Celebrating a Year of Growth and Connection – DFEL in 2024

We’ve had a busy and rewarding  year at Dementia Friendly East Lothian, full of fun and friendship and also a lot of enthusiasm and energy from so many people – Members, Friends, Care-Partners, Communities and professionals. We were delighted to start the year with the news that East Lothian Health and Social Care Partnership were […]

Martha Ellis visits the Healthy Brains Hub

Just before Christmas, we were delighted to be joined by Martha Ellis  us at The Hollies Community Hub for at our last Healthy Brain Hub of 2024. Martha came along to the  to tell us about her artwork and a commission she’s working on for Queen Margaret University’s 150th Birthday. We settled in with a cuppa […]

A Meeting Centre for Haddington? Starting the conversation

Graham Galloway and Dawn Irvine from Meeting Centres Scotland came to Haddington to start a conversation about a Meeting Centre in the Haddington and Lammermuirs area.   Graham spoke at a recent workshop run by members from the Musselburgh Meeting Centre, explaining the benefits and experience of the Musselburgh Meeting Centre – from the inside. […]

Want to join us? New jobs at DFEL…

Hello! we’re delighted to let you about 2 new jobs. Both are for 1 year and will run til the end of our grant in March 2026.  Our new team members will play key role in enabling our work to support the East Lothian Dementia Strategy   Development and Communications Facilitator – is an essential […]

Nourishing our neurones – DFEL Gathering 15 November 2024

This year’s Gathering was a day for optimism and hope, for coming together to talk about brains and how to help them stay happy and healthy at all ages and stages. We had a lovely and lively mix of people who joined us once again at the Fisherrow Centre in Musselburgh, including: People with experience […]

The Musselburgh Meeting Centre Workshop – the full version!

  Welcome to the Musselburgh Meeting Centre Workshop, designed and led by Members of the Musselburgh Meeting Centre. Members wanted to share a taste of what the Musselburgh Meeting Centre is like. Members worked with the Meeting Centre team – Fiona, Domenika, Jennifer, April, Faye, Norman and Sandiann, to create something really special. Definitely worthy […]

Guest Blog – Musselburgh Grammar School

For the past few months we’ve been delighted to welcome pupils from Musselburgh Grammar School to the Musselburgh Meeting Centre. Pupils and Members have spent time together celebrating Christmas, singing together and playing New Age Kurling amongst lots of laughter and chat. The school has kindly we agreed we can share Ms Hannan’s Headteacher’s Newsletter […]

Working Together – what next for the Musselburgh Meeting Centre?

DEMENTIA FRIENDLY EAST LOTHIAN CO PRODUCTION WORKSHOP LEARNING BY DOING We met on 24th April 2024 to work together to develop a plan for a new session for the Musselburgh Meeting Centre. The Centre opened just over a year ago and is already working well and making a difference. The new East Lothian Dementia Strategy […]