Category: News & Updates

  • community benefits

    community benefits

    For almost 20 years the East Lammermuir Community Council / Benefit Fund has been making grants to local groups and projects for the benefit of local people.  The available funding will be increasing and we need to think BIGGER and BOLDER …. For example, SPEN have announced a pot of £4M for this end of…

  • Energy Projects Partnership Manager

    Energy Projects Partnership Manager

    Energy Projects Partnership Manager for East Lammermuir Salary: £42,787 pro rataLocation: Home-based & with regular time in and around East LammermuirWork pattern: 28 hours per weekContract: PermanentLine managed by: Head of Communities & Impact https://www.foundationscotland.org.uk/about-us/work-with-us  The timetable we are working to is as follows: Could you help us to break new ground and genuinely usher in a just transition for…

  • Storm Éowyn Update 27/01/2025

    Storm Éowyn Update 27/01/2025

    A further update to our Communities and ELC colleagues in relation to the ongoing response to Storm Eowyn and the implications for East Lothian.  Please feel free to share the content beyond the addressee list of this email. The ELC Incident Response Group (IRG) met at 16:00 today, SPEN give an update on Power outages…

  • Storm Éowyn Update

    Storm Éowyn Update

    Over the last 24 hours The above is just the tip of the iceberg in terms of the work that has been carried out by ELC and partners over the last 24 hours. Every ELC service have stepped up, around the clock,  in support of the response efforts. We will continue to work through the…

  • Storm Darragh (Met Office) Update

    Storm Darragh (Met Office) Update

    East Lothian is currently covered by a medium impact, yellow warning for wind from 6am tomorrow (Saturday) to 6am on Sunday. The warning covers strong winds associated with Storm Darragh likely leading to impacts to the transport sector, while the strong winds are also likely to bring disruption to utilities and potentially dangerous conditions and…

  • Planning consent granted for Branxton Substation

    Planning consent granted for Branxton Substation

    East Lothian Council Planning Committee unanimously voted to grant consent for this keystone development at their meeting held 5 November. 27 residents submitted a total of 61 objections to the scheme. Two local residents and the Community Council spoke in objection at the committee but did not win the day. The notice of planning consent…