Gartmore Road will be closed from the junction with Hawkhead Road to 3 Gartmore Road from 25 September until 27 September to allow Openreach works.

Ralston Community Council’s Summer Fun Day will be held on Saturday 31 August, from 11 am till 2 pm, at Ralston Community Sports Centre.

The first Renfrewshire Employability Week is taking place from Monday 2 to Friday 6 September.

Cornerstone Telecommunications are proposing to install a radio base station next to Penilee Road. Comments should be submitted to Cornerstone by 7 August.

Renfrewshire Council has commissioned a new local transport strategy, which will set out its transport and travel priorities over the next 10 years.

The Ralston area scores between 75 and 88 out of 100 on a scale developed to assess the extent to which communities have access to the benefits of trees.

Residents who wish to continue receiving the garden waste collection service should apply for a permit by 11 March 2024.

Renfrewshire Council will be planting two Italian Cypress tress in the raised beds at the junction of Strathmore Avenue and Glasgow Road.

Ralston Community Council’s Christmas newsletter has been delivered to homes across Ralston and is also available on the website.

Renfrewshire Council is gathering people’s views on the bus network across Renfrewshire by means of an online survey.

This item contains links for enrolment on the Ralston autumn activity courses.

Ralston Community Council has organised a programme of activity classes for the autumn with the help of National Lottery funding.

The northbound side of Penilee Road will be closed for 20 m from the Glasgow Road junction for approximately 5 days from 11 August to allow emergency Scottish Water works.

The eastbound carriageway of Glasgow Road from Hawkhead Road to Alton Road will be closed on 12 and 13 August to allow ironwork repairs.

Waiting and loading will be prohibited in Allanton Avenue from 24 July until 28 July 2023 to allow footway resurfacing.

A waiting and loading ban will be in place on Glasgow Road between Oldhall Road and Tylney Road between Monday 10th July and Sunday 23rd July 2023 to allow footway resurfacing.

Residents who wish to continue receiving the garden waste collection service should apply for a permit by 25 June 2023.

Renfrewshire Council’s CAT Review Sub-committee has decided to uphold the original decision to reject Kelburne’s CAT request for Ralston Sports Centre.

A sub-committee of Renfrewshire Council’s ILE policy board will meet on 22 March to decide on the Ralston Sports Centre CAT appeal by Kelburne Hockey Club.

Two of Renfrewshire’s recycling centres will be affected by works from 4 to 9 February.

The community council would would like to hear from instructors who would be interested in running activities courses.

The Roar charity holds “talk over toast and tea” sessions at Sherwood Greenlaw Church every Friday from 9:00 am until 11:00 am.

Details of Renfrewshire Council’s opening hours and services over the holiday period can be found on the Renfrewshire Council website.

The community council has arranged a training session for local residents, which will teach basic emergency life support.

Renfrewshire Council’s Winter Connections programme provides support for a network of local places where people can meet up.

Newnham Road will be closed between Woodend Drive and Rotherwick Drive from Monday 5 December until Friday 16 December for SP energy works.

Ralston Primary School Christmas Fayre will be held from 10:00 am to 1:00 pm on Saturday 26 November.

Anyone parking in Paisley town centre is now able to pay using the Ringo app.

A ladies’ buffet lunch and fashion show in aid of St Mark’s Church will be held on Saturday 5 November.

Details of short notice journey cancellations of McGill’s buses can be found on the McGill’s website.

Kelburne Hockey Club has appealed against Renfrewshire Council’s decision to refuse its application for a community asset transfer of Ralston Sports Centre to the club.

New prizes are on offer during September and October in this campaign, which now has nearly 1,000 members.

Books of condolence for the Royal Family will be available from Friday 9 September at several locations in Renfrewshire.

Renfrewshire Council has refused Kelburne Hockey Club’s application for a community asset transfer of Ralston Community Sports Centre to the club.

