South Ayrshire Council News

Members of South Ayrshire Council’s Chief Officers’ Appointment Panel have completed the recruitment of a new Director of Social Work, Housing and Health.

The Citadel in Ayr was the venue for the launch of the Inclusion Squad Network.

Margo Williamson will take up the post of Head of Educational Achievement and Quality Development within South Ayrshire Council in May 2008.

Scots are being urged to help reduce waste during Compost Awareness Week by composting more of their garden and kitchen waste at home.

Fergus Ewing MSP, Minister for Community Safety paid a visit to South Ayrshire Council Headquarters in Ayr to hear first hand about the outstanding achievements of the South Ayrshire Community Safety Partnership.

South Ayrshire Council Provost Winifred Sloan welcomed members of the Scottish Branch of the Chartered Institution of Wastes Management (CIWM) members to the County Buildings in Ayr, where they held their Spring meeting.

South Ayrshire Council has launched a Sustainable Travel Campaign, ‘upandgo choose your move’ to encourage employees to think about leaving their cars at home.

Students from Ayr College, who are studying Social Care, are working with the residents of the Sheltered Housing Unit in Morrison Gardens in Ayr on a number of fundraising events.

This week South Ayrshire Council’s Trading Standards Service are reissuing the warning to local householders to be on their guard against bogus workmen.

The Rt Hon Alex Salmond, MSP, Scotland’s First Minister, officially opened the Alloway Auld Kirk and graveyard in Alloway.

Councillor Tom Slider, Chair of South Ayrshire Council’s Housing Panel has been out and about getting into training for the Conquer a Corbett 2008 Challenge.

Some members of the Chinese and Polish communities in South Ayrshire met at Carnegie Library to celebrate completing an ‘English as a Second Language’ (ESOL) course.

The annual South Ayrshire History Fair will take place in the Walker Halls, Troon on Saturday 7 June 2008.

Twenty-two young people from Carrick have been awarded certificates of recognition for their hard work and efforts in a recent outdoor activity project.

Pupils from Dundonald Primary shared what they learned during the schools ‘Enterprising Health Week'

Pupils from Gardenrose Primary School have won the South Ayrshire heat of the Scottish Educational Trust Scottish Euroquiz competition.

South Ayrshire Council’s Leadership Panel has approved a South Ayrshire Partnership in Practice Agreement that will now be submitted to the Scottish Government.

Colmonell Primary School pupils will be moved out of their present school building after the summer holidays into two modern Portacabins.

At 29 February 2008 South Ayrshire Council has a Council Tax collection rate of 93.94% that exceeds their previously set target of 93.74%.