Returning Officer, Craig Hatton, has declared that Ronnie Stalker, Scottish Conservatives and Unionist party has been elected at stage one and is duly elected as Councillor for Dalry and West Kilbride.
Deliveries of free food packages to families in need started rolling out today. Thanks to all who have helped make this happen in such a short space of time. Full details 👉
We're pleased to confirm that young people eligible for free school meals and/or in receipt of a school clothing grant will soon receive a weekly food package for both them and their families in the weeks ahead. More info:
Morrisons Stevenston will generously donate £1000 of food per week to North Ayrshire Foodbank. Read the news article here: to learn more about how we are working together to help people in need during the pandemic 🚛
North Ayrshire Council Leader Marie Burns has paid tribute to our much-loved colleague Shirley Morgan, who died suddenly. Shirley was a hugely popular figure and devoted to making her community a better place to live.
We're proud of our long-standing commitment to tackling holiday hunger:
👉Offered free school meals during the holidays since 2013
👉Delivered over 1M meals to families when schools were closed due to the pandemic
👉Introduced a voucher system
#ENDCHILDFOODPOVERTY
@MarcusRashford
A big shout-out to our Bereavement Services staff. It's not an easy job at the best of times but the team deserve huge credit for continuing to provide an essential service at this time. A big thanks also to the admin staff working from home to keep the burial service going ❤️
Over the school holidays, we'll be delivering free soup and packed lunches which primary school pupils can pick up and take away from the following venues! 🍵🌯😃
Irvine community hub staff at Redburn, Vineburgh and Fullarton would like to thank volunteers for their dedication and hard work in helping to deliver 799 food parcels, 751 hot meals and 173 prescriptions 🚛 to local people in need last week. Wow, what a fantastic team effort 👏
We are concerned that people have been gathering in large numbers in some public areas. To protect us all, we need to respect social distancing. Today, we have agreed to close playparks, public toilets and Largs seafront car park.
Thanks to the tremendous efforts of local food suppliers, we are delivering over 4,000 (‼️) weekly food parcels to those most in need, each containing between 75-80% of fresh produce 🥔🥕🍎🥛🥚 Read more here:
We would like to thank the dedicated staff members and volunteers at Kilwinning community hub who helped to deliver 498 food parcels and 57 prescriptions 🚛 last week to local residents. Well done everyone – what a fantastic team effort 👏
Our deliveries of free food to families in need continued to roll out today in Arran and Irvine. And we'll start delivering in the Garnock Valley, Largs and Kilwinning areas tomorrow. More info here 👉
Our community support hubs have reached a phenomenal milestone answering over 2,200 calls 📞 and working tirelessly alongside volunteers to carry out a record 2,153 food deliveries 🚛 and 746 prescription drop-offs 💊 this week! Read more here:
Massive shout-out to our brilliant, dedicated and committed Streetscene workers who are continuing to keep North Ayrshire tidy during these tough times.
We have delivered over HALF A MILLION (‼️) meals to those most in need!
A huge thanks to our suppliers, businesses donating and our tremendous staff who have pulled together, often doing things vastly different from their day jobs, to make this happen:
Today we can announce we have become Scotland’s first Community Wealth Building Council. It’s a bold, innovative approach to economic development and one which will bring residents, businesses and communities together post Covid-19. Hard works start now
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Calling all parents & carers! We are delighted to let you know our schools and Early Years Centres will return full-time from Wednesday 12th August. We can't wait to welcome you all back 😀🤩
More info ➡️
We would like to thank you for your patience 😊
A very big thank you to everyone in the IT Customer and Operations teams. Your hard work and dedication are keeping everyone in the Council connected and able to deliver services across North Ayrshire. 💻👍
All secondary pupils will be able to receive a free breakfast every morning which includes a hot drink plus a pancake, scone, hot filled roll, cereal or toast. Available throughout December and January.
#NAChristmas22
We were lucky enough to get a sneak preview of Trindlemoss - our new residential and community facility housed at former Red Cross House site at Tarryholme- ahead of opening in Jan.
