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Renfrewshire Council has dedicated £100k to its Social Enterprise Fund, offering grants to help local social enterprises to grow, deliver more products and services, and bring even more benefits to their communities. Social enterprises are businesses that reinvest any profits back into their communities. They face similar challenges to any other business but they are
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16 women took the message of violence against women to thousands of football fans last Saturday. Despite the wind and the rain, the women performed a special dance on St Mirren park at half time. The Break the Chain dance by One Billion Rising, was performed as part of Renfrewshire’s 16 Days of Action, a
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Work has started on a state-of-the-art £18.8m school for children in Renfrewshire with additional support needs. Pupils, school staff, councillors and contractors recently attended a sod-cutting ceremony on the site of the former St Brendan’s High School on Middleton Road, Linwood. The new school – scheduled to open in August 2016 – will replace the
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Locals looking to get into the festive spirit should head to Lochwinnoch on Wednesday 10 December for the annual Tinsel Walk. The event, organised by Renfrewshire Council, follows a route around the outskirts of the town. Locals looking to get into the festive spirit should head to Lochwinnoch on Wednesday 10 December for the annual
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A group of men are set to totter down Paisley High Street wearing red high-heeled shoes - in an eye-catching bid to raise awareness of sexual violence. The men’s march to Walk a Mile in Her Shoes will take place for the first time on Wednesday 10 December at 2pm. Starting from New Street, the
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Members of local support group for people living with an incurable disease put their best foot forward and raised £2200 for their cause. Around 20 walkers, members of the Renfrewshire Huntington's Disease Support Group and their friends, raised the cash on a recent Walk of Hope along the banks of the Clyde at Erskine. The
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The project to build a new Johnstone Town Hall has been nominated for a prestigious award to showcase the best new property in Scotland. The £14.5m town hall – due to open in summer 2015 – is on a four-building shortlist to be named Public Building of the Year at the Scottish Property Awards. The
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After a busy week of exciting events, it’s clear that Book Week Scotland was a big success in Renfrewshire. A visit from Alex McCall at Johnstone Library prompted a big turn out and lucky members of the Johnstone Library Book Group got signed copies of Alex’s hit book ‘Attack of the Giant Robot Chickens’. Primary
Survivors of Bereavement by Suicide
Renfrewshire residents who have lost loved ones to suicide have been invited to an open evening by local support group Survivors of Bereavement by Suicide (SOBS). The informal drop-in session take place on Wednesday 17 December between 6.30 and 7.30pm in the Charleston Centre, 49 Neilston Road, Paisley. The event will give people a chance
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Renfrewshire businesses are being advised of new EU food allergy regulation deadline. From 13 December all businesses that sell food will have to display allergy information on food they make or serve. The Food Information Regulations will make it mandatory for businesses to specify which foods contain allergens and they will no longer be able
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A crackdown on vehicle emissions in Paisley town centre last weekend saw over 300 vehicles stopped and checked by wardens from Renfrewshire Council. In total, 332 drivers were stopped off Wallneuk Road and their cars examined, with five vehicles failing an emissions test. The owners of the five cars in question were issued with a