January 2009

30.1.2009 13:49
80% OF INVERCLYDE’S BETTING SHOP WORKERS ABUSED LAST YEAR
A survey of betting shops in Inverclyde by the Community Union has produced shocking findings. Four out of five employees suffered verbal abuse last year and a further one in five was the victim of physical abuse. Inverclyde has 20 betting shops, giving it one the highest concentrations of bookmakers per head of population anywhere in Scotland.   

27.1.2009 10:51
LOCAL MP ASKS CONSTITUENTS TO ‘STAND UP TO HATRED’
Inverclyde Labour MP David Cairns showed his commitment to Holocaust Memorial Day by signing a Book of Commitment in the House of Commons to honour those who perished in the Holocaust. As in previous years, Holocaust Educational Trust placed the Book of Commitment in the House of Commons to give MPs the opportunity to pledge that they will uphold the memory of the Holocaust and oppose hatred today.   

25.1.2009 17:11
HELP TO INVEST YOUR CHILD TRUST FUND VOUCHERS
Each year over 800 babies are born in Inverclyde and every one of them receives £250 from the UK Government’s Child Trust Fund. And Children from low income families earning less than £15,750 per year get £500 to help them build up a nest egg for later in life.   

12.1.2009 13:39
COLD WEATHER PAYMENT FOR MANY INVERCLYDE PENSIONERS
Last week’s plummeting temperatures triggered a £25 Cold Weather Payment for 7,000 of Inverclyde’s most vulnerable pensioners. The Cold Weather Payment, which the UK Government has trebled from £8.50 to £25, is paid out whenever the average weekly temperature at the Bishopton weather station falls to 0C or below for seven consecutive days.