| Provost Acknowledges Merit Award For Troon South Ayrshire Council Provost Winifred Sloan accepted a Merit Award, which was awarded by Beautiful Scotland in Bloom, on behalf of the Council and the people of Troon at a ceremony within the Council Chambers at Troon Town Hall. |
| Graduation Days For ‘Class Diamonds’
Pinwherry And Barr To mark the achievements of members of the latest ‘Class Diamonds’ initiative, who have successfully completed a course either in Pinwherry or Barr, a graduation ceremony was held in each of the respective villages. |
| Improving Residential Facilities For Older People South Ayrshire Council is to create a purpose built residential facility for older people on a site in Ayr that is adjacent to Seafield Hospital. |
| Provost Delighted To Learn
Of Ayr United Proposals Following the announcement by Ayr United Football Club, South Ayrshire Council Provost Winifred Sloan said: “I have been delighted to learn of the ambitious proposals.” |
| Outstanding Success - Activity For Health Scheme Councillor Pam Paterson, Convener of South Ayrshire Council’s Lifelong Learning Committee met Brian Longair at the Citadel in Ayr to hear how he has lost over 9 stone through healthy eating and exercise and taking part in the Activity for Health scheme. |
| Review Of Management Overhead Consultancy Exercise On 15 December 2005, at a Special Council meeting of South Ayrshire Council, considered a report by Bishops Consulting and agreed the dissolution of the Department of Environment and Infrastructure. |
| Carrick Initiative
Alcohol And Young People An initiative to address the minority of people under 18 years of age who are purchasing and consuming alcohol, and a small number of adults who are purchasing alcohol on behalf of young people is being launched in the Carrick area. |
| Would You Like To Become A Councillor? Have you ever considered becoming a local councillor? |
| ‘Ralton’s Runners’ And The Great Scottish Run John Ralton, who sadly died earlier this year of Motor Neurone Disease, worked for South Ayrshire Council, his colleagues wanted to remember him in a special way, so they have raised £3,301 for the Scottish motor Neurone Disease Association. |
| Council Learns Of Progress On Lochside Development A progress report on preparations for an ambitious phased programme of demolition in the Lochside area of Ayr and replacement with100 new houses has been provided to South Ayrshire Council. |
| Electronic Counting Preparations
For Next Year’s Elections Preparations are under way for the electronic counting of votes at the combined Scottish Parliament and South Ayrshire Council elections taking place on May 3, 2007. |
| Scotland Goes To The Polls On May 3, 2007 - The Countdown Has Already Begun A new campaign was launched on November 3, to inform people in South Ayrshire about the Scottish Parliamentary and local government elections on 3 May, 2007 - exactly six months to the day - and to inspire them to make their vote count. |
Investigation launched into ‘unwanted goods’ collections |
| 2007 Golf Charges Set South Ayrshire Council is introducing a loyalty bonus for young golfers who play on Council courses, and who are now too old for a Juvenile subscription, in order to make the game more accessible to them in their early adult years. |
| Kyle Academy Consumer Champs Again Last year’s Champions, Kyle Academy came back fighting this year to retain the South Ayrshire trophy at The Young Consumers of the Year Competition held in Belmont Academy. |
| Improving Transport In South Ayrshire South Ayrshire Council secured funding of £245,000 from SPT, the regional transport partnership, to fund three key projects intended to improve transport in South Ayrshire. |
| Improving Transport In South Ayrshire South Ayrshire Council secured funding of £245,000 from SPT, the regional transport partnership, to fund three key projects intended to improve transport in South Ayrshire. |
| Recycling In Action At Tarbolton Primary School Pupils at Tarbolton Primary School are taking part in ‘Rag Bag’, a national textile recycling initiative, which encourages school children to recycle unwanted clothes and shoes. |
| Carrick Rugby Festival All South Ayrshire Council primary schools in the Carrick Cluster have been learning to play ‘New Image Rugby’ to encourage them to take more physical exercise. |
| ‘Update’ In Electronic Form The latest issue of the Council’s Update newsletter has been published as part of South Ayrshire Council’s arrangements for reporting our performance. |
| Symington Community Hall Continues To Thrive South Ayrshire Council is giving further support towards the development of Symington Community Hall by donating £15,280 towards the second phase of the ambitious project. |
| Firework Sellers Continue Sparkling Results on Underage Sales South Ayrshire Council ’s Trading Standards Service congratulated local firework sellers this week after a project revealed for the second year running that traders would not sell fireworks to an underage test purchase volunteer. |
| Date Change For 2007
Gold Cup Weekend A slip up by the Jockey Club has resulted in South Ayrshire Council having to change its autumn public holiday dates next year. |
| Physical Activity/Sport Grant and Scheme We have financial assistance available for organisations or individuals who would like to provide sports and physical activity opportunities for people in Ballantrae, Barr, Barrhill, Colmonell, Lendalfoot, Pinmore, Pinwherry and surrounding areas. |
| 2006 Agnes Davies Awards For Citizenship Pupils from Muirhead Community School and Marr College have been announced as the 2006 recipients of the Agnes Davies Awards for Citizenship. |
| Troon Primary School Help Macmillan Cancer Support Troon Primary School P7 pupils gave a presentation to members of South Ayrshire Council’s Lifelong Learning Committee in which they explained how they organised a coffee morning to raise funds for MacMillan Cancer Support. |