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Big hearted Buddies help local charity smash funding target

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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
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Doors Open Days – First events take place tomorrow!

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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
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Leisure bosses relax child swim rules

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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
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Salmon fishing a great catch for Renfrew residents

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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
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Renfrewshire begins primary schools catchment reviews

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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
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Renfrewshire shoppers face carrier bag charge in October

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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
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Poverty Commission: ‘Unacceptable attainment gap must be closed’

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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
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Renfrewshire Council cuts CO2 emissions by almost 30%

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Renfrewshire Council cuts CO2 emissions by almost 30%. Renfrewshire Council has been hailed as one of the greenest local authorities in the country after cutting its carbon footprint by almost 30 per cent. The council is one of only two in Scotland to meet an ambitious 25% target to reduce its CO2 emissions. A report