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Cllr Audrey Doig LOCAL AREA PARTNERSHIP: Recently there was a virtual meeting of the new Local Area Partnership for the Villages, which covers Houston, Crosslee, and Brookfield, as well as another five of our village communities. The new LAP’s were a replacement for the old Local Area Committees and like the LAC’s the new Partnerships provide vital seedcorn funding for local community organisations and initiatives. So successful has this been that the Villages LAP is sadly always oversubscribed. However, all applicants got around 70% of what they applied for, and this included Houston Community Council. I know the Community Council is still running the Children’s “Design a Streetlight” competition, and I will give them every support in any way I can.
Gowanlea Christmas Tree Recycling
FUNDING: I have become aware that Renfrewshire Council’s has new funds available for any projects to do with creating green spaces and planting trees in order to combat climate change. If any community groups in my ward have any ideas for funding please email me and I will forward the details to you.
Make things easy for yourself and organise getting your Christmas tree uplifted in January for only £7.50. You can either book online / facebook or give us a call on 01505 328921 and we can give you more details.
A737 UPGRADING: At the last full council meeting I was pleased to support a motion, passed unanimously, calling on the Scottish Government to provide both a budget and a timescale for the upgrade and dualling of the A737 between the North Ayrshire section and Kilbarchan, very close to Brookfield. I would like to
Bridge of Weir Memories by Irene McCallum A nostalgic look back on growing up in Bridge of Weir in the 30’s 40’s & 50’s 44 Pages, over 20 illustrations with 14 chapters on Schools, Shops & Businesses, The Supernatural, Crime and Punishment, Wartime Refugees, Medical Matters and much more. Poems on B.O.W. Leather, The Cobblers Shop, and Stewart Cook’s Sausage Relive the memories of a childhood brought to you by the Author Irene McCallum, born in the village in 1931 and still going strong. The Book retails at £5 with all profits from the sale going to local charity. This limited addition journal of a by gone time is readily available from the following outlets. •
The Lion’s Paw Gift Shop
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Lochnagar Café
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Gibb Stuart Home Hardware
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Cutting Crew Hairdressers Kilbarchan
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Renfrewshire Local History Forum on Facebook
thank Brookfield Community Council, in particular, for the support and encouragement it has given to me on this key health and safety issue over many years. My constituents deserve 21st century transport links and the ball is now firmly in the court of local MSP’s to act. GENERAL NEWS: We all know that this Christmas will be very different from what we are used to. But I want to wish all my constituents, of all faiths and none, a very happy Christmas and a Good New Year, because 2021 can only be an improvement on this year. CONTACT: Contact Details for Cllr Audrey Doig Councillors are not at the moment having face to face surgeries due to the Covid 19 restrictions. But please email me on cllr.audrey.doig@renfrewshire. gov.uk or call me on 07768 130935 if you have a civic matter you wish to raise with me.
Or contact the Author directly on 01505 872026
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