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Karate coaching
Reid Kerr Sports Lecturer, Jo-Ann Kennedy has been invited over the past four years to aid in the delivery of Shotokan Karate courses in Reykjavik, Iceland.
Renfrewshire youngsters take on a neighbourly interest
The sight of small red fleeces will soon be commonplace, as the successful Junior Neighbourhood Warden pilot scheme takes off and expands across Renfrewshire.
Council supports equal pay offer
Councillors in Renfrewshire have unanimously backed an equal pay offer to catering, home care and cleaning staff.
Gold award for Reid Kerr college
Reid Kerr College was named as the International Centre of the Year, scooping the gold award at the recent SQA Annual Awards
Find your calling!
A Reid Kerr College contact centre course developed and started in 2005 has helped long term unemployed individuals to get back into the work force.
Search is on to represent Elderslie tenants and residents
People in Elderslie are being invited to a public meeting in the local Village Hall which will discuss setting up a tenants and residents association for Elderslie.
£420,000 invested in improving the health of homeless people across Argyll and Clyde.
As part of a new pilot project NHS Argyll and Clyde has recently recruited six nurses and a project manager to help improve the health of homeless people across the Board area.
Reid Kerr College civic lunch
Provost Ronnie Burns and Renfrewshire council recently hosted a civic lunch for Reid Kerr College staff in recognition of the contribution the college makes to the economy and culture of Renfrewshire.
Making sense of depression
Renfrewshire’s libraries have been stocked with self-help books to help people better understand and successfully treat depression
Reid Kerr college scoops national and international marketing awards
Reid Kerr college has recently won prestigious marketing awards in America and the UK
Specialist physiotherapists slash waiting times at Royal Alexandra hospital
Waiting times at the physiotherapy department have been slashed through the introduction of a number of specialist physiotherapists
First minister calls on Scots to back Commonwealth bid
First Minister Jack McConnell wants Scots to show they are fully behind the bid to stage the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.
