Agenda item

Third Sector Grants

Report by Senior Officer, Community Regeneration

Minutes:

Councillor R Macintyre, having declared a non financial interest in the Bute Agricultural Society, left the meeting and took no part in the discussion of that item.

Councillor B Marshall, having declared a non financial interest in the Dunoon Burgh Hall Project, left the meeting and took no part in the discussion of that item.

The Community Development Officer spoke on the recommendations for the award of Third Sector Grants

Decision

1. The Committee determined the Third Sector Grants as follows:-

	Third Sector Grants	Project Costs	Grant Awarded
3.1	Beachwatch Bute	£2,812	£1,050
3.2	Bute Advice Centre	£2,550	£845
3.3	Bute Agricultural Society	£12,600	£900 underwrite
3.4	Caol Ruadh Sculpture Park	£5,020
	Agreed to delegate the decision to the Chair/Vice Chair and Local Members on receipt of required information.
3.5	Cowal Walking Festival Association (Cowalfest)	£4,800	£1,585
3.6	Dunoon and Cowal Youth Project	£23,500	£4,000
3.7	Dunoon and Cowal Elderly Forum	£1,175	£300
3.8	Dunoon Burgh Hall Trust	£10,500	£2,500
3.9	Dunoon Community Development Group – Recycling Project	£1,000	£375
3.10	Argyll and Bute Youth Forum	£4,000	£250
3.11	Helensburgh Orchestral Society	£2,340	£410
3.12	Strachur and District Community Development Co. Ltd	£3,005	£1,500

The Committee further agreed that the Third Sector Grant funding agreed in the financial period 2012/13 to be spent on the purchase of blouses for the Cowal Choral Club could be put towards the purchase of costumes for the organisation.

(Reference: Report by the Community Development Manager dated 21^st March 2013 and 27^th March 2013 – submitted)

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