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There was submitted a report by the Head of Planning & Housing Services, Renfrewshire Council relative to the Semple Trail Heritage Project.
The report intimated that over the period 2012/16 the Semple Trail Heritage Project had been successfully delivered through a funding package of £860,000 secured from the Heritage Lottery Fund, Renfrewshire Council, Renfrewshire LEADER, Historic Scotland, the Forestry Commission Scotland, Clyde Muirshiel Regional Park, RSPB and Legacy 2014. The main aims and key objectives of the project were detailed in the report.
The project had been delivered on budget and had benefited significantly from added volunteer value with more than 300 hours of volunteer time recorded. Further details of the project achievements were detailed in the evaluation report by the Heritage Lottery Fund, a copy of which formed the appendix to the report.
To celebrate the end of the project, an event was held at Castle Semple Visitor Centre on 7 August 2016 which was well attended by project partners and stakeholders. Feedback from key project stakeholders had been extremely positive and Renfrewshire Council and Park staff would continue to promote and monitor the online visitor survey which would be open until December 2016. The information gathered would inform the second evaluation report due for submission to the Heritage Lottery Fund before July 2017.
The Project Officer (Semple Trail Heritage) gave a presentation to members on the Semple Trail Heritage Project.
DECIDED:
(a)That the achievements of the Semple Trail Heritage Project as outlined in the Heritage Lottery Fund evaluation report, which formed the appendix to the report, be noted; and
(b)That the presentation be noted.