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East Lothian Council Gold Award Achievement for Services to the Armed Forces Community

  • Submitted by: Martin Whitfield, South Scotland, Scottish Labour.
  • Date lodged: Friday, 20 October 2023
  • Motion reference: S6M-10901

That the Parliament congratulates East Lothian Council on being awarded an Employer Recognition Scheme Gold Award; understands that this is the Ministry of Defence's (MoD) highest award for organisations that employ and support reservists, service leavers, veterans and their families, and recognises what it sees as the hard work that has gone into supporting the Armed Forces community in East Lothian, including establishing an Armed Forces Employee Network, improving access to education, volunteering and employment support for service leavers looking to relocate to East Lothian, increasing awareness among schools about support for Armed Forces community pupils, training of frontline staff, and continued partnership working through the Armed Forces Covenant Group.


Supported by: Clare Adamson, Jackie Baillie, Alexander Burnett, Foysol Choudhury, Dr Pam Gosal MBE, Bill Kidd, Roz McCall, Stuart McMillan, Edward Mountain, Audrey Nicoll, Colin Smyth, Kevin Stewart, Paul Sweeney, David Torrance, Tess White