A unique council service to give Renfrewshire’s children the best start in life through increased support for their families has now generated £500,000 in support for local households that they didn’t know they were entitled to. Advice Works staff based in the First Families teams have been working closely with families to help them access
The annual children’s art exhibition Inspired opens at Paisley Museum this week, showcasing the very best creative talent from Renfrewshire schools. The exhibition is free, and will run from Saturday 21 February to Friday 17 April. The aim of the exhibition is to showcase the work developed in art and design in all education establishments
St Mirren in the Community is now taking bookings for the ever popular Easter Football Camps. The Camps will run…
A TEAM of curlers led by the brother of Olympic Gold medalist, Rhona Martin is celebrating an unusual feat that’s the curling equivalent of a golfing hole-in-one. Drew Howie, the older brother of Scots curling star Rhona, was skip of the team playing at the intu Braehead curling rink that achieved an ‘eight ender’ -
Paisley town centre is in the running for a multi-million-pound transformation after the council cleared the first hurdle on a bid for major investment funding. Renfrewshire Council has been awarded £113,300 of Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) money to develop detailed plans for a large-scale project to restore some of the area’s architectural treasures to their
A group of schoolkids went back to the future by planting a time capsule inside the soon-to-be-opened £14.5m Johnstone Town Hall. The pupils from local schools placed a series of items – including school ties and shirts, coins of the day and profiles of themselves – inside a lead container, now buried under the paving
Six of the best pubs and clubs in Renfrewshire are out to prove they are ‘best bar none’ in Scotland. The six premises, all winners at Renfrewshire’s own Best Bar None awards last month, have been shortlisted for national awards. Six of the best pubs and clubs in Renfrewshire are out to prove they are
Horsecross Arts and Random Accomplice present And the Beat Goes On by Stef Smith Directed and designed by Kenny Miller,…
NEWS Next Frame by Frame is on March 17th at 7pm til 9.30 at Paisley Art Centre. Though not essential,…
Local mental health charity RAMH today celebrated 25 years of providing services to local communities across Renfrewshire and East Renfrewshire. And they kicked off their special year by launching an appeal to raise £25,000 in their 25th anniversary year, allowing them to move to better premises, where they will be more accessible, more visible and
FRIDAY night is fun night for youngsters at Paisley’s Lagoon Leisure Centre. A new Friday Fun Club is being launched this week on February 6 and eight to 14-year-olds are being encouraged to come along for the two-and-a-half-hour sessions that run between 6pm and 8.30pm. The youngsters will take part in fun sports such as
Young children in Renfrewshire hopped on board the PlayTalkRead bus for fun and learning as it toured towns and villages across Renfrewshire. Designed to help encourage parents and carers to play, talk and read with their little ones, the big purple bus is packed full of books, toys and activities for the whole family to