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Helping people into work - the latest from East Ayrshire
Big changes in the way that employability services are funded and run throughout Scotland and the UK were outlined at Cabinet, as East Ayrshire Council reported on how it has tailored its way of working to help people of all ages and skills into sustainable training and secure jobs.
Community led regeneration - how it's working for East Ayrshire
Since 2014 the Scottish Government and COSLA’s Regeneration Capital Grant Fund has been supporting locally developed regeneration projects to help tackle inequalities and deliver inclusive growth in deprived, disadvantaged and fragile remote communities across Scotland.
New location identified for Growth Deal food and drink project
East Ayrshire Council’s Cabinet has approved proposals to locate an innovative food and drink manufacturing project at Moorfield, Kilmarnock.
Ayrshire’s first indoor climbing centre set to open!
Get ready to climb to new heights! Following the extensive regeneration of a Victorian church, Above Adventure, Ayrshire’s first ever indoor climbing centre, is set to open to the public on Saturday 20 May 2023.
The Wee Glen, Dunlop benefits from improvements
The Wee Glen Community Woodland in Dunlop was the location for a tree planting ceremony to mark extensive improvements carried out by East Ayrshire Woodlands.
Getting back to work – the Growth Deal project helping hundreds rediscover work
A pan-Ayrshire project that is helping people back into employment has set itself an ambitious target for the coming months.
Ayrshire Growth Deal delivering as second annual report released
The team behind the £251 million Ayrshire Growth Deal say the difficult economic climate won’t derail their transformational plans for the region. Their second annual report – which plots the progress over 12 months – recognises the challenges of recent times but stresses ‘great progress has been made’.
Ayrshire tourism forging ahead
Businesses aiming to capitalise on partnership commitment
The tourism industry in Ayrshire is putting a plan in place to help secure the future of one of the region’s most important economic drivers.
New Kilmarnock Strategic Group will boost town centre development
Like every other town in Scotland, Kilmarnock is constantly evolving, and with the Covid-19 pandemic, Brexit, the energy crisis and the effects of an economic downturn all having an effect on work patterns and shopping habits, demand for, and use of, buildings and public spaces has changed dramatically in the last few years.
Openreach hits ultrafast broadband landmark in Ayrshire
More than 100,000 homes and businesses in Ayrshire can now access Openreach's full fibre network
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Community renewal in action - four successful projects report back
Cabinet this week heard how four East Ayrshire projects made the most of funding designed to help communities recover n the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic
Take a Bow and New Cumnock Re-use Hub projects get next stage backing
New Farm Loch's Take a Bow Opportunity Centre in Kilmarnock and New Cumnock’s Re-Use Hub developments took forward steps this week with cabinet approval for continued support for their Stage 2 Regeneration Capital Grant Fund (RCGF) applications for 2023/24.