South Ayrshire Council News

The new Kyle Academy annexe was filled with the sound of joyous music, as part of an evening of entertainment provided by school students, to mark the formal opening of the new building.

South Ayrshire Council has a responsibility as a corporate parent to look after young people and make sure that the care they receive gives them the best possible start in life.

Parents, staff, the wider Colmonell community and others with an interest in Colmonell Primary School are being invited to take part in a formal consultation process.

Introducing young people to the joy of music is very important, so South Ayrshire Council is using funding from the Scottish Arts Council of £179,588 to assist it to do this.

The results of an Employee Travel Survey are being used to create a Sustainable Travel Plan for South Ayrshire Council employees. It will encourage each employee to think green before they travel to and from work and during working hours.

At 31 January 2008 South Ayrshire Council has a Council Tax collection rate of 85.34% that exceeds the previously set target of 85.08%.

2008 looks like being an energetic year for female employees and councillors at South Ayrshire Council, after the charity, Cancer Research UK challenged them to raise money by taking part in this Years Race for Life.

Members of South Ayrshire Council’s Chief Officers’ Appointment Panel have completed the recruitment of a new Chief Executive for South Ayrshire Council.

South Ayrshire Council Provost Winifred Sloan is working with the registered charity Support our Soldiers (SoS) to support the families and friends of service personnel.

The Deposit Guarantee Scheme (DGS) assists and supports people who need a home and want to secure private rented accommodation by providing a written guarantee in place of a deposit.

A 47 year-old Kilwinning man was fined £500 and ordered to do 120 hours community service by Ayr Sheriff Court this week after being found in possession of a haul of counterfeit goods.

Members of the Polish Community in South Ayrshire attended an open evening in South Ayrshire Council’s Carnegie Library, to help forge new cultural links between the communities.

Vulnerable young people need additional support to help them improve the quality of their lives and future prospects, South Ayrshire Council provides this by working in partnership with other agencies.

Students from Kyle Academy in Ayr were brave runners up at the West of Scotland heats of the Young Consumers of the Year Competition 2008.

In 'Securing the Future for South Ayrshire' we aim to establish South Ayrshire as the most dynamic, inclusive and sustainable community in Scotland.

Making the best of available resources is crucial, and that is what South Ayrshire Council has done in setting its 2008/09 budget.

The Citadel in Ayr was filled with glorious music when a number of talented young South Ayrshire musicians took part in a concert.

Mrs Chivas, who lives in north Ayr, won a £100 prize voucher to spend in Tesco after taking part in a South Ayrshire Council pilot project to encourage people to recycle more.

A corporate e-payments facility, that provides various payment options for people, is now available on South Ayrshire Council’s website.

An enthusiastic group of Carrick Academy pupils took to the streets during their lunch break to clean up the litter that thoughtless people have dropped in the town of Maybole.

A new museum building, that will replace the existing ‘Tam O’Shanter Experience’ at Murdoch’s Lone in Ayr, has been given planning permission by members of South Ayrshire Council’s Regulatory Panel.

South Ayrshire has recorded its highest ever annual recycling rate, 41.2% for July 2006 to June 2007.

North Ayr will be transformed when a new football stadium, offices, parking and two residential developments that will include socially affordable housing are built.

The Scottish Government has made funding available to assist householders who currently get their water from a private supply where the water quality needs improving.

South Ayrshire Council is taking positive action to meet their vision for a healthy and caring South Ayrshire by committing to a Delivery Plan for services for people with learning disabilities.