Alan Clark (CREATE Paisley); Councillor Carolann Davidson; Mike Dillon (Paisley North Community Council); Margaret Dymond (Maxwellton Court Tenants’ Association); Darran Gillan (YMCA Paisley); Heather Kay (STAR Project); Alison Love (Disability Arts Forum); Councillor Cathy McEwan, John McIntyre (Ferguslie Community Council): Councillor John McIntyre, Councillor John McNaughtan, Councillor Jim Paterson, John Wilby (Paisley West & Central Community Council); and Christine Williams (REEM).

Councillor John McNaughtan, Chair presided.

A Morrison, Head of Regeneration (Lead Officer), L McIntyre, Strategic Planning & Policy Development Manager (Chief Executive’s Service); C MacDonald, Senior Committee Services Officer and K O’Neill, Assistant Democratic Services Officer (both Finance & Resources).

I Cunningham (Engage Renfrewshire) and M Cruikshank (Renfrewshire Access Panel).

Councillor E Grady.

Councillor McNaughtan opened the meeting by extending a welcome to everyone present and expressed his desire to ensure that business was determined by consensus.  He intimated that the main focus of the meeting was disbursement of grant funding and advised that the amount of funding requested by applicants greatly exceeded the amount of funding available for disbursement.  He further advised decisions to award funding should reflect the priorities set by the Local Partnership at the last meeting.

DECIDED: That the information provided be noted.

There was submitted a report by the Chief Executive relative to the applications for Local Partnership Funding.

The report intimated that applications for funding from the Local Partnership had been invited to reflect the Local Partnership’s priorities:- Community Empowerment, Tackling Social Isolation to Promote Health, Green Spaces, and Community Safety. The available allocation for Paisley North, West and Central was £55,572.  The total value of applications received was £163,083.  Councillor McNaughtan advised that the available allocation was oversubscribed by £106,745.  In addition, the sum of £50 per community representative required to be ringfenced for potential claim of administrative expenses, as agreed at the meeting in March 2019.

Councillor McNaughtan invited the partnership to consider the applications as set out in Appendix 1 and Appendix 2.

The following were recommended for award by the Local Partnership:-

Application   Group Name                                                          Amount Awarded
Number

FR1159          Renfrewshire Visually Impaired Forum                          £500.00
FR1211         The STAR Project                                                         £8,000.00
FR1268         Loud n Proud                                                                £2,832.99
FR1293         Renfrewshire Effort to Empower Minorities                  £1,000.00
FR1102         Forever Young                                                              £1,000.00
FR1110         Paisley Pirates IHC                                                       £2,000.00
FR1117         Alba Thistle AFC                                                              £200.00
FR1126         Renfrewshire Leisure                                                    £1,000.00
FR1140         Paisley and District U3A                                                £1,000.00
FR1148         Oakshaw Trinity Friendly Hour                                         £300.00
FR1149         Paisley Florist Society Gardening Club                            £250.00
FR1212         Route 66                                                                           £286.00
FR1216         Mossvale Community Church                                        £2,200.00
FR1237         Renfrewshire Access Panel                                           £2,239.32
FR1261         St Mirren Netball Club                                                       £796.00
FR1280         Braehead Junior Ice Hockey Club                                      £371.50
FR1281         Renfrewshire Effort to Empower Minorities                    £1,000.00
FR1285         Shopmobility                                                                   £1,000.00
FR1210         Renfrewshire Environmental Trust                                 £2,320.00
FR1137         Fitting-In                                                                          £1,000.00
FR1146         Walking Tours on Wheels                                                £2,452.00

Below are the applications the Local Partnership deferred to the Youth Challenge Fund:

Application   Group Name                                                       Amount Requested
Number

FR1257         CREATE Paisley*                                                         £5,000.00
FR1259         CREATE Paisley*                                                         £5,500.00
FR1258         New Tannahill Centre                                                   £5,000.00
FR1151         Renfrewshire Bowling Club Association Under 25’s        £429.00
FR1208         Paisley Barbell Powerlifting Club                                  £2,500.00
FR1096         Paisley FM (2017) Ltd                                                   £1,926.00

*(CREATE Paisley was granted £1,445.00 (FR1257) and £1,589.50 (FR1259) – on a pro-rata basis, this information should be noted when considering the award of monies through the Youth Challenge Participatory Budgeting).

