Report by Director of Communities & Housing Services.
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There was submitted a report by the Director of Communities & Housing Services relative to the Greenspaces, Parks & Play Areas and Villages Investment Fund.
The report indicated that the key objective in allocating funding was to work with, and support, community groups to identify and deliver improvement projects in their local communities, improve their local greenspaces, including parks and play areas, and strengthen the identity, heritage, uniqueness and character of village life. An update was provided on progress made in terms of supporting community projects, detailed in Appendix 1 of the report, projects approved in terms of delegated authority by the Director of Communities & Housing Services during the previous three-month period together with work undertaken to support active and engaged communities. Taking account of the projects approved in terms of delegated authority during the previous three-month period and all other projects awarded funding to date, £30,000 was currently unallocated in the Villages Investment Fund and £55,000 in the Green Spaces Fund.
The report also provided updates in relation to the progress of Team Up to Clean Up and the recently launched Environmental Taskforce, key performance indicators, relationships with businesses and housing associations, and detailed the impacts the Taskforce was having in Renfrewshire to support active and engaged communities. The report intimated that further umbrella projects to be launched imminently included the Sustainable Food Premises Scheme, in partnership with Sweco. In addition, the report highlighted that Team Up to Clean Up’s Green Dog Walking Scheme and the Secondary School Bin Wrap project were under construction with these projects anticipated to be delivered between April and September 2023.
DECIDED:
(a) That the work currently being undertaken to support communities as they developed and delivered projects to be funded using the Greenspaces, Parks & Play Areas and Villages Investment Fund be noted;
(b) That the impact of the funding and the benefits to the wider communities delivered by the projects, as set out in section 4 of the report, be noted;
(c) That the work currently being undertaken by the Environmental Taskforce to support communities in the efficient removal and investigation of flytipping be noted;
(d) That the work of the Taskforce in creating partnerships with Housing Associations, and the education of private landowners be noted; and
(e) That the upcoming Team Up to Clean Up projects designed to address wide reaching, common community concerns including dog fouling, excess of plastic waste and school lunchtime litter be noted.