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PAGE 2 PAGES 8 & 9 It’s a deal! Are you ready for winter? £1.3bn investment will boost Handy guide on how you can the economy in city region stay safe in severe weather PAGE 5 PAGE 13 Building HOW SAFE IS communities YOUR MONEY? We’re delivering affordable housing Campaign to where it’s needed most prevent financial scams www.eastlothian.gov.uk WINTER 2018 NEWS FROM YOUR COUNCIL Watch out Jack, your mum’s dressed to impress! Queen Margaret University students have helped make the costumes for panto Dame, Mither Mandy Moo Moo, starring in Jack and the Beanstalk at The Brunton. Read the full story on page 16. Groundworks under way for new town REPARATORY First step in council’s ambitious plan to create exciting economically – to their groundworks are taking surroundings and which promote place on a large area of new community fit for the 21st century and beyond healthy lifestyles, wellbeing and land at the former physical activity. I believe this can PBlindwells site, where the It is also one of seven major improvements to roads. “It means we need to need to be achieved sustainably and council has plans to create a sites considered to be Councillor Norman Hampshire, think now and plan to deliver the using new, innovative approaches. vibrant new East Lothian strategically significant within Cabinet Spokesperson for the community we ultimately want “There is a lot of work to do and community for the 21st century the Edinburgh and South East Environment, said: “Many people to see – one that helps us to it requires ambitious, quality and beyond. Scotland City Region Deal. – whether they are local residents, address the challenges of placemaking that will stand the Blindwells is a 540-hectare site, The council’s vision is to see visitors or people travelling inequality while achieving test of time.” to the north of Tranent and close land at Blindwells transformed through East Lothian – will inclusive, sustainable economic Expectations are that detailed to the A1 and East Coast Main Line. into an exemplar community have noticed groundworks taking growth; one in which plans for housing and other parts Part of the area had been with future opportunities for place at the Blindwells site in employment opportunities are of the approved development allocated for development in the homes, jobs, retail and leisure, recent months. provided locally for the people will be brought forward to the 2008 East Lothian Local Plan and including affordable homes, all in “This is just the start of an who live there and on sites that council for determination in the now has planning permission in a vibrant landscape setting. It exciting, once-in-a-lifetime are economically significant months ahead. principle for 1,600 homes, school presents major opportunities for opportunity to create a fantastic nearby – such as the former Ultimately, there is potential and other community facilities inward investment and job new community fit for the 21st Cockenzie Power Station site or to deliver more than 6,000 and employment and commercial creation and for significant century and beyond. While most the new Innovation Park at new homes on the larger uses. The larger site is identified improvements to local of our towns in East Lothian have Queen Margaret University. Blindwells site. in the newly adopted East Lothian infrastructure, which includes developed and grown organically “We want to see a community We will be starting the process Local Development Plan, which is providing more choices for over hundreds of years, the new with affordable homes for the to consider a new name for the the key document for future walking, cycling and travelling by community at Blindwells is likely future that are connected – community – look out for more development across the county. public transport and to be created in just a few decades. physically, digitally, culturally and information on this in due course. INSIDE: Schools investment • Climate change • Council performance • What’s on 2 Living East Lothian News Winter 2018 SchoolPay Chances for young to broaden career horizons SCHOOLPAY is a new secure THERE is an exciting and then have a range of progressive and Business and Finance, with skills they are gaining in the online payments system for growing menu of qualification options including paid Modern the support of local businesses, context of the world of work. parents/carers to pay for opportunities in East Lothian’s and Graduate Apprenticeships, universities and colleges. East Lothian Works Team school-related items for their schools. as well as Further, Higher and Rocket Science, a data analysis Leader Alison Hood said: child(ren) online, including Foundation Apprenticeships employment options. company looked at the benefits “We’re proud of the new career school meals. help young people in S4-S5 to Foundation Apprenticeships of work-based learning. They pathways we’re creating for SchoolPay offers a host of gain skills and experience in