£43,906 has been paid out to support young carers in East Renfrewshire by the Scottish Government, from the Young Carer’s Grant, since its launch. The payment, which is unique to Scotland, has paid out £1.8m in vital support for young carers across Scotland since its introduction in October 2019. The Read more…
£72,557 has been paid out to support young carers in Renfrewshire by the Scottish Government, from the Young Carer’s Grant, since its launch. The payment, which is unique to Scotland, has paid out £1.8m in vital support for young carers across Scotland since its introduction in October 2019. The grant Read more…
New statistics have shown 92.8% of pupils across Renfrewshire were in a ‘positive destination’ within nine months of leaving school last year. That equates to 1,663 school leavers from Renfrewshire in work, training or further study. Across Scotland, 93.2% of pupils were in a positive destination within 9 months, up Read more…
New statistics have shown 95.7% of pupils across East Renfrewshire were in a ‘positive destination’ within nine months of leaving school last year. That equates to 1,381 school leavers from East Renfrewshire in work, training or further study. Across Scotland, 93.2% of pupils were in a positive destination within 9 Read more…
Tom Arthur, SNP MSP for Renfrewshire South, attended Mossedge Village in Linwood’s grand opening ceremony on Friday last week. The facility is a long-awaited project delivered by Linwood Community Development Trust and comprises of a café and various community/events spaces. As Minister for Public Finance, Planning and Community Wealth, and Read more…
SCOTLAND HELD BACK BY WESTMINSTER CONTROL AS FIRST GOVERNMENT PAPER PUBLISHED Tom Arthur, SNP MSP for Renfrewshire South, has welcomed the publication of the first in a series of documents from the Scottish Government, which shows how Scotland in the UK compares to other similar-sized independent European nations on key Read more…
WESTMINSTER CUTS TO SOCIAL SECURITY HAVE BEEN ‘CATASTROPHIC’ FOR SCOTS’ HEALTH People across Renfrewshire South are suffering as a result of Tory cuts which have been slammed as ‘catastrophic’ in a new report by top researchers. The Glasgow Centre for Population Health (GCPH) found that people in Scotland feel their Read more…
Tom Arthur, SNP MSP for Renfrewshire South, has welcomed the planned introduction of the new Low Income Winter Heating Assistance benefit to help households in Renfrewshire South and across Scotland pay their energy bills. The support is being introduced by the SNP Scottish Government and will guarantee an annual payment Read more…
Tom Arthur, SNP MSP for Renfrewshire South visited the Barrhead offices of Recovery Across Mental Health (RAMH) in the Constituency last week. Tom met with the organisation’s Chief Exec, Stephen McLellan to discuss challenges such as the impact of the cost-of-living crisis on service demands and the current staff recruitment Read more…
HOUSEHOLDS IN SCOTLAND PAYING MORE COMPARED TO ENGLAND AND WALES Households in East Renfrewshire are paying on average £1,918 per year, making it the twelfth most expensive place in the UK for energy bills. Out of 408 local authorities in Great Britain, East Renfrewshire came out as the 12th most Read more…