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East Ayrshire Council has been awarded White Ribbon status at the National White Ribbon Conference in recognition of the work that has taken place over many years to engage men in preventing and ending violence against women and girls.

Councillor Clare Maitland visited Brian and Patricia Wilson from Kilmarnock recently to pass on congratulations as they celebrated fifty years of marriage.

Councillor William Lennox visited Sheila and John Hume from Mauchline recently to pass on congratulations as they celebrated fifty years of marriage.

James Hamilton Early Childhood Centre (ECC) is celebrating the results of their recent inspection, published by the Care Inspectorate.

Dunlop Primary and Early Childhood Centre has earned a Gold: Rights Respecting Award from UNICEF, a leading organisation supporting children and their rights across the world.

As firework season approaches, East Ayrshire Council’s community safety arrangements are being strengthened as partnership agencies join forces to encourage communities to celebrate safely.

At the recent meeting of Cabinet, Education Services presented the annual Standards and Quality Report for 2024/ 25 to elected members who took the opportunity to congratulate the children and young people of East Ayrshire on their achievements, while recognising the support received from teachers, support staff and Education Services as a whole.

East Ayrshire Council will NOT be introducing a Visitor Levy in the near future

The Ayrshire Roads Alliance (ARA) is planning to trial 20mph speed limits on all local roads in Mauchline, New Cumnock, Kilmaurs and Crookedholm.

An early launch of East Ayrshire’s 16 Days of Action campaign took place at SL66 in Cumnock this week, starting off a series of East Ayrshire events that will raise awareness of gender-based violence from 25 November until 10 December.

Joint working between East Ayrshire Trading Standards, Police Scotland and a dog named Boo reaped rewards recently, with the successful seizure of 25,560 illicit cigarettes, 30 packs of hand rolling tobacco and 95 non-compliant vapes from a shop in Cumnock.

A new service to ensure people living with cancer and their families are offered emotional, practical and wellbeing support has been launched in Ayrshire and Arran, as part of a successful model delivered across Scotland.