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Visitor Levy update

Public feedback will play a key part in developing a draft visitor levy scheme that could be available for three months’ consultation in early 2025.

21 November 2024
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New mental health and wellbeing tool for children and young people

Making sure children and young people have the best start in life and helping them to achieve success in life are key priorities for PվɫÇéƬ. Supporting mental health and wellbeing is important to this success. To make support easy and more accessible, the Council, working with PվɫÇéƬ and Bute Health and Social Care Partnership (HSCP) is now offering a free new online mental health and wellbeing platform available to all 10-18 year olds.

21 November 2024
My Tribe Champions with Cabinet Secretary

School champions take on period stigma

A peer-led support project across five secondary schools in PվɫÇéƬ and Bute is helping to remove the stigma around period products and ensure everyone can access products in school, in their community and online.

4 October 2023
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Council flying high with drone services award

PվɫÇéƬ’s innovative pilot project to deliver school meals by drones has won a COSLA 2023 Excellence Awards in the Service, Innovation and Improvement category.

4 October 2023
Child poverty

Taking action to tackle child poverty

Supporting families facing financial hardship and ensuring that children do not grow up in poverty remains a top priority in PվɫÇéƬ and Bute.

2 October 2023
ASN

Council to invest £1.7 million on high-level ASN support

PվɫÇéƬ is investing more than £1.7 million to establish four more dedicated Learning Centres in its schools so that children and young people with more complex Additional Support Needs (ASN) can benefit from tailored high-level support.

29 September 2023
Carradale Bay

Top marks for Carradale Primary

Inspectors from Education Scotland have praised the head teacher and staff at Carradale Primary and Early Learning Centre (ELC) for fostering an inclusive, nurturing ethos across the school and nursery.

20 September 2023
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