On the evening of Saturday 9th September, local MSP Ruth Maguire officially opened the new Fullarton Community Hub. The new £1.8million Fullarton Community Hub will feature a range of facilities including a doctor’s surgery, multi-purpose hall and community café. Saturday’s launch marked the end of an incredible journey that began over four years ago when... Continue Reading →

SNP MSP for Cunninghame South, Ruth Maguire, has praised the success of devolution twenty years on from the referendum on a Scottish Parliament. 76.3% of voters in North Ayrshire backed the plans in the 1997 referendum, which saw 74% of Scots vote for a devolved parliament. The Scottish Parliament was then reconvened in 1999. Commenting,... Continue Reading →

On Friday 8th September, SNP MSP for Cunninghame South, Ruth Maguire, teamed up with the organisation Family Friendly Working Scotland to hold a breakfast briefing event on the value of promoting flexible working practices. The event was hosted in Irvine by global healthcare company GSK and was attended by local business leaders and those working... Continue Reading →

On Thursday 7th September, MSPs from across the Chamber, with the exception of the Scottish Tories, joined to condemn the shambolic roll-out of Universal Credit and call on the UK Government to halt the process. Reminiscent of their conduct during the debate on the UK Tory Government’s two child cap and rape clause, the few... Continue Reading →

On Wednesday 6th September, MSPs debated the importance of intergenerational volunteering and collaboration. Intergenerational volunteering is when young and older people volunteer to get together, taking part in activities, programmes and projects. It is well recognised as having a mutually beneficial impact on each generation, in particular, reducing isolation amongst older people and resulting in... Continue Reading →

On Monday 11th September, local MSP Ruth Maguire will team up with the Dogs Trust to stage a dog welfare community event at Woodwynd Community Centre in Kilwinning (50 David Gage Street, Kilwinning, KA13 7EF) between 11am and 3pm. All are welcome at the event, where there will be free microchipping, free basic health checks,... Continue Reading →

SNP MSP for Cunninghame South, Ruth Maguire, has encouraged constituents to take part in a Scottish Government consultation on Free Bus Travel for Older and Disabled People and Modern Apprentices. The popular and valued scheme improves access for older and disabled people to essential services and opens up participation in family and other social activities... Continue Reading →

New Scottish Parliament Information Centre (SPICe) figures show that 17 community groups in North Ayrshire now own their own land. Just under 500 community groups across Scotland have benefited from the SNP’s progressive land reform policies, that help enable communities to control their own destiny. While the majority of beneficiaries are in rural areas, it... Continue Reading →

With pupils across the country preparing to go back to school, 7,495 pupils across North Ayrshire will be eligible for free school meals this year. Throughout Scotland, over 250,000 pupils will be eligible for free school lunches – a figure that has doubled in the last three years. Thanks to an SNP Government initiative in... Continue Reading →

Schools in North Ayrshire will receive £4,874,620 in 2017/18 to help close the poverty-related attainment gap, the Scottish Government announced this week. More than £45 million of dedicated funding will be provided to primary and secondary schools across Scotland in 2017/18 to help pupils from low-income backgrounds succeed at school. The Scottish Attainment Challenge is... Continue Reading →