Inverclyde Council

Demolition is back underway at Clune Park as contractors begin phase two of clearing dangerous buildings within the rundown Port Glasgow estate. 

More than 800 people in Inverclyde have applied for cash to help pay their energy bills this winter, a charity has revealed. Inverclyde Council and charity Advice Direct Scotland joined forces to launch a fund worth more than £300,000 in November.

Preparations are being made ahead of the closure of an Inverclyde temporary accommodation facility, with access to homelessness services now being provided by a 24-hour-a-day phone line. The Inverclyde Centre on Dalrymple Street is currently being wound down as part of a planned shutdown of the buil

Inverclyde residents are being encouraged to have their say on tax and savings proposals to help plug an estimated £8.6 million funding gap facing the council over the next two years. The budget gap figures are £3.359m in 2026/27 and £5.248m in 2027/28.

Thousands of households across Inverclyde can receive up to £200 off their heating bills this winter, following the launch of a new fund.

Community groups in Greenock are being invited to apply for funding to help them ask the people of the town about their regeneration priorities.  The Greenock Town Board is developing a long-term regeneration plan for the town to set out how to make use of the £19.5 million UK Government

Working-age households in Inverclyde facing fuel poverty this winter can apply for financial support from a new fund. The Heating Support Fund will give one-off grants of up to £200 to help people with their heating bills during the colder months.

Inverclyde Council has appointed David Forbes as its new chief financial officer. Mr Forbes joins the council from North Ayrshire Council, where he has worked since 2016 and is currently senior manager (strategic business manager).

Almost 100 Inverclyde grassroots organisations have been awarded a share of nearly £250,000 to support voluntary work in the community. Funding has been made available from Inverclyde Council’s Community Grants Fund.

The controversial Carbuncle Awards have returned after a decade-long hiatus to hand this year's unwanted title of “most dismal town” – complete with the notorious Plook on the Plinth trophy – to Port Glasgow. Event organisers claimed that despite its “great bones,&rdquo

Work is underway on a £50,000 flood prevention project in the Larkfield area of Greenock.

Demolition of the first block of flats within the run down Clune Park estate in Port Glasgow has begun.

Delegates from across Inverclyde’s housing sector have held a summit where partners pledged to work together to unlock the challenges facing the region.

Work to demolish parts of the Clune Park estate in Port Glasgow is due to begin.

Inverclyde Council has appointed Stuart Jamieson as its new chief executive. Mr Jamieson will formally take up post the week beginning Monday, 5 May 2025, replacing current chief executive Louise Long MBE who announced in January this year she was leaving to take up the position of chief executive a