AUGUST PERFORMANCE CAPS BUMPER SUMMER FOR GLASGOW AIRPORT. 4.9% increase in August passenger numbers Almost 2.5 million passengers during peak summer months Glasgow Airport has reported another month of growth after more than 782,000 passengers travelled through its doors in August, representing an increase of 4.9% compared to the same period last year. Almost 2.5
Renfrewshire Programme: Scottish Mental Health Arts & Film Festival 1-21 Oct 14. The Festival aims to: Raise awareness and reduce stigma around mental health issues Be a platform for people with a lived experience of mental health to express themselves Engage audiences in great arts events A SURPRISE FOR RENFREWSHIRE A 'powerful' surprise
Big hearted Buddies help local charity smash funding target. Paisley’s national charity, the Scottish Huntington’s Association (SHA), has smashed the fundraising target it set to celebrate its Silver Jubilee year. Back in January SHA aimed to raise an extra £25,000 to help pay for new educational resources to explain what Huntington’s disease (HD) is and
Renfrew Development Trust are launching their Community Action Plan for the town on Friday 12 September in Renfrew Town Hall. Foster Evans, Chair of the Trust said: “We were delighted with the level of involvement and engagement we had with local people n developing the plan. Over 1,000 filled in our survey, and over 200
Doors Open Days – First events take place tomorrow! Scotland’s annual festival of buildings opens up its very first doors tomorrow Saturday 6 September. Angus, Ayrshire, East Fife and St Andrews, Highlands: In and around Inverness, Moray: Lossiemouth, Renfrewshire, Scottish Borders: Kelso and Stirling have hundreds of venues all waiting to welcome you in. There
Leisure bosses relax child swim rules. LEISURE bosses have relaxed the rules on how many children one adult can take into a swimming pool. Up until recently, every child under the age of five had to be accompanied by an adult. But now Renfrewshire Leisure - the management trust that runs sports and leisure centres
Doors Open Days 2014: Scotland through the Keyhole launched today at Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, Glasgow, signalling what is sure to be an exciting month of looking through the keyholes and getting into some of the most fascinating buildings in the country. With the help of local school children, the RSPB and staff of
Salmon fishing a great catch for Renfrew residents. 38 Renfrew residents joined Renfrewshire’s Provost Anne Hall in an historic trip down the Clyde to preserve the town’s fishing rights on the river. The guests were invited to watch as Renfrewshire’s civic leaders carried out the historic act of casting the nets to retain the rights
Renfrewshire begins primary schools catchment reviews. Renfrewshire Council is starting a series of catchment reviews for local primary schools and pre-five centres. The phased series of reviews is expected to take two years to complete and is linked to the council's agreed £32.5million investment in the primary and pre-five sector. That investment will include: an
Renfrewshire shoppers face carrier bag charge in October. New Scottish Government regulations mean Renfrewshire shoppers will have to pay at least 5p for carrier bags from October. The Single Use Carrier Bags Charge (Scotland) Regulations have been introduced in a bid to cut climate change and reduce the number of carrier bags used by Scottish
Poverty Commission: ‘Unacceptable attainment gap must be closed’. The attainment gap between pupils from high and low income families in Scotland is not acceptable and must be closed – that was the clear message from the Renfrewshire Tackling Poverty Commission recently. The Commission met last week to focus on ‘education, skills and attainment’ with Professor
David Hayman's new show highlights Indy dilemma for those on the left. Scottish Actor and Director, David Hayman is bringing his new show on the Independence Referendum - after a hugely successful season at the Edinburgh Fringe - to Renfrewshire, in particular Paisley’s Arts Centre on 30 August and Houston’s Carrick Hall on 1 September.