Renfrewshire Carers Centre celebrates 30 years in the community

In January, Renfrewshire Carers Centre (RCC) celebrated 30 years of supporting unpaid Carers in Renfrewshire at Paisley Town Hall At the event, Depute Provost of Renfrewshire, Councillor Cathy McEwan, shared a few kind words about the impact carers have on our communities and joined Renfrewshire Carers Centre Manager, Diane Goodman, in cutting the anniversary... Read More

£1million boost for Renfrewshire’s cultural sector

Renfrewshire’s cultural sector has received a £1million cash boost as awards from Renfrewshire Council’s Culture, Heritage and Events Fund (CHEF) and newly formed Cultural Organisation Fund (COF) are confirmed COF is a new multi-year funding programme that will support established Renfrewshire-based cultural organisations to deliver creative activities for residents, supporting long-term engagement with the arts, culture and... Read More

Glenvale Football Club sign up to Keep the Promise

Glenvale Football Club has pledged to Keep the Promise to local care-experienced children and young people by committing to support the Renfrewshire’s Promise Keeper Network Three members of Paisley-based club are accredited as Promise Keepers, joining more than 300 local people in the network set up by Renfrewshire Council. All 70 coaches at the... Read More

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