Help give your area a voice

Residents in Ferguslie are being urged to attend a public meeting to hear all about the area’s new community council.

The meeting will be held on Monday, August 28, at 7pm, at St Ninian’s Church Hall and everyone is welcome to attend to learn how they can get involved in the group.

Renfrewshire Council leader Iain Nicolson said: “Community councils provide a valuable way for views to be expressed on behalf of all residents, acting as their voice, raising concerns with the council and its community planning partners.

“It is encouraging to see residents within the Ferguslie area looking to form their own community council and being empowered to make decisions locally.”

Ferguslie is currently one of five local areas where there is no active community council.

The others are Charleston, Glenburn, Gallowhill and Hunterhill.

Anyone going along to Monday’s meeting will be able to ask questions about community councils, find out about how members are elected and discuss the potential election timetable for the new body.

Anne McNaughton, community council liaison officer for Renfrewshire Council, explained: “The public meeting is an opportunity for all residents living within the area to come along and find out more about forming a community council and the role of community council members.

“A minimum of seven residents living in the area need to be elected to the community council, with a maximum of 21 allowed.

“Any person who is 16 or over, resident within the community council area and listed on the electoral roll is eligible to become a member”

More information about the new group is available online at www.renfrewshire. gov.uk/FerguslieCC