To say we were impressed is under-statement. This incredible facility will change lives
@NAHSCP
Being at home with our young ones has opened our eyes to just how AMAZING teachers are. We are so proud of the compassion, patience, innovation and kindness they show every day to help pupils during these tough times. Thanks to each and every one of you
#thankateacherday
👏👏♥️
We've had some lovely messages of support for our waste team - it's hugely appreciated. The team are working tirelessly in a really difficult and testing situation to maintain our collections. Please give them a wave or shout-out🥰
Another really big statement from Council. We're supporting even more of our care-experienced young people by making some of them exempt from paying rent to help them focus on their studies.
The results from the North Ayrshire and Arran constituency are as follows
SNP 23376
LAB 6702
GREEN 1114
CON 14855
LIB DEM 2107
Patricia Gibson is duly elected as the MP
BREAKING News: The plans for a new £60m Ardrossan Campus have cleared final hurdle after Scottish Ministers rubber-stamped proposals. Exciting times for education in Three Towns
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We've taken decision to close car parks- including those at Eglinton Country Park, Harbourside and Haylie Brae - to discourage people from travelling to our most scenic and special places
#SocialDistanacing
#staysafe
Full details and closures ➡️
We can announce that Craig Hatton, our Executive Director of Place, is to
become the Council's new Chief Executive - on behalf of
staff,
@NAC_CEO
and elected members, we'd like to wish Craig all the very best
A fantastic group effort from Streetscene, Coastwatch and Foodbank volunteers today. With 12 people on the ground, the team helped to load, transport and deliver 4 vans worth of supplies to North Ayrshire Foodbank, Ardrossan 👍🚛
A shout-out to our Employee Services staff, with teams from Payroll, Resourcing and Leadership Support continuing to deliver vital services from home. ❤️
The results for North Ayrshire are:
Change UK 734
Conservative & Unionist Party 4662
Labour Party 3766
Lib Dem 2934
Green Party 2093
Scottish National Party 15493
The Brexit Party 6524
UKIP 820
Gordon Edgar (Ind) 179
Ken Parke (Ind) 47
Councillor Marie Burns has been elected as the new Leader of North Ayrshire Council and Councillor Shaun Macaulay has been elected as Depute Leader. You can tune into the Full Council meeting at
Thank you to our dedicated staff members and local volunteers for supporting our locality hubs over the past week to prepare, coordinate and deliver food packages and essentials items to local residents in need. Find out how you can get involved here:
Ahead of the opening of
@lockhart_campus
, we took some of the kids on a short tour of their new school. We just love their reaction 🥰
To watch the full video (including subtitles) click here 👉
We love dogs at North Ayrshire Council. So just to clear things up - once and for all - there are NO restrictions on walking your dogs on our beaches. Just be responsible, respectful and clear up any mess.
We wanted to shout-out staff members at the Three Towns community hub who, alongside the help of local volunteers, have sent out 908 food parcels, 846 prescriptions and 7,924 hot meals to residents in need over the last 7 weeks. Thank you all for your dedication ❤️👏
A reminder that all secondary school pupils will be able to receive a free breakfast every morning which includes a hot drink with a scone, pancake, filled hot roll, cereal, or toast. This will be available throughout January.
Over a MILLION free meals have been provided to residents across North Ayrshire during the Covid-19 crisis!
Thank you to everyone that's played a part ❤️
Read more about this remarkable milestone:
We can today confirm that our new ASN school will be called Lockhart Campus. It was agreed at Cabinet to name the new facility after Stephen Lockhart - the founder of Stevenston. Exciting times ahead for our young people.
Full details here here:
We wanted to give a shout-out to the dedicated staff members at the Garnock Valley community support hub who are working hard to assist local people in need during the pandemic. Thank you all, keep up the great work 👏
We wanted to share a shout-out to staff and dedicated volunteers at the Garnock Valley Community Support Hub who have answered 1,285 calls 📞 and helped to deliver 882 food parcels and 149 prescriptions 🚛 to local residents in need. Wow! Thank you, we appreciate you 👏♥️
Tha sinn cho toilichte a dhearbhadh gun tòisich FtG ann an Siorrachd Àir a Tuath bho 2020 aig Bun-sgoil Phàirc Whitehirst. An tuilleadh an-seo:
We are delighted to confirm Gaelic Medium Education will be starting in NA from 2020
@WhitehirstPs
Community support hubs across North Ayrshire will be operating again tomorrow. The hubs are local points of contact you can call during the pandemic offering advice & referrals if you're struggling with things such as wellbeing, money & food.
