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Pupils from Lochgilphead High School have created innovative displays that can be installed in the windows of empty shops in the town as part of a project led by the council’s Lochgilphead Conservation Area Regeneration Scheme (CARS).

“I would like to wish all our staff, children and young people a very happy, well-deserved summer break.” Councillor Audrey Forrest, ����ɬ Council’s Policy Lead for Education reflects on a productive and busy end of term.

Collaboration between two of Kintyre’s charitable organisations and ����ɬ Council is securing the future of medieval sites on the peninsula.

The council has appointed specialist roof contractors to carry out reconstruction work on the roof of Helensburgh Leisure Centre.

An innovative partnership project is helping to tackle the urgent need for affordable housing on Mull.

Councillors have approved further financial funding to help with ongoing recovery from Storm Eowyn that will see essential repair works carried out to buildings, roads, infrastructure and marine assets.

����ɬ Council has approved a grant of up to £145,000 for new worker accommodation on Islay to help address the ongoing housing emergency.

Over the coming months ����ɬ Council will be engaging in a conversation with communities to develop a long- term vision for the sustainable growth and development of the Helensburgh area.

Hermitage Academy in Helensburgh is celebrating after the school received Platinum status in the Investors in Young People Award Scheme, the highest accolade in the programme. The latest achievement makes it the first school in Scotland to gain national recognition at bronze, silver, gold and platinum levels.

����ɬ Council is making improvements to its household recycling facility at Glengorm, Mull, before moving to its sites at Helensburgh, Islay, Coll, and Colonsay.​