and their carers and is supported by Alzheimer Scotland and run by volunteers from the Armadale community. The café takes place on the 3rd Friday of the month and the next café takes place tomorrow Friday. The cafe is a place where carers and family members can drop in at any time between 10am – noon. Carers or family members with someone they are caring for with dementia are always made most welcome. The cafe provides a place to meet where people understand dementia, gain peer support and information, and enjoy a good blether with a varied programme each month which includes games, music and crafts. All welcome. The café is having a break in August but will resume again in September. Interchurch Fellowship Group – The Churches of Armadale Fellowship Group meet in the Methodist Church on Thursday evenings at 7.30pm. This is where people from all the Churches in Armadale are invited to meet together and all are welcome.

St Anthony’s Social Club The club’s function suite is available for hire and enquiries should be made at the club for further information.

Lodge Hope Bridgecastle The premises are available to members and friends for private functions. The new telephone number for hall booking enquiries is 01501 730830.

Armadale Work Club weekly dropin club is available to jobseekers in Armadale Community Centre and Library. The aim of this club is to help local unemployed residents find a new job by providing resources and professional support in the local area. You will have the opportunity to share your experiences and access support including producing CVs, completing application forms, undertaking job search, learning interview techniques and you will have access to the most up to date vacancies. Please call free for more information or drop-in any Monday between 12.30pm and 2.30pm. 1-1 appointments are also available at Armadale Community Centre & Library. Please call free on 0800 032 9768. 2nd Armadale Rainbow Guides - meet on Tuesdays evenings from 6.30pm - 7.30pm at Armadale Community Centre. Rainbows are a group of 5 and 6 year old girls, who have loads of fun doing crafts, playing games and doing activities and challenges. They are currently on their summer break, but are taking names now for girls who will be 5 after the summer and into 2018. If interested and would like more information, please contact Claire on 07756 173226 or visit www. girlguiding.org.uk.

Network Junior Choir The choir are in recess now until September but spaces are available for Primary 4 to S4 boys and girls to sing, act, perform and raise money for charity and meet every Thursday in Armadale Parish Church Hall from 3.15pm4.30pm so why not come along and join this very lively choir. For further information telephone Yvonne Drummond on 07801768970 or just come along on the day.

B’quarry&Murieston

Yvonne Green 01506 440881 yvonnegreen55@gmail.com Livingston Cricket Club Community Gala Day will take place on Saturday 2nd September. We hope that you, your friends and family will join us to help make another fantastic community gathering. All the old favourites – races, activities and entertainment for all the family will be back again on the Gala Day, but we have a new twist for this year ….GALA KING AND QUEEN plus FLOWER GIRL AND PAGEBOY. Nominations are invited for: Gala King & Queen: P6 – S1* Flower Girls & Page Boys: P 4 – 6* These are the classes your child will be in AFTER this summer If your son or daughter would like to be considered please complete the nomination, form which can be found on the Cricket Club Facebook page and return it to the Cricket Club by 29th July, as only nominations made in this manner will be accepted. This is open to all children that play cricket at the club or whose parents have Playing/Social memberships of the club. If you don’t currently have social membership you can do so at the club and it only costs £5 for a whole year! All names will be put into a hat and selected randomly by an independent person at our Gala fundraising Race Night on 5th August. All children that are selected will be notified and a list will be put up in the cricket club and on Facebook. If you would like to help out with the gala on the day or during the run up to it please get in touch with Jenny at Cricket Club – your help would be greatly appreciated. If you are part of a group that would like to take part or would like to have a stall on the day just let us know. Thank you for your support – see you on the Gala Day! NEW for gala day 2017 .... the Wheelie Bin Challenge Why not bring along your decorated wheelie bin to the Gala Day and enter our Best Decorated Wheelie Bin competition. It’s being judged by our Gala Day King and Queen, who will also hand out the winning prizes for the top 3. What a perfect summer activity for the kids - get them creative and practice for 2nd September! Community Council elections will be held on 26th October 2017. Nominations must be received by Thursday 14th September 2017. Bellsquarry and Adambrae has five members at present but not all are seeking re-election, so it is important if the Community Council is to continue, that more residents put their names forward. A Community Council can have between 4 and 18 members. Please consider filling in a nomination form. These are available from West Lothian Council. Livingston Cricket Club Social, hold a wide variety of events throughout the year. For more information on this and future events please check out the clubs Facebook page.

Beginners Jogging Group meets every Thursday at 6.30pm in the Murieston Cricket Club car park. A 4 week block costs £20 or 8 week block £40 and is led by experienced Jog Scotland Jog Leader Marion. A basic level of fitness is all you need. Open to adults (kids from age 12 are welcome with parents’ permission. Marion holds a disclosure Scotland Murieston Community Council meets on the second Thursday of the month at 7pm in Williamston Primary School. All interested parties welcome. Check out www.muriestoncommunity.com for further information. All of the minutes of the meetings can be found at The Minutes of Meeting page. Catch up on all the hot topics discussed at the meetings. If you want to get involved, come along to our next meeting on Thursday 11th May. Bellsquarry Village Hall is available for lets, parties etc.. For more information please see the Bellsquarry Village Hall Facebook page, email bellsquarryvillagehall@yahoo.com or contact Lyn on 07792039382 or Christine on 07724880432 The hall hosts many community activities including: Hatha Yoga Classes every Tuesday at 12 noon to 1.30pm. Contact Carol on 01506 872998 for more details./ Pilates classes Tuesday evenings at 6.30pm and Wednesday evenings at 7.30pm. / Pilates Classes on Thursday evenings at 6pm and beginners classes which are suitable for all ages and abilities are held on Friday afternoons from 1pm. For further information please contact Gillian on 07835087503/ Rainbows, Brownies and Guides meet weekly and there are currently spaces in all pack; Rainbows (5-7yrs), Brownies ( 7-10yrs) and Guides (10yrs plus), we also welcome all adult volunteers. So if you have a girl who will benefit from being part of our Guiding family, or you would like to be to be part of this great adventure, please contact the hall as above.