Residents’ meeting
Members of a Paisley community group are invited to the next meeting.
Paisley East and Whitehaw Community Council will end its summer recess next week as it gathers to discuss the issues that matter most to the residents of the area.
The meeting, which is open to members of the public, will be held at Sherwood Greenlaw Church on Glasgow Road at 7pm on Wednesday September 6.
Me m b e r s of the Renfrewshire Warden Service will give an update on the work they have been carrying out recently.
Officers from Police Scotland are also invited to fill the community council in on the crime picture from the area.
For more information on the group, email rkamoore@ sky.com
Players from Paisley Rugby Club looked pretty in pink as they showed off their new City of Culture inspired kits.
Shopping mall intu Braehead sponsored the team’s new uniforms and local MP and club president Gavin Newlands was delighted with the results as he got stripped for action.
He praised bosses at the shopping centre for supporting the Paisley City of Culture 2021 bid by allowing their campaign logo to be emblazoned on the front of the rugby tops. The team will wear the speciallydesigned Paisley 2021 strips - paid for by the £ 1000 sponsorship from intu Braehead – at home and all around the country as they compete in Division Two of the
West Regional League and various cup competitions.
Gavin Newlands, MP for Paisley and Renfrewshire North and Paisley Rugby Football Club president, said: “We certainly scored a winner when intu Braehead agreed to sponsor our new rugby tops and then allowed the Paisley 2021 campaign logo to be printed on the front.
“As a long- standing sporting organisation in the town, the rugby club is a strong supporter of the bid for Paisley to become City of Culture in 2021.
“I know intu Braehead also backs the bid and has been involved in various aspects of the campaign.
“There’s nothing better than teamwork and with the rugby club and intu Braehead coming together to promote the Paisley 2021 campaign, I’m sure we’ll make a few conversions to the cause along the way.”
General manager of intu Braehead, Gary Turnbull, says the centre was thrilled with the partnership between the mall and Paisley’s top rugby side.
He added: “intu Braehead and Paisley Rugby Club have come together to back Paisley’s bid to become City of Culture in 2021.
“We’ve previously supported the Paisley 2021 campaign, but we thought the idea of the campaign logo being on the front of the rugby team’s shirts was another good way of getting a positive message about the town out there.
“We’re happy that we’ve been able to make that happen with our sponsorship deal.”
Paisley has made the fivestrong shortlist to be the UK City of Culture in 2021.
The town is the sole Scottish contender shortlisted for the accolade, which is credited with bringing major investment to the ultimate winner. Perth, the other Scottish applicant, did not make the shortlist, which consists of Coventry, Stoke, Sunderland and Swansea.
The Paisley 2021 Partnership Board has estimated that the City of Culture title could provide a £172m boost for the city and create the equivalent of 4,700 jobs over a decade.
Paisley’s bid has focused on a £42m plan to create a national museum of textile and design based on the heritage of the famous Paisley Pattern.