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Chamber and committees

Wester Hailes Community Trust Welcomes Active Travel Hub

  • Submitted by: Lorna Slater, Lothian, Scottish Green Party.
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 30 October 2024
  • Motion reference: S6M-15085

That the Parliament welcomes Wester Hailes Community Trust’s new Active Travel Hub, which has been established following funding from the National Lottery Community Fund; understands that the hub is a 40ft container that was renovated by local group, Wester Hailes Growing Communities, and Growing Together, transforming it into a welcoming space for the community to gather; notes that, through a collaboration with Cargo Bike Movement and Edinburgh Tool Library, the hub offers free bike hires, tool hire availability, community information and more; further notes Scottish artist Natasha Russell’s wonderful mural, and highlights what it sees as the broader benefits that this travel hub brings to the local residents of Wester Hailes.


Supported by: Karen Adam, Clare Adamson, Jeremy Balfour, Colin Beattie, Miles Briggs, Stephanie Callaghan, Foysol Choudhury, Patrick Harvie, Bill Kidd, Fulton MacGregor, Gillian Mackay, Ruth Maguire, Stuart McMillan, Audrey Nicoll, Kevin Stewart, Paul Sweeney, Elena Whitham