The date for the August meeting of Renfrewshire Council’s ILE Policy Board has been changed from Wednesday August 24 to Wednesday August 31.

The work to install the new pedestrian crossing in Penilee Road, at the junction with Kinpurnie Road, is due to finish by Friday 12 August.

The application for a community asset transfer (CAT) of Ralston Sports Centre to Kelburne Hockey Club will be considered by Renfrewshire Council’s ILE Policy Board at either its August or its November meeting.

Renfewshire Council’s Not Far? Leave the Car campaign now has more than 750 members.

Ralston Community Council has submitted nearly 1200 letters of objection to the proposed community asset transfer of Ralston Community Sports Centre to Kelburne Hockey Club.

Works to resurface Hawkhead Road from the White Cart bridge to the Hawkhead/Barrhead Road roundabout and also to resurface the roundabout will take place from Monday 20 June.

Grey bins due to be collected on Thursday 2 June will now be collected on Sunday 5 June; brown bins will be collected on Thursday 16 June.

Friends of Barshaw Park have submitted a planning application to turn the disused donkey paddock in Barshaw Park into a community garden.

The community council is asking Ralston residents to support the sports centre and provide suggestions for how greater use can be made of it.

Renfrewshire Council’s grass cutting programme will restart on Monday 4 April.

Work to clean the Barshaw Park pond will begin on Friday 1 April and will last about three weeks.

Renfrewshire Council has installed crash barriers at the junction of Hawkhead Road and Glasgow Road.

After a year’s absence, Renfrewshire’s Big Spring Clean will take place again in April.

Glasgow Road (westbound) will be closed between Hawkhead Road and East Lane on Sunday 6th February 2022 for ironwork repairs.

Details of Renfrewshire Council’s opening hours and services over the holiday period can be found on the Renfrewshire Council website.

Glasgow Road (westbound) will be closed between Kilnside Road and Mill Street on Saturday 27th November and Sunday 28th November 2021 to allow BT works.

Renfrewshire Leisure has announced that it plans to reopen the Ralston Community Sports Centre gym soon.

Starthmore Avenue will be closed on Friday 19th November from its junction with Woodend Drive eastwards for approx. 40 m, to allow BT pole installation work.

Renfrewshire Council has commissioned a survey to help it understand the community’s requirements for the new Grammar School campus. 

Gordon Street (southbound) will be closed between Lonend and Causeyside Street from Monday 18th October until Friday 22nd October, for carriageway resurfacing.

Documents relating to two recent meetings about the future of Ralston Sports Centre are available on the website.

Ralston Library is now open from 10 am until 1 pm and 2 pm until 5 pm on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Saturdays.

A waiting and loading ban will be in force on Sunday 19th September for the north side of Glasgow Road, for 105 m westwards from the junction with Arkleston Road.

Renfrewshire Council’s Team Up To Clean Up team is holding another month-long clean up event in September 2021.

Renfrewshire Council is conducting a survey into the options for using funds awarded by Sustrans to make improvements to the road junction at Barshaw Park.

All residents in Scotland under the age of 22 will be eligible for free bus travel from 31 January 2022.

The summer issue of the Ralston Community Council Newsletter is now being delivered to residents and is also available on the website.

The TAPfit Lite exercise class that was due to be held at St mark’s Church has been cancelled because of lack of interest.

Kelburne Hockey Club intends to apply for a community asset transfer of Ralston Community Sports Centre.

Penilee Road will be closed between Arkleston Road and Kinpurnie Road from 22:00 on Wednesday 9th June to 06:00 on Thursday 10th June, 2021, to allow Network Rail works.

Renfrewshire Council has issued guidance on the Covid Level 2 restrictions.

Ralston Library is now open for “click and collect” services and PC access from 10:00 am till 2:00 pm on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Saturdays.

A sale of nursery-grown bedding plants, pots, tubs and baskets, with pre-ordered boxes of home baking.

Glasgow Road westbound will be closed between Lacy Street and Crossflat Crescent between Monday 12th April and Sunday 18th April, 2021, to allow resurfacing work.

