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Putting children’s rights at the heart of school life, policy and decision-making has led Argyll and Bute Council to be one of only three local authorities in Scotland to achieve one hundred percent of its Primary and Secondary Schools registered for UNICEF UK’s Rights Respecting Schools Award.

The council would like to thank everyone who gave views that will help develop a draft visitor levy scheme for Argyll and Bute which, if approved for consultation by Council in December, will go out for public consultation in January 2025.

Argyll and Bute Council has welcomed today’s news that it will receive up to £20 million of capital funding from the UK Government for local growth projects in the area.

A new fully-accessible, fuel-efficient, Argyll and Bute Council bus is taking on a route in Campbeltown to help travellers get to where they need to be.

Work has started on a project in Campbeltown that will see residents benefit from better walking and cycling routes along the town’s Cutting and Quarry Green.

Community Food Groups across Argyll and Bute have benefitted from a share of £57,453 after councillors agreed to provide them with unspent monies from the Scottish Government’s LACER Fund (Local Authority Covid Economic Recovery).

Following feedback from local communities in Mid Argyll, Argyll and Bute Council has commissioned a team of consultants to develop a detailed design for a proposed new route that will make it safer and easier for people to choose to walk and cycle between Lochgilphead Front Green and the Crinan Canal.

The £70 million rural growth deal for Argyll and Bute will progress following a spending review by the UK Government.

Food Standards Scotland (FSS) has issued an urgent food alert.

Our Deal could bring hundreds of new jobs, affordable housing and long-term economic growth to Argyll and Bute.