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Renfrewshire Community Plan 2008 - 2017 Building Better Communities
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Communities across Renfrewshire are set to benefit from a £103million investment in schools, sports, social care and community facilities.
Renfrewshire Council's investment in the ambitious Building Better Communities (BBC) programme has recently been increased from £92million to £103million.
Renfrewshire Council's investment in the ambitious Building Better Communities (BBC) programme has recently been increased from £92million to £103million.
Since the programme was approved in June 2009, additional funding has been allocated for work on Paisley Town Hall, and a contribution to the development of Johnstone Town Hall and civic hub.
Along with the £149million council housing improvement programme, that sees over a quarter of a billion pounds being invested in Renfrewshire communities.
The investment is designed to drive forward the regeneration of our town centres, encourage healthy lifestyles, increase participation in sport and leisure activities and improve services for adults with learning disabilities.
Use the links below to find out more about what's happening in each town:
Councillor Brian Lawson, Leader of Renfrewshire Council, said of the BBC programme: "By broadening access, we're giving more options for leisure time and access to high quality facilities."
"This investment will drive forward the regeneration of our town centres, develop healthy lifestyles and increase participation in sport and leisure activities.
"This is the biggest investment programme Renfrewshire's leisure facilities have ever seen."
"This investment will drive forward the regeneration of our town centres, develop healthy lifestyles and increase participation in sport and leisure activities.
"This is the biggest investment programme Renfrewshire's leisure facilities have ever seen."
"Before we finalised our proposals, the Council and Renfrewshire Leisure Limited (RLL), who operate the sports facilities, carried out a review to make sure that we would take forward investment in a way which maximises the benefit to the community. Not only are we investing major funding, we've deliberately taken the opportunity to integrate community, education and sporting facilities and services."
You can also get more details about the project by reading the document below:
Community Infrastructure Programme to 2014Warning! This pdf may take some time to download due to the large file size - 1.8Mb. You need Adobe Acrobat Reader to view this document. Download Acrobat Reader here.
Our Local Area Committees (LACs) are a useful forum for information and updates about the investment programme. You can learn more about each of the committees by following the links below:
- Renfrew and Gallowhill
- Paisley North
- Paisley South
- Johnstone and Villages
- Houston, Crosslee, Linwood, Riverside and Erskine
Read some of our recent BBC press releases:
- Thousands turn out as Renfrew Town Hall reopens
- Celebrations planned for reopening of Renfrew Town Hall
- Youngsters give thumbs up to new school
- Provost installs Renfrew Town Hall time capsule
- £8.5m revamp of The Lagoon underway
- Renfrew time capsule discovered
- Park Mains construction reaches key stage
You can read more about our BBC project in the current Renfrewshire magazine (autumn 2011, pages 10 to 13). Regular BBC features also appear in past copies of the Renfrewshire magazine.
