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Third Sector Grants

Meeting: 14/04/2015 - Helensburgh & Lomond Area Committee (Item 7)

7 THIRD SECTOR GRANTS 2015/16 PDF 87 KB

Report by Executive Director – Community Services.

Minutes:

The Committee considered a report outlining recommendations for the award of third sector grants (including events and festivals) to Third Sector organisations in Helensburgh and Lomond.

Members agreed to consider Item 13 – Rosneath Peninsula Highland Gathering first to allow Councillor MacIntyre to leave the room and then consider the remaining Grants.

The Committee heard from the Community Development Officer who provided an overview of the applications and advised that the application listed at Item 16. – Visit Helensburgh Limited had been withdrawn

Decision

Members agreed:-

1. To approve the Third Sector Grants as set out in the table, with additional recommendations for Item 14, Soulwind that the funding is only released once the funding from the John Lewis Partnership is confirmed and Item 15, The Tower Digital Arts Centre that the funding is only released once confirmation is received that the event will be proceeding; and

2. That a report updating Members on the status of Tower Digital Arts Centre project would be submitted to the June Area Committee.

Ref No	Organisation	Grant Award 2013	Grant Award 2014	Total Project	Amount requested	Recomme--ndation	Amount approved
1	Argyll and Bute Youth Forum *	£250	n/a	£4,760	£1,000	£250	£250
2	Bicentenary Pipe Band Championships *	£4,000	£4,000	£10,520	£5,000	£3,200	£4,000
3	Dumbarton and District Branch - MS Society	£1,050	n/a	£4,921	£2,460	£800	£2,000
4	Friends of Hermitage Park Association *	New	New	£1,500	£750	£750	£750
5	Friends of Loch Lomond & The Trossachs (H&L)	New	New	£2,880	£1,440	£1,440	£1,440
6	Helensburgh and Lomond Foodbank	New	New	£3,311	£1,655	£,1,655	£1,655
7	Helensburgh and Lomond Highland Games*	£4,000	£4,000	£26,211	£7,000	£3,200	£4,000
8	Helensburgh Music Society	New	New	£15,450	£2,000	£2,000	£2,000
9	Luss and Arden Senior Citizens Association	n/a	n/a	£1050	£525	£525	£525
10	North Clyde Archaeology Society (NCAS)	New	New	£1,968	£968	£968	£968
11	Rosneath and Clynder Senior Citizens Association	£260	£260	£2,380	£1,000	£260	£260
12	Rosneath Peninsula Amenity Society	£290	n/a	£950	£475	£475	£475
13	Rosneath Peninsula Highland Gathering *	£4,000	£4,000	£8,500	£4,250	£3,200	£4,000
14	Soulwind *	New	New	£17,560	£3,000	£3,000	£3,000
15	The Tower Digital Arts Centre *	New	New	£154,000	£4,000	£4,000	£4,000
16.	Visit Helensburgh Limited	New	New	£27,000	£4,000	£4,000	Application withdrawn
		Total				£29,723	£29,323
		Balance Remaining				£6,283 (incl c/f of £1,006)	£6,683 (incl c/f of £1006)

(Reference: Report by Executive Director – Community Services, dated 14 April 2015, submitted).