A CHILDREN’S drama coach has raised a whopping £4,602 for Scottish Association for Mental Health (SAMH) in memory of two friends who lost their lives during the pandemic. Linda Grant, director of The Drama Mill and Indelible Arts Youth Theatre, raised the money by taking a dip a day in East Lothian’s sea, lakes and rivers throughout April. The East Linton resident was joined by friends Martha Simpson, of Haddington, and Robbie Dale, who lives in North Berwick, and also by some of her drama students, including local youngsters Maddie O’Connor, Elize Cetingoz, Dido Knoben, Abby Ireland, Charlotte Rogers, Callum Rennie, Bella Bradley and Mairi Johnston.