The following were recommended for award of amounts shown on a pro-rata basis:

Application   Group Name                                                       Amount 
Number                                                                                    Awarded

FR1152         The Wynd Centre                                               £1,156.00
FR1189         Street Connect                                                      £573.38
FR1194         Friends of Barshaw Park                                       £578.00
FR1204         The Neighbourhood Challenge                             £897.63
FR1257         CREATE Paisley**                                              £1,445.00
FR1259         CREATE Paisley**                                              £1,589.50
FR1300         Fèis Phàislig                                                           £751.11
FR1304         Blackstoun United FC                                         £1,430.55
FR1068         Cameron Dance Group                                          £578.00
FR1105         Twist and Hit Cheerleaders Community              £1,501.07
                      Interest Company
FR1235         Renfrewshire Access Panel                                     647.07
FR1197         Meikleriggs Cricket Foundation                              £963.53
FR1214         JONES AND US                                                     £570.05
FR1246         St Ninian’s Parish Church                                    £1,387.20
FR1253         The Breastfeeding Network                                  £1,760.30
FR1296         Active Communities                                            £2,369.80
FR1227         Clyde River Foundation (CRF)                             £1,036.93
FR1084         I Am Me Scotland                                                 £1,445.00
FR1181         Rainbow Turtle                                                      £2,312.00
FR1278         Lamont Farm Project                                            £1,156.00






**(Award of grant for CREATE also to be considered by Youth Challenge Participatory Budgeting).

Below are applications which the Local Partnership declined:

FR1205         The Neighbourhood Challenge                 £5,800.00
FR1086         Lapwing Lodge Activity Centre                £10,000.00
FR1190         C-Change Scotland                                   £5,000.00
FR1147         Phoenix Flyers Dog Agility Club                   £570.00

DECIDED:  The Local Partnership agreed to award all grant money as noted above. The Local Partnership deferred some applications to the Youth Challenge Fund and some applications were also declined as noted above.

H Kay (STAR Project) declared interest in Item 2 - Applications for Local Partnership Grants (FR1211) as she was a member and indicated that she would remain in the meeting but not take part in discussions or voting thereon.

C Williams (REEM) declared interest in Item 2 - Applications for Local Partnership Grants (FR1281 and FR1293) as she was a member indicated that she would remain in the meeting but not take part in discussions or voting thereon.

M Dymond (Maxwellton Court Tenant’s Association) declared interest in Item 2 - Applications for Local Partnership Grants (FR1146) as she was a member and/or user of services provided by applicants and indicated that she would remain in the meeting but not take part in discussions or voting thereon.

A Clark (CREATE) declared interest in Item 2 - Applications for Local Partnership Grants (FR1257 and FR1259) as he was a member indicated that he would remain in the meeting but not take part in discussions or voting thereon.

There was submitted the Minute of the meeting of the Local Partnership held on 19 March 2019.

DECIDED: That the Minute be approved.

There was submitted a report by the Chief Executive relative to the business arrangements of the Local Partnership which advised that no suggestions had been received for alternative names and/or venues for future meetings.

Paisley North, West and Central was suggested as a new name for this Local Partnership and this was agreed by all members present.

The report intimated that the Youth Challenge element of Paisley North, West and Central would be agreed through a Participatory Budget exercise for young people that would take place during August/September 2019.  The outcome would be reported back to the next meeting of the Local Partnership in November 2019.

The report also advised that a community conference event for Paisley North, West and Central would take place during September/October 2019.  The next meeting of the Local Partnership would take place in November 2019.

DECIDED:

(a)  That the name of the Local Partnership be changed to Paisley North, West and Central;

(b)  That the outcome of the Youth Challenge Participatory Budget exercise would be reported back to the next meeting of this Local Partnership in November 2019; and

(c)  That the next meeting of the Local Partnership would be held in November 2019, date and venue to be confirmed.