Food waste bags
Did you know that rolls of food waste caddy bags are for sale at Forehill Library?
Save the trip into town and pop into the library instead.
DOG WORRYING (DISTURBING) SHEEP IS A CRIME
This letter is to bring to your attention an increase in the number of sheep worrying reports received in the Ayrshire area. As lambing time approaches, Police Scotland has taken the decision to contact your community to highlight the seriousness of this crime and the penalties it incurs.
Please click on the image to download the letter as a PDF
Forehill Library at 31-33 Mt Oliphant Crescent is a hive of activity!
Your local library is an ideal place to spend some time and is open to all ages 0-100! Why not check it out and try something new?
There are board games and jigsaws, a knit and natter group, a colouring book station and as colouring books are increasingly found to be a good source of therapy and relaxation- adults are catered for here too!
Tea and coffee is 50p a cup.
You can make use of the computers within the library, or you can take your own laptop and share the FREE wi-fi.
Forehill, Holmston & Masonhill Community Council is looking for suggestions for activities that you want to see at your local library.
Message us on facebook at https://www.facebook.com/FHMCCAYR or email secretary@fhmcc.org.uk with your suggestions.
It's YOUR community so please get involved!
Home Security Advice from Police Scotland:
https://www.facebook.com/
AyrshirePoliceDivision
South Ayrshire 1000 - Citezens’ Panel
South Ayrshire Council with its partners in the public and voluntary sectors, wants to survey attitudes and views on public services and policy issues.
Citizens’ Panels are a way for local people to provide feedback on a range of issues and influence decision makers. The South Ayrshire Citizens’ Panel is called “South Ayrshire 1000” as it is the intention to have 1,000 members on the Panel. We have managed to recruit around 850 people who live in South Ayrshire who volunteered to http://www.south-ayrshire.gov.uk/sa1000
The Scottish Government has recently set up a national website highlighting the role of community councils.
See the letter below.
www.communitycouncils.org.uk
GET INVOLVED — Your input is what will help our community come together.
We would love to hear from you. We want this website to be about you. Send us your pictures, share your memories, tell us your stories about our area and we will publish them on our webpages. Let us know if you, or someone you know in the area, is celebrating a special occasion.
Check our website and facebook pages for forthcoming competitions.
Come to our meetings. FHMCC meet on the last Tuesday of each month at 7pm in Kyle Academy and we extend a warm welcome to local residents.
Please email us seven days before the meeting with you agenda item
Join us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/FHMCCAYR
Email us at secretary@fhmcc.org.uk
Phone Us on 07935 169 749
Ward 4, Ayr East area map
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Sunset over Glencairn Park taken on the 11th March 2014
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Recent News
Home Security Advice from Police Scotland:
https://www.facebook.com/AyrshirePoliceDivision
Community Asset Transfer
Election Notification
SP Networks, Storm Update
Read the update from SP Networks
Polling Place Review
The Council is currently undertaking a review of polling district and polling places. Full details can be found at the undernoted link:-
If commenting on the suitability of premises it would be helpful if you could provide details of better alternative polling places. Survey forms can be completed online or alternatively emailed or posted to:
Email: election@south-ayrshire.gov.uk
Mail: Service Lead – Democratic Governance
South Ayrshire Council
Council Headquarters
County Buildings
Wellington Square
AYR
Our review period is open until 4pm on the 21 December 2023 and we would welcome any comments that you may have on the proposals.
Ayrshire Climate Action Hub
Lisa Busby (she/her)
Ayrshire Climate Action Network Coordinator
Scottish Communities Climate Action Network
E: lisa@sccan.scot
SPT Active Travel
It is with great sadness that FHMCC announces the loss of a previous, long serving Community Councillor.
Tom Houston of Forehill, Ayr, passed away peacefully on the 2nd August at Ayr Hospital. He was 83 years young.
Tom served selflessly on Forehill, Holmston & Masonhill Community Council from 2013 until the recent elections in March 2023 when he stood down to, in his words, “give someone else a chance”.
Tom was very community‑minded and rarely missed a meeting. He was always to the fore when help was needed with any of our projects. He spoke well on matters which concerned us all and was unfaltering in conveying his thoughts to the appropriate people. We missed his presence very much when he stood down.
FHMCC send sincere condolences and warmest thoughts to his wife, sons, daughter and grandchildren.
Sleep peacefully Tom.
Posted on behalf of Forehill, Holmston & Masonhill Community Council Chair and members.
LETTER TO THE AYRSHIRE POST, SOUTH AYRSHIRE COUNCIL AND OUR LOCAL MP AND MSP
Forehill, Holmston & Masonhill Community Council are very dismayed, to put it mildly, to read about the possible closure of traffic lanes in and around Ayr Town Centre.
The claim that chasing car drivers and their passengers to shop in other towns by effectively cutting car access into Ayr Town will then result in 10,000 more people coming into the town centre is quite frankly astonishing and difficult to believe. We wonder in what universe decreasing car entry into town will increase the footfall in Ayr.
Accessible Ayr, can you explain how you reached that number and over how many years this will take to reach the magical 10,000?
Closing a large amount of arterial road into Ayr Town Centre will have a hugely negative effect on the footfall in Ayr. The single traffic lanes will be heavily congested (as is being proven with the current closure of lanes around the King Street roundabout) and will be hugely detrimental to the success of the remaining businesses, restaurants, and public houses in the town, and particularly now as the cost of living crisis continues to reduce profits.
It will create havoc when emergency vehicles attempt to create a path through the traffic, with potentially profound consequences for those awaiting the arrival of, eg, an ambulance or fire brigade.
And where will the benefit be to pedestrians, or indeed cyclists, who will all still have to negotiate even greater road congestion. This will only lead to frustration, upset and quite possibly an increase in injuries.
Overall this is not a well thought through decision by all of those involved.
With the coming of electric buses and cars traffic pollution must be on the decrease.
It is time to open up the town centre to traffic, allowing a flow in both directions. Let's encourage people into the town centre with a minimum of fuss using every means of transport available, and press for new businesses to take a chance on Ayr to help create a bustling town centre once more.
FHMCC call for South Ayrshire Council to arrange a public meeting, (not a consultation), to allow the Residents of Ayr to question Accessible Ayr, SAC Councillors and Council Officers, who have dreamed up this idea, and for them to adequately answer our concerns.
With regards,
The Chair and Committee Members,
Forehill, Holmston & Masonhill Community Council
POST OFFICE LIMITED – FOREHILL – KA7 3EN
We're writing to update you about the temporary closure of the above Post Office.
For further information please visit our Consultation Hub via the link below:
Consultation Hub - Forehill KA7 3EN
It would be helpful if you could share this link through your social media channels and with any local groups or organizations within the community to help our customers and your constituents understand what is happening.