People from Paisley

Daily Updates for every area in Renfrewshire

October 1, 2018

Bewitching Paisley – Paisley Halloween Festival 2018

‘Totally wicked’ – that is the verdict from eight-year old Lily Blake on Paisley’s forthcoming Halloween Festival and annual celebration of the spooky and macabre. Lily […]
October 1, 2018

Mhairi Black MP Highlights Impact of Welfare Cuts

Mhairi Black, local MP for Paisley and Renfrewshire South, has highlighted the devastating impact of the UK Government’s welfare policies, as reported in the annual Welfare […]
October 1, 2018

Skills Gap Biggest Barrier to Business Growth

Research conducted by West College Scotland has found that the skills gap is the single biggest barrier to business growth in the West of Scotland. This […]
September 29, 2018

Paisley’s Witch’s Horseshoe: curse or contribution?

Our towns and city centres have many things in common: not least, the closure of retail outlets and the hollowing out of our high streets.  We […]
September 28, 2018

Young people in Renfrewshire have their say on improving mental health services

Young people in Renfrewshire have come up with a list of ten recommendations to improve youth mental health services. More training on youth mental health in […]
September 28, 2018

Cosmopot

A visit to Paisley’s Observatory gave theatre director Clare McGarry the inspiration for a new children’s show that will be touring locally next month. Clare is […]
September 28, 2018

MODSTUFF RETURNS TO THE SPREE

We love ModStuff here at Spree HQ, so we’re all kinds of happy to say that it’s coming back again for this year’s festival! The team […]
September 28, 2018

Fitness fans raise cash for hospice charities

Two local hospices were given a fundraising boost thanks to Renfrewshire Leisure staff and customers. A total of £10,608 was raised after various sponsored events were […]
September 28, 2018

‘Rome-ing’ Bear gets a Papal audience

Children from a Paisley Primary School were stunned when their prayer bear was sent on a trip to the Vatican – and got to meet the […]