More info at
Our
@NAC_Housing
staff have, so far, made over 2,600 welfare calls to sheltered tenants. This is an amazing effort and these calls are so important. Thank you for providing invaluable support, advice and friendship to tenants during these challenging times.
The Easter Bunny has arrived in North Ayrshire! Look out for the Easter treats in food parcels over the next few days 🐰 Thank you to our Facilities Management and delivery teams for organising these!
Great news - North Ayrshire Council has played its part in this movement by becoming the first local authority in the UK to offer free sanitary provision in schools, libraries, community centres and public buildings since 2017.
#periodpoverty
Great to see our beaches packed with families making the most of this incredible weather.
Bright pink isn't a great look so please remember the sun cream. Drink plenty of water and remember drinking alcohol in public is not allowed.
#AyrshireSaferShores
What a glowing school inspection report for
@glebeps
The ‘outstanding’ head-teacher, ‘articulate’ and ‘motivated’ young people and ‘dedicated’ staff were all highlighted in the report by Education Scotland
Read all about it -
The scale of our new ASN school
@NAC_asncampus
and Respite facilities for young people and adults is really highlighted in latest footage. Excitement is building with the facilities due to open in coming months 😍
@NAHSCP
@morrisonbuilds
We are now offering parents & carers a FREE 'Birth to Potty' supply of real nappies- the 1st Council in the UK to do so👶
This could save families up to £1300 per child & reduce environmental impact by 40%.
Full story👉
#ChallengePoverty
#ScotClimateWeek
North Ayrshire Council will introduce key worker childcare for staff in frontline health services from Monday, March 23. Please follow the link for updated information 👉
Following discussions between the Council, NHS Ayrshire & Arran’s Health Protection Team and Scottish Government, a decision has been taken to close St Matthew's Academy until the new term in January. Full statement below:
We are supporting the
@WhiteRibbonScot
16 days of action to end Violence Against Women please RT to show your support
#16daysNA
Look out for more info over the next 16 days about how you can get involved in the campaign
🗣️ From Mon 25 Jan, residents in Kilwinning will have local access to a variety of low-cost produce, as well as personal hygiene products at the new Woodwynd’s Wee Shoap!
Read more on this new community food pantry here 👉
Check out the latest homes to be completed as part of our commitment to build 1,575 Council houses. The development at Watt Court in Dalry includes sheltered housing, amenity bungalows, supported accommodation and a new Local Housing Office.🏘️More info at
Thank you to the 150 local volunteers who have signed up to help our community hubs in our fight to tackle coronavirus in North Ayrshire. Find out how you can volunteer and read more about this fantastic community here 👉
And here they are - our 2019 Provost’s Civic Pride award winners 🌟🎉 What an amazing night celebrating our community champions and raising almost £10,000 for two great local charities
@AyrshireHospice
@CashforKidsWest
📣Today we’re giving a great big shout out to our
@NAActiveSchools
Team!
They have been instrumental in the creation of the
#digiDrEAM
campaign by producing weekly social media content to encourage young people and their families to stay active during lockdown ⛹️♀️🤸♂️
** RESULT - CUNNINGHAME SOUTH **
Ruth Maguire (SNP) 15,208
Louise McPhater (Lab) 7,256
David Rocks (Cons) 6,621
Tom Armstrong (Lib Dems) 715
Maurice Campbell (Ind) 318
#SPE21RESULT
Over 550 young people have been supported following our decision to be the first local authority in Scotland to introduce Counsellors in our secondary schools.
As Yann states: 'Talking should be seen as a sign of strength, not a weakness' 🗣️
#BestStartInNorthAyrshire
We would like to thank the dedicated staff members and volunteers at the North Coast community support hub who have helped to deliver 96 food parcels and 178 prescriptions 🚛 in the last week to local residents. Well done everyone – what a fantastic team effort! 👏❤️
Congratulations to our new MSYPs elected this evening. We wish you all the very best representing our young people at Scottish Youth Parliament!
Well done to all candidates who stood and all young people who voted!
#SYPelex
@OfficialSYP