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All secondary schools in East Ayrshire have had defibrillators installed thanks to St John Scotland and fundraising by the family and friends of Laura Henderson, who tragically died of sudden cardiac arrest in 2021.

The P7 band at Dunlop Primary School, ‘The 24/7’s’, launched their new school song recently, ‘You Get What you Give’.

At the recent meeting of East Ayrshire Council’s Cabinet, councillors approved place-based investment funding for 23 local projects, totalling £768,664 in support of community-led regeneration across East Ayrshire.

East Ayrshire Council’s commitment to combating climate change took another positive step this week as Cabinet approved measures to help schools and communities work towards net zero targets.

The Council’s Youth Action Team is currently making its way around East Ayrshire schools to encourage young people to be responsible citizens in their communities.

As part of an ongoing structural maintenance programme, the Ayrshire Roads Alliance will be carrying our carriageway resurfacing works on Grassyards Road, Kilmarnock from the junction of Kennedy Drive out over the A77 flyover just past the C33 junction.

Children and young people from New Cumnock Primary School have taken part in an outdoor water safety awareness course at Loch Doon in East Ayrshire.

East Ayrshire Council hosted a tea dance at Dumfries House this week for over 170 volunteers to thank them for the time and commitment they give to their communities.

John Whitmill has been celebrating his centenary in Kilmarnock.

Depute Provost Claire Leitch and Councillor Alyson Simmons visited Mauchline couple William and Catherine Peebles recently to congratulate them on 60 years of marriage.

Former Netherthird Primary School pupil and school Dux, Lord-Lieutenant of Ayrshire and Arran, Sheriff Iona McDonald officially opened the new Netherthird Primary School and Early Childhood Centre recently at a special ceremony.

East Ayrshire Council celebrated the start of Volunteers’ Week by hosting a civic reception in honour of five East Ayrshire residents who all received a Coronation Champions Award as part of the King’s Coronation celebrations.