Renfrewshire Business Challenge Fund

Renfrewshire Business Challenge Fund: empowering Renfrewshire businesses for success through growth and sustainability Renfrewshire Council’s Business Challenge Fund aims to bolster the growth and sustainability of small to medium sized enterprises (SMEs) in Renfrewshire. The initiative with support from the UK Shared Prosperity Fund invited proposals from public, private, education and third sector organisations... Read More

Paisley set to welcome thousands for Halloween Festival

Paisley town centre is ready to welcome thousands of visitors this weekend when the town’s annual Halloween festival – one of the biggest and best of its kind in the UK – returns. The ever-popular free-to-attend event is on for three evenings between Thursday 26 and Saturday 28 October, from 5 to 9pm each... Read More

Paisley’s Christmas 2023 returns with a month-long celebration

Paisley town centre will be full of festive cheer this year with the return of Paisley’s Christmas 2023 – a month-long programme of festive family fun! The event, which is organised by Renfrewshire Council in partnership with Scotland’s Theme Park, will run from Thursday 30 November to Saturday 30 December excluding Christmas Day and... Read More

Johnstone town centre public engagement event

People who live, work and visit Johnstone town centre can help shape the vision for its future There’s a public engagement event at 56 Houston Court, Johnstone (at the corner of Houstoun Square) next Wednesday (27 September) from 9am to 6pm and an online survey to capture everyone’s feedback on the town centre. The... Read More

Paisley Halloween Festival 2023

Paisley town centre will be transformed into a gothic playground when the Paisley Halloween Festival 2023 – one of the biggest and best in the UK – returns this October with a new format. The award-winning festival – which attracts a crowd of tens of thousands each year – will see three nights of... Read More

Kids have a great summer with council’s activity camp programme

Hundreds of kids are having a summer of fun thanks to Renfrewshire Council’s free activity camp programme The sports and craft making sessions, provided by the council’s community learning and development team and Street Stuff, are fully booked for the whole summer, with around 1,200 places taken each week. Young people from primary one... Read More

Ferguslie Park council homes get thumbs-up from tenants

Tenants have been moving into new homes built by Renfrewshire Council as part of the ongoing community-led regeneration of Paisley’s Ferguslie Park area. The 101 modern new-build energy-efficient homes are being built on the site of the former St Fergus Primary School in Ferguslie. Tenants have been moving in since January, with 64 homes... Read More

Renfrewshire dog owners urged to join new campaign

Renfrewshire dog owners are being encouraged to join a new campaign aimed at promoting responsible dog ownership in the region The Take the Lead campaign will launch with a mass dog walk on Sunday 14 May 2023 at 1pm in Barshaw Park in Paisley. Owners will be provided with a new branded lead, a... Read More

Extra funding agreed to provide financial advice for families

An additional £1million of extra funding has been agreed by councillors to tackle poverty and support families and households under pressure from the cost-of-living crisis. At the Leadership Board on Wednesday 26 April, councillors agreed to allocate funding into a range of projects, including dedicated advice services for families, continuing extra support for welfare... Read More

Celebrating Renfrewshire Fund now open for young people

The £150,000 Celebrating Renfrewshire Fund, which supports young people to create, design and deliver projects in the region, is now open for new applications. The fund aims to make the area a better place for young people to live, giving young adults and teenagers aged between 12 and 25 a voice in their community... Read More