Decision details

The Council considered a report which highlighted changes to the Council’s Supporting Communities Fund to improve the process for communities which included clearer criteria for applications and an extension to the period to time awarded funds are able to be use by groups.

Decision

1.     The Council agreed the four main criteria for applications, as set out in 4.2 of the report, being:

·  Fairer Communities – tackling poverty by sharing opportunities.

·  Resilient Communities – rebuilding and repairing from a pandemic; noting that this is only in the case of the group being unable to access other specific funds for this, e.g. Scottish Government funding.

·  Greener, cleaner communities – climate change mitigation

·  Creative Communities - Creativity for Health and Wellbeing

2.     Agreed that all applicants awarded funding have 18 months to complete their project.

3.     Agree that all applicants awarded funding are to display the Council logo in communications and promotions of their funded project.

4.     Agree that improvements are made to the application and end of monitoring report to support the evaluation of the fund’s impact on reducing inequalities.

5.     Agree a fast track application process, as outlined in 4.6, be explored for financial year 2022-23.

6.     Agree that the fund for 2021/22 opens for applications on 11 January 2021 and closes on 20 March 2021.

(Ref: Report by Chief Executive dated 3 November 2020, submitted)