Last Sunday a group of Blantyre children braved the treacherous weather to complete a sponsored walk. As a group, they managed to raise a fantastic £360 for St Joseph’s Primary School. This money will be used to buy ASDA Vouchers and distributed to families who are struggling this Christmas. Pauline Lennon told us, “As many […]
St Josephs Primary school in Blantyre are having their annual Christmas fayre next week on Friday 24th November. The event starts at 6pm until 8pm and costs just £1 entry for adults and free entry for children, all in aid of supporting the school. We just LOVE their fantastic festive poster which was designed by […]
It’s been a long, long time since anybody deliberately damaged a church in Blantyre. Unfortunately there has been an act of vandalism on St Joseph’s , Glasgow Road during last night. A window was smashed, a horrible thing to see, when you realise just how beautiful many of the windows are in this building. The […]
Planning permission has been submitted last month to extend the existing St Joseph’s Church Hall on Glasgow Road, Blantyre and to form additional off-street parking at the rear. The plans which have still to be decided upon by the planning department, include for drop-off spaces for the neighbouring school, accessed via nearby Mayberry Place. A […]
by Columnist, Jordan Tennant St. Joseph’s Primary School is to implement a car free zone despite having only 10 people in favour. Vehicles dropping off or picking up will be banned from Park Lane and Ennisfree Road during the school’s rush hours next year. Sheli Balfour who has a daughter at the school said: “I […]
South Lanarkshire Council are proposing to introduce a car free school zone around St. Joseph’s Primary School. We’ve received many messages about this asking for more information, so here goes….. This is a scheme where the road outside a school is closed to most traffic at school opening and closing times. The aim of the […]
Revised plans for a proposed care hub, technology enabled houses and centre of excellence in Blantyre have been published following extensive public engagement. Two recent events in Blantyre, which were supported by a range of staff and stakeholders, were attended by nearly 250 members of the public. Survey results from the events – which have been […]