Renfrewshire Libraries now offer a home delivery service to anyone over 70, anyone who is unable to leave home, and children.

If you are aged 16 or over and provide face-to-face care for family or friends who need extra support, you are now eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine.

Renfrewshire Council is carrying out a consultation to investigate the potential for using a smartphone app to encourage residents to travel more sustainably.

The first issue of the Ralston Community Council Newsletter will be delivered to residents this week and is also available on the website.

Renfrewshire Council has issued guidance on the Covid Level 4 restrictions

Renfrewshire’s Community Safety Partnership has advised residents not to have firework displays or bonfires this year.

Renfrewshire residents over 65 can have a flu vaccination on a drop-in basis between October 26 and October 30.

Kinpurnie Road will be closed between numbers 23 and 33 on Monday 2nd November, 2020, to allow Openreach works.

An art exhibition will be held in the Barshaw Park Peace Garden on Saturday August 22, from 10 am until 1 pm.

Gartmore Road will be closed between Hawkhead Road and Alton Road on Friday 7th August, 2020, to allow replacement of a telephone pole.

Renfrewshire Council is inviting comments on its plans to use Scottish Government funds to create nine temporary cycleways.

Residents of Roffey Park Road have raised more than £3,000 for local charities by playing street bingo.

Newtyle Road will be closed between Alton Road and Rosshall Avenue on Thursday, 2nd July, 2020, to allow ironwork repairs.

Because of the Covid-19 emergency, the Ralston Community Games, which were due to be held on 6 June 2020, have been cancelled.

Meetings of Ralston Community Council and events on the website’s events calendar have been suspended until further notice.

A Geocache treasure hunt will be held at St Mark’s Church, Oldhall, on Saturday, 26 October, 2019, from 1 until 4 pm.

Hawkhead Road will be closed between Glasgow Road and Seedhill Road from Monday, 07th October, 2019, till Sunday, 20th October, 2019, to allow carriageway resurfacing.

Elections to community councils across Renfrewshire are taking place between 12 August and 13 September 2019. Nomination forms can be obtained by contacting Ralston Community Council.

Work to reinstate the flat grass area within Barshaw Park has started. The existing grass and weeds will be killed and then the area will be rotovated and levelled before it is re-seeded.

Queen Elizabeth Avenue, Hillington, from Montrose Avenue to Buccleuch Avenue.  The closure will be in place on Monday, 01st July 2019 till Friday, 05th July 2019.  This is to allow for carriageway resurfacing works to take place. Alternative route:  Montrose Avenue, Cameron Street, Buccleuch Avenue or Buccleuch Avenue, Cameron Street, Montrose Avenue, Watt Road.  Emergency […]

On Monday 13 May, 2019, Renfrewshire Council launched its “Our Renfrewshire” Community Survey. The survey is designed to start a conversation about the values that are most important to local people and the values and behaviours that they expect from their council. The survey, which includes 15 simple questions, is intended to change the way […]

Ralston Primary School is 80 years old and having a birthday celebration on Thursday 2nd of May. All former pupils and staff are invited to an open afternoon. Feel free to pop along anytime from 2pm until 7pm. We look forward to taking people a little trip down memory lane!  

Plans have been approved by Renfrewshire Council which could safeguard the future of one of Paisley’s best loved buildings, Thomas Coats Memorial Church. The project would see the church transformed into a world class events and entertainment venue to be used for arts performances, concerts and weddings as well as a range of community activities. […]

Between 10pm and 6am on Monday 1 April until Friday 5 April, Penilee Road will be closed from Arkleston Road to Corse Road. This is to allow for Scottish Water works to take place. Alternative route: Penilee Road, Arkleston Road, Glasgow Road, Penilee Road or Vice Versa (this is a night closure only).

The next meeting will be held at Ralston Community Centre at 7:30pm. Agenda     Minutes of March meeting