A popular physical activity game that has taken Scotland by storm will be taking place across Renfrewshire this autumn. Beat the Street is a real-life interactive game that aims to get whole communities moving together and has been played by more than 1.4million people in more than 100 locations across the UK and beyond. In […]
Read MoreOur third feature in partnership with RAMH takes a look at getting back to shopping in public. For many of us shopping has been an online activity during lockdown. It isn’t at all surprising that the thought of a trip to the retail park, or high street, might make you feel anxious. The retail experience […]
Read MoreThe second article that looks back upon some of Renfrewshire’s pioneering figures that helped to mould our area into the prosperous and forward-thinking community that it is, artist and heritage consultant Lil Brookes guides us through the revolutionary and civic duty-led life of Jane Arthur as she becomes the first woman in Scotland to hold […]
Read MoreAfter obtaining registered charity status, Emmagayle Harper details how this community-led women’s space for all women and non-binary people across Renfrewshire and beyond is bringing people together in safe and inclusive ways. When lockdown hit in March 2020, everyone was in a state of shock as the country abruptly came to an almost complete standstill […]
Read MoreRenfrewshire Council is planning for in-person events this winter with the return of two local favourites The Spree and Paisley Halloween Festival. The council’s event programme has been exclusively online since March 2020. As the Scottish Government eases restrictions on indoor and outdoor events, the local authority has announced plans for the return this October […]
Read MorePACE Theatre Company Ltd is delighted to have been named as a recipient in the second round of Creative Scotland’s Culture Organisations and Venues Recovery Fund, announced on 4 August 2021. The Paisley-based theatre company, which ran the largest youth theatre of its kind prior to the introduction of Covid restrictions, is due to receive an […]
Read MoreA new centrepiece for Seedhill, our editor takes a trip to a bistro with both style and substance. When people talk about the ongoing re-energising of Paisley as a hotbed of culture and cuisine, there’s a tendency to point to the town’s main thoroughfares as the places where the boat is being resoundingly pushed out. […]
Read MoreRenfrewshire’s young people received their national qualification results today (Tuesday 10 August) and the council’s education convener, Councillor Jim Paterson, has praised young people’s commitment and resilience during a school year like no other. Councillor Paterson said: “It’s been an incredibly challenging year for our young people, and I hope that everyone gets the results […]
Read MoreLocal people’s views are being sought on potential upgrades to the junction outside the entrance to Barshaw Park, where Glasgow Road meets Arkleston Road and Hawkhead Road. Renfrewshire Council has been awarded funding from Sustrans Scotland’s ‘Places for Everyone’ programme to look at improvements to the junction and three possible options have been drafted for […]
Read MoreHailing from right here in Paisley, Evelyn Laurie is a chanteuse with a keen sense of her identity as an artist. Keenly intermingling the worlds of jazz and traditional Scottish music that’s normally rendered in a more folk-based palette, Evelyn is by no means short on ambition and was resoundingly rewarded for it on 2018 […]
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