Issue - meetings

Report by Chief Executive

The Committee considered a report setting out recommendations from an internal review of the Council’s annual Supporting Communities Fund (SCF) to support improvements for communities applying in 2025/26.

Decision

The Policy and Resources Committee –

1.     noted the findings from the internal review and that further feedback was being gathered from community groups on their experiences to help improvements;

2.     agreed the proposed next steps and timeframe for the 2025/26 round of Supporting Communities Fund (SCF);

3.     agreed that a detailed paper would come to February 2025 Policy and Resources Committee to consider and agree an improved approach to SCF for 2025/26; and

4.     approved that, within 2025/26, officers explore the scope of grants available to community groups in Argyll and Bute through the Council, CPP partners and other funding bodies and consider possibilities for collaboration and realignment. Further to this, to consider the potential format of local decision making for grants available through the council and/ or collaborations.

(Reference: Report by Chief Executive dated 4 November 2024, submitted)