Blog

St Vincent’s Hospice are delighted to announce that their Light up a Life and Christmas appeal has raised an amazing £23,800. The hospice received lots of generous donations from the local community through the Christmas period and on into January. The fundraising campaigns were greatly supported by the local King family, who shared the emotional story of their wife, mum and sister Fran, who was cared for by the hospice. […]

Sewing and creating can be a relaxing and unwinding activity, especially when you are repairing or upcycling an item of clothing or textile you know and love! Bring along something you cherish that needs fixed, altered or repaired. With the guidance of our experienced facilitator you can lovingly mend it and make it wearable or usable again. No experience required. All equipment provided. Limited places available, booking essential. remodeyouth.org/tc-events/meddle-mend-14th-february/

Young people in Renfrewshire are being urged to register to vote to ensure they can have their say in future local and national elections in Scotland. t’s part of the Electoral Commission’s ‘Welcome to Your Vote’ week, running from 30 January to 5 February, which aims to educate young people about democracy and empower them to make their voices heard. As long as they are a resident of Scotland, all […]

The Paisley Development Trust would like you to participate in our annual remembrance of the victims of the Glen Cinema Disaster in 1929. We meet at the recently installed memorial in Dunn Square at 10.30am on the 31st December and support the few survivors that are left and their families during the short ceremony, after a purvey will be available in  The Keg in Gilmour street We would be delighted […]

Shoppers are being given more time to find that special gift for family and friends this Christmas, as Braehead shopping Centre is to extend its opening hours the week before the big day. The popular mall will open an extra one-and-a-half hours – from 9am until 8pm – on Saturday and Sunday, December 17 and 18. And the centre will be open an extra three hours – from 9am to […]

Our Gingerbread family have been out Christmas Shopping in Paisley town centre and they have all lost each other! Help find them all by naming all of our Christmas Gingerbread characters in our FREE, fun trail and you can enter our fabulous festive prize draw! Pick up your free trail leaflets from our leaflet racks in either the Piazza or the Paisley Centre or download your own copy on our […]

Communities are being urged to ensure they have their say by voting for the projects they’d like to see improve their local area before the deadline of 11 December 2022. As part of its community empowerment campaign #YouDecide, Renfrewshire Council made £1.2million available for infrastructure projects and every idea on the shortlist was put forward by a local resident. The shortlist includes projects like upgraded play parks, additional street lighting, […]

Paisley’s Christmas countdown is now under way– as an ice rink and funfair opened their doors to kick off a month-long programme of festive fun taking place across the town centre. The Paisley’s Christmas event is organised by Renfrewshire Council in partnership with local business improvement district Paisley First and Scotland’s Theme Park, and runs until Friday 30 December. And the first skaters have now taken to the outdoor ice […]