\n The Labour politician was welcomed to the facility, based on Galt Avenue, by manager Tina Pollock, who said: “During his visit, we shared details about the project, the services we provide and the positive impact these have within the local community.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
\n Mr Alexander also met trustees from First Step\u2019s strategic board.\n<\/p>\n
\n He later said: \u201cI was pleased to meet with the team at First Step in Musselburgh to discuss the vital role this project plays in supporting families with young children.\n<\/p>\n
\n “For over 30 years, First Step has been at the heart of the local community, providing a welcoming space where families can find support, build resilience and give their children the best possible start in life.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cI appreciated the opportunity to hear about their future plans and the challenges they face as they continue to deliver such vital services for local families.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
\n \u00a0First Step will hold its annual general meeting on Friday, January 30, 9.30-10.30am. The meeting will reflect on the past year and include parents\u2019 perspectives on what First Step means to them. Light refreshments will be served afterwards; email\u00a0info@firststepmusselburgh.co.uk<\/a> to attend.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Labour politician was welcomed to the facility, based on Galt Avenue, by manager Tina Pollock, who said:…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":635879,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8816],"tags":[748,1102,4884,712,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-635878","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-edinburgh","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-edinburgh","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-scotland","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115728911151960049","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/635878","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=635878"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/635878\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/635879"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=635878"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=635878"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=635878"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}