EAST CALDER
KAREN STEWART
KAREN STEWART 01506 882880 KAREN136WLC@YAHOO.CO.UK
NEW COMMUNITY LED SHOP
“Reuse and Thrive”, a new community led shop in East Calder will be opening up on Thursday April 29. It will be selling inexpensive good quality pre-loved clothes and household items. Proceeds from the shop will be invested back into our charitable activities and the local community. It will be open from 10-2pm on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays.
Find us opposite the Partnership Building, 148 Main Street, East Calder. Further info on www.reuseandthrive.org. uk or on Facebook “Reuse & Thrive”.
MILITARY MUSEUM SCOTLAND, LINBURN
Military Museum Scotland will open its doors to the public again on Tuesday April 27 but still under some covid restrictions. We will resume normal opening hours and days. We will be open every day except for Mondays and Thursdays from 10am-4pm with last entry to the museum at 3pm. Entrance fees will remain the same as pre covid prices.
The Mobile Exhibition will be available for bookings from August 23 with loads of exciting new displays and exhibits. It will be available for school bookings throughout Scotland and
other events throughout the UK.
SCHOOL BANK WEST LOTHIAN
With numerous referrals received in recent weeks, things are busy around here and stock is flying off the shelf If you are out doing your essential shopping or planning to buy on-line why not pop a wee extra item in your basket from our list of most needed items. Iif you are shopping online to help raise funds for us at no cost to you.
We appreciate every single donation, both large and small. We a very limited number of red collection bins open to accept brand new donations e.g. Sainsbury’s (Livingston), Tesco (Linlithgow and Bathgate) and our offices in Kirkton Campus, Livingston. All other drop off points continue to remain closed until further notice.
We are still not accepting second-hand donations right now but once the “stay at home” message is lifted we hope to. We would appreciate if you can hold on to your second-hand donations until then when we will gratefully receive them as our stock is going down rapidly.
Thank you to everyone who supports us and we know the children benefiting from our service appreciate your generosity
COMMUNITY GARDENER
Christine Reid the new Community Gardener covering Kirknewton, East Calder and Calderwood is taking bookings now and for the new garden season. Book your slot and no obligation quote at christinekirknewton@gmail. com. Funds raised go back into creating local employment and community projects. Her services include Grass and hedge cutting,
Small tree, bush and shrub removal, Weeding and general tidy up, Small landscaping work, Fencing, Small painting jobs, Edible gardening,
Composting and recycling, Garden designand Advice and consultancy. We also offer a service to maintain shared green areas if enough residents sign up (approx £3 a month direct debit). Contact Christine for details . christinekirknewton@gmail.com