March 2023

This year's Kinship Care Week runs from March 13-17. The week, a celebration of kinship care in Scotland, is now in its fifth year and grows in strength and voice each year. Our theme for 2023 is Connecting Kinship Carers, and a wide-ranging programme of events for kinship carers and professionals will take place both online and face-to-face during the week.

The huge contribution of West Lothian's unpaid carers over the last 30 years has been recognised.

The flag of the Commonwealth has been raised outside West Lothian Civic Centre to mark Commonwealth Day 2023.

Works are underway to reduce the risk of flooding in areas of Bathgate.

The Chief Executive Officer of the world's leading and best-known guitar brands has given a special gift to his hometown museum.

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