Angela Campbell: Last News

Over 75,000 hours of unpaid work was completed across local communities as part of North Lanarkshire Council’s Restorative Justice team’s community payback service.

School pupils got hands-on construction experience at a special event to provide a platform for future careers development.

The number of youngsters in North Lanarkshire leaving school and entering further and higher education, training or employment is at its highest level since data was first recorded 13 years ago.

North Lanarkshire councillors have marked this year’s Care Day.

High school pupils across North Lanarkshire have benefited from a new classroom session looking at how technology is transforming the construction industry.

Exciting plans to create a new community hub in Orbiston, Bellshill, have taken a major step forward after planning permission was granted for the new facility.

As the countdown begins to Adult Learners’ Week 2023 in North Lanarkshire, the spotlight is firmly set on supporting personal growth and encouraging learning opportunities for all.

The Newmains and St Brigid’s Community Hub has been named among the finalists in The Herald Property Awards for Scotland 2023.

Talented young people from across North Lanarkshire have been recognised at a special awards ceremony after taking part in a summer work placement programme.

North Lanarkshire Council has rejected calls to appoint parent representatives to serve on its education committee.

A new mental health help service for young people that can be accessed via smart phones has been launched by North Lanarkshire Council.

Young people involved with care experience joined North Lanarkshire’s Provost and the local authority’s education convener to celebrate Care Day 2023.

Special events will be taking place across North Lanarkshire to mark world Gaelic week, which begins on February 20.

Pupils and teachers in North Lanarkshire are to be asked for their views on reconfiguring school holidays – including a suggestion of shortening the summer break in order to have a fortnight off in October and a longer February half-term.

Pupils from two North Lanarkshire schools have been digging in ahead of their move to a shared campus.

Secondary school pupils from Lanarkshire shared their achievements in skills and employability as they helped mark the recent youth work week.

Mindless vandals have destroyed an outdoor classroom space at an Airdrie primary school by setting light to wooden play furniture, smashing bottles and leaving litter and grafitti across the area.

Emergency equipment to help during adverse weather conditions has been made available to local community groups across North Lanarkshire.

link!Committee convener, Councillor Angela Campbell, said: “Community safety is the number one priority for us as councillors and this five year plan will help us tackle what residents tell us is most important to them.“Tackling anti-social behaviour, reducing serious violence and disorder, reducing harm from unintentional injury and fire, tackling gender based violence, protecting people at risk of harm and improving road safety – all of these crucial issues are being addressed with this new strategy.“It’s sometimes easy for councils, particularly during unprecedented times like a pandemic, to lose focus on community issues.“But this strategy shows that, despite the current challenges, this Labour administration is still very much focused