South Ayrshire Council News

South Ayrshire Council’s Trading Standards Service this week praised local care homes following a review of the contracts they offer their residents.

All senior students attending South Ayrshire Schools were invited to view presentations of ‘Reckless Driving Wrecks Lives’, a project that addresses the serious consequences of road crashes.

Have you received a leaflet through your door recently asking you to fill a bag with clothing for collection? If you responded did you believe you would be donating to a charity?

South Ayrshire Council has a brand new mobile library that will be travelling the length and breadth of South Ayrshire, taking books and much more to library users.

HM Inspectors of Education, who carried out an inspection of Queen Margaret Academy in November 2007, have published the findings in a report.

Pupils from Kyle Academy and Belmont Academy have been taking part in a pilot scheme to encourage them to dispose of litter properly, by placing it in litter bins around the schools and to pick up litter others have dropped.

South Ayrshire Youth Forum are making a DVD that will portray the life, art, warfare, serfdom and music from the period when the Kings of Scotland used Dundonald Castle as a Hunting Lodge.

Mrs McNulty, 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.

The Ayrshire Archives Centre, situated in Craigie Estate in Ayr, will be closing its doors on 1 April 2008 and relocating to temporary premises at Auchincruive.

Lorna Anderson, who plays Amber in the television drama River City, has officially opened the new extension in the South Ayrshire Council Day Centre in the Sheltered Housing Unit in Walker Avenue, Troon.

South Ayrshire Council Provost Winifred Sloan hosted a reception to acknowledge the remarkable achievements of Anne McMillan MBE, who has given 30 years dedicated service to the Children’s Hearing System.

As a result of a joint operation between South Ayrshire Trading Standards and Ayr Police both are warning the public to be on their guard after the seizure of counterfeit rolling tobacco in South Ayrshire.

Junior Road Safety Officers (JRSO) in four South Ayrshire Council Primary Schools have been celebrating after winning prizes in a national road safety competition.

HM Inspectors of Education, who carried out an inspection of Kincaidston Primary School and Nursery Class in November 2007, have given the school a good report.

Pet’s Corner at Belleisle has today been handed a lifeline thanks to the efforts of the Rotary Club and South Ayrshire Council.

South Ayrshire Trading Standards are warning consumers to be very cautious when making purchases of electrical goods on Internet auction sites.

South Ayrshire Council is praising local retailers after their latest test purchasing sweep revealed that none of the premises visited sold cigarettes to their underage volunteers.

South Ayrshire Council would like local residents to share their views with them on arts and culture issues at a series of open sessions on Monday 17 March 2008.

Three Doonfoot Primary School pupils are the first young people in South Ayrshire to use a new, interactive, multi media road safety education resource 'a2bsafely'.

Ana Maria Caballero, Advisor to the Vice President of Columbia and Fergus Ewing, Minister for Community Safety, paid a visit to Girvan Academy to speak to students and other invited guests.

Twelve young people from Maybole and Girvan have been participating in the Fairway Forward Golf Initiative, that was jointly run by members of the South Ayrshire Community Safety Partnership Antisocial Behaviour Team and Community Support Officers.

Ayr Town Hall has been refurbished, the organ has been restored and the Ayr Ark Project for Youth is set to benefit from a series of free organ recital concerts at the Town Hall.

Spring is in the air, the weather is improving and many motorcyclists, whose bikes have been in storage during the winter months, are getting them ready for the 2008 biker season.

Pupils at two South Ayrshire Council schools, Queen Margaret Academy in Ayr, and Carrick Academy in Maybole are taking part in an exciting Duke of Edinburgh Award pilot project.

Trading Standards in South Ayrshire are this week using seizures from criminals to help the needy as, with the assistance of “His Church Charity” a mountain of counterfeit goods is being sent to help aid relief in Africa.