South Ayrshire Council News

Fort, Seafield and Wallacetown Community Council has supported a South Ayrshire Community Safety Partnership initiative to reduce youth disorder in Rozelle and surrounding areas.

Five young people have successfully completed an eight week golf coaching initiative, designed to encourage them to use their leisure time constructively and to learn the rules and regulations of golf.

The new Prestwick Academy will cost £25.6 million pounds and is a key element of South Ayrshire Council's ambitious £76 million Public Private Partnership School building initiative.

South Ayrshire Council Provost Winifred Sloan welcomed Tom Watson to South Ayrshire at the 2008 Senior Open Championship that is taking place at the world famous Royal Troon links golf course.

Callum Stewart, who is a member of Troon Youth Centre, was named as Strathclyde Senior Volunteer Award winner by Strathclyde Youth at a special awards ceremony held within the City Chambers, Glasgow.

Kenny MacAskill, Cabinet Secretary for Justice, visited the Oval in Prestwick to see how a youth initiative is working to help curb youth disorder.

Residents of South Ayrshire Council's Sheltered Housing Unit at Arcon Court in Mossblown, along with their invited guests, enjoyed a summer garden party to celebrate being awarded funding by 'Awards for All'.

South Ayrshire Council's Trading Standards and Environmental Health Services have received a Gold Award from the International Federation of Spirit Producers (IFSP)

Councillor Margaret Toner, Depute Leader of South Ayrshire Council and Portfolio Holder for Community Services joined a very special couple, Audrey Vallance aged 53 and John Vallance aged 55, to mark the couples 25 years of fostering children.

The new South Ayrshire Council recruitment website has received almost 200,000 hits in the first 4 weeks of operation.

The British Army's Scotland wide Pipers' Trail filled Ayr town centre with the sound of bagpipes after South Ayrshire Council Provost Winifred Sloan officially gave permission, for a procession of Army and local pipers, to march through the town.

Children from four South Ayrshire Council Primary Schools, Girvan, Dailly, Maidens and Sacred Heart, were in involved in the annual sailing adventure on the remote and rugged west coast of Scotland this summer.

Councillor Hugh Hunter, the Leader of South Ayrshire Council, welcomed John Swinney MSP, Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Sustainable Growth, to Ayr when he came to sign South Ayrshire Council's Single Outcome Agreement.

From September 2008 S2 girls in South Ayrshire Council schools will be routinely offered the chance to take part in a Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) immunisation programme.

Troon is bustling with activity and the excitement is building as preparations continue for the 2008 Senior British Open Championship that will be played at Royal Troon Golf Club from 24 to 27 July.

Following an extensive consultation process with the local Taxi Forum and operators the Policy, Guidelines and Code of practice for the Licensing, Operation and Testing of taxis and private hire vehicles in South Ayrshire has been updated.

New members of the South Ayrshire Children's Panel have successfully completed their pre service training programme.

South Ayrshire Community Safety Partnership is once again working to make the Esplanade in Ayr a safe place which can be enjoyed by both visitors and residents.

Five weeks of varied activities at the Oval in Prestwick, all designed to tackle antisocial behaviour in and around the area, were brought to a close with a 7-a-side football tournament.

Over 100 residents from South Ayrshire Council sheltered housing units in Dundonald and Troon gathered at the South Beach Hotel in Troon for lunch and a lot more.

The British Army's Scotland wide Pipers' Trail will be in Ayr on Thursday 17 July 2008 when they will be delighting the town with the sound of their bagpipes.

It may be summertime but already arrangements are being put in place for a spectacular pantomime, Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs, that will be staged at the Gaiety Theatre in Ayr later this year.

South Ayrshire Council Provost Winifred Sloan hosted a special 'Tea at 3' tea party, within the County Buildings in Ayr, in aid of the Ayrshire Hospice.