Category: Midlothian Voluntary Action

Brexit’s not long away. Is your organisation prepared?

Richard Cross on 16 November, 2020

With all the discussions about Covid-19 in recent months, it is easy to forget that we will still be leaving the EU on 31 December 2020. There will be guaranteed changes from January 1st for businesses as we start our new relationship with the EU. There are many actions you can take today to prepare. Third sector organisations are being urged to:

Check what actions they need to take by visiting www.gov.uk/transition
Sign-up for updates.
Attend government webinars for additional support. You can sign up to attend department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy webinars now.

It is worth doing one or more of these things now, as Brexit (the real thing) will be upon us very soon!

Retirement of George Wilson, manager of MVA

Richard Cross on 9 November, 2020

We are sad (but happy for George!) to share the news that George Wilson, Manager of MVA, retired at the end of September. George has worked in Midlothian since 1994. He initially managed Woodburn Action Group, which then merged with MVA in 1998. He has been with us ever since.

His calm and supportive manner has been appreciated by everyone in the sector, and we can’t put into words how much everyone at Midlothian TSI will miss him. His leaving collection raised over £400, and we were able to buy him a very nice bottle of Islay Malt. We hope you enjoy it George – but definitely don’t drink it all at once!