South Ayrshire Council News

Tobacco retailers and licensed premises are being reminded by South Ayrshire Council Trading Standards that from the 1st October 2007 it will become illegal to sell cigarettes or tobacco to anyone under 18.

South Ayrshire Council has obtained a decree for eviction against one of their tenants who was convicted at Ayr Sheriff Court for being in possession of a controlled drug with intent to supply.

The first ever South Ayrshire Eco Award ceremony was held at South Ayrshire Council’s headquarters, where Braehead and Forehill Primary Schools received their respective Green Flag Eco Awards.

The opening hours of South Ayrshire Councils Revenues and Benefits Service offices will be changing.

South Ayrshire Council Licensing staff have arranged an important FREE Licensing Conference, that will be held on Tuesday 30 October 2007, within the Oswald Hall Conference Centre, SAC, Auchincruive.

A Multi-Agency Inspection of Services for People with Learning Disability in Ayrshire, has given positive comments about the way in which services are delivered through partnership working across Ayrshire.

South Ayrshire Council is to adopt the National Standards for Community Engagement, published by Communities Scotland, as their standards for community engagement for all work carried out by and on behalf of the Council.

Members of South Ayrshire Council’s Leadership Panel have approved the funding and implementation of a corporate e-payments facility that will create a payments option for clients directly from the Council’s website.

South Ayrshire Council Trading Standards and Strathclyde Police are appealing to the public for help after allegations of loan sharking in an area of Troon.

South Ayrshire Council Provost Winifred Sloan has welcomed eight new apprentices to the Council. The new members of staff will receive appropriate training for their chosen trade that will transform them into qualified skilled trades people.

Councillor Margaret Toner, Depute Leader of South Ayrshire Council and Portfolio Carrier for Community Services, paid a visit to the Citadel in Ayr to meet members of the South Ayrshire Swim Team.

Children's Panel Advisory Committee (CPAC) is currently seeking applications from local people in many local authority areas in Scotland who may be interested in joining the committees on a voluntary basis.

The exhibition is a celebration of a Council project that is being run in partnership with Fablevision.

South Ayrshire Council Provost Winifred Sloan presented one Panel member, Brenda Mackinnon with a decanter to mark her long and dedicated service.

After being introduced to golf during school time the P5 pupils were all offered the opportunity to learn more about golf using standard golf equipment.

£1,000 worth of exciting new children's books, that were won in a prize draw run by the Scottish Book Trust, are now available at South Ayrshire Council's Girvan library.

The team raised £1,671.00 for Cancer Research UK that will be used to continue the fight against breast cancer.

Planning is already under way for the 2008 Burns an a that Festival, which promises to be an exciting, dynamic and vibrant celebration of Robert Burns and Scottish traditional and contemporary culture.

The Ayrshire Badminton Satellite Cell held its annual meeting, that representatives of South, North and East Ayrshire Councils attended, and were delighted to hear confirmation of continued support for the cell.

Carleton Port at Lendalfoot has a new landmark, a specially commissioned bronze memorial that will be a lasting reminder of heroism shown by sailors who crewed the Russian cruiser 'Varyag'.

This year the weather will no doubt have electric blankets pulled from the back of the cupboard even earlier than normal, but Trading Standards officials are urging people to think about their safety and take advantage of a FREE safety check.

After a follow up inspection by HM Inspections of Education of Fisherton Primary School a report of their findings has been published.

HM Inspectors of Education, who carried out an inspection of St Cuthberts Primary School in May 2007, have given the school an outstanding report.

Members of the Council’s Leadership Panel have given approval to establish a Project Team, to take forward the next stage of ‘The Renaissance of Ayr Town Centre: A Strategy for the Future’.