a combine taught learning and concluded that “pupils who have young people in East Lothian easy-to-use features. The real-life working environment practical experience, based with four quality employer that are leading to an increase fully secure online system while studying a portfolio of employers. Three courses are engagements, while still at in positive destinations. also benefits the school as other qualifications at school. currently available; Social school, enjoy higher career-long “Research proves the benefits reduced administration and This work-based Services Children and Young salaries and raised attainment of this approach. Foundation banking costs means more apprenticeship route upskills People, Financial Services and across their other Apprenticeships are a great for school funds. SchoolPay pupils, in a particular shortage Scientific Technologies. Next qualifications”. option if you are a hands-on also means no more industry, to be work-ready by session we hope to expand the Pupils learn better when they learner or ready for a work scrabbling about for loose the time they leave school. They offer to include Adult Social Care can see the relevance of the based challenge.” change on Sunday evenings! To find out more, contact your child’s school or on the council website www. Innovation park and food sector to benefit from massive investment eastlothian.gov.uk/SchoolPay CONTACT Deal to spark decades Living East Lothian, Communications and Marketing, John Muir House, Haddington of regional growth EH41 3HA RIME Minister Theresa economy and supporting local Tel: 01620 827743 May and Scotland’s First Edinburgh Innovation jobs is one of our top priorities as Park will benefit from E-mail: living@ Minister Nicola a council. That’s why we’re a £30m investment eastlothian.gov.uk Sturgeon signed the delighted with the signing of the Web: www.eastlothian.gov.uk PEdinburgh and South East City Region Deal. Scotland City Region Deal in “The Food and Drink Innovation Main photography: August – securing a £1.3 billion Campus at Queen Margaret Mark Jackson investment for the economy University will support innovation of the region, including and quality in the food and drink Living is designed by East Lothian. industry. A project of this nature Connect Publications, The £1.3bn will come from is highly appropriate in Studio 2001, £600m from the UK and Scottish Scotland’s food and drink county, Mile End, Governments and contributions and we look forward to Paisley from partners including local continuing to work closely with PA1 1JS. authorities: East Lothian, City of the university in taking the Web: www.connect Edinburgh, Scottish Borders, Fife, proposal, and we will continue to 1,500 housing units (including 375 wider development forward. communications.co.uk West Lothian and Midlothian. work together in a joint venture to affordable units) and a primary “As well as improving East Lothian Council and Queen deliver the innovation hub and school. The full development is employment prospects and Printed by DC Thomson Margaret University have the subsequent development of expected to leverage almost transport infrastructure, the deal on behalf of East Lothian particularly welcomed the the wider innovation park. £400m of private-sector funding will help to reduce inequalities Council confirmation of £30m, which will This will play a major part in the over a period of about 20 years. across our communities. It will contribute towards the delivery of the two strategic Other elements of the deal contribute to building a highly This publication is available development of the joint project, goals set out in the council’s benefiting East Lothian include a skilled workforce and will help in Braille, large print, audio Edinburgh Innovation Park, on Economic Development Strategy, focus on developing skills and reduce barriers to employment. and community languages on land next to the university campus. that is, to increase the number reducing barriers to employment. “Complementing the deal, a The innovation hub will of businesses in East Lothian Support for an expanded Regional Employability and Skills request. Tel: 01620 827199 support an expansion of the with growth potential and affordable housing programme, Programme will deliver better university’s existing Scottish to increase the proportion of with a specific focus on Blindwells, outcomes for all the region and Centre for Food Development & East Lothian residents working will allow more young people particularly those people facing Innovation and will also provide in and contributing to East to continue to live and work in significant disadvantages to flexible commercial space for Lothian’s economy. East Lothian. The deal also securing high-quality employment.” small and medium-sized The innovation park will signals improvements to the Please remember to recycle businesses in the food and form part of a wider development, Edinburgh City Bypass and FOR MORE information, go your copy of Living drink sector.