Provost L Cameron and Councillor Montgomery.

There were no declarations of interest or transparency statements made prior to the commencement of the meeting.

There was submitted the Minute of the meeting of this Local Partnership held on 25 May 2023.

DECIDED: That the Minute be approved.

There was submitted a report by the Chief Executive relative to the funds allocated by this Local Partnership in 2022/23 and the spend against this budget. 

DECIDED: That the report be noted.

There was submitted a report by the Chief Executive relative to the governance of grants awarded by the Local Partnership.

The Partnership Manager advised that the incorrect report had been circulated with the agenda and intimated that the version that had been circulated had omitted a recommendation that spot checks be carried out on up to two Gleniffer Local Partnership award recipients during the course of the year, as selected by the Chair with advice from the Lead Officer.

The report referred to the Council’s standard conditions of grant for awards between £1,000 and £10,000, a copy of which was appended to the report, and specifically highlighted the provisions relating to the proper recording by grantees of all income and expenditure along with the retention of all invoices and receipts.

DECIDED:

(a) That the Conditions of Grant that Local Partnership grant recipients were required to agree to, and the authority this gave to the Council to assure compliance, be noted; and

(b) That it be agreed that spot checks be carried out on up to two Gleniffer Local Partnership award recipients during the course of the year, as selected by the Chair with advice from the Lead Officer.

There was submitted a report by the Chief Executive relative to an application for funding from Foxbar Resource Community Café to Gleniffer Local Partnership which had been deferred from the meeting of this Local Partnership held on 25 May 2023.

DECIDED: That £2,500 be awarded to Foxbar Resource Community Café to assist in the refurbishment of the cafe and the reflooring of the portacabin.

A presentation was made by the Senior Development Officer, Environment, Housing & Infrastructure, who provided information on the fourteen eligible applications for funding for this area which had been received totalling £20,997.16.

Applications for funding required to be submitted between 21 April and 21 May 2023 with local young people having the opportunity to determine which local projects were granted funding. A total of 169 young people from the Gleniffer area voted and 12 organisations were awarded the full amount of up to £3,500.00 and one group received a partial award.

DECIDED: That the information provided be noted.

The Senior Development Officer, Environment, Housing & Infrastructure made a presentation in connection with the Community Learning and Development Approach. Youth Services supported young people and partners to access localised projects, including Young Scot services, in Renfrewshire.

An overview was provided of the main areas of responsibility and the wide range of activities undertaken by the Communities Learning & Development Section. Reference was made to the delivery of universal services, targeted provision, community capacity and connected communities initiatives and future partnership working with Local Partnerships.
 
DECIDED: That the presentation be noted.

A McBride, Engage Renfrewshire, provided a summary report relative to the Community Mental Health and Wellbeing Fund 2023/24, together with information on those groups who had received funding from the 2022/23 Wellbeing Fund.

The Local Partnership was advised that the Community Mental Health and Wellbeing Fund was now in its third year and that the fund for applications for 2023/24 would open 29 September and close on 30 November 2023. 
 
Engage Renfrewshire had been allocated £500,000 to distribute to the third sector for new applicants and also previously awarded projects for adults. A brief overview of the aims, key priorities and target audience of the Fund was provided.  It was noted that successful groups would be notified in early February 2024 with payments made in March 2024. 

Members were informed that Engage Renfrewshire had a Network Newsletter which was published and issued monthly to promote funding and training opportunities and advised of network events and news.  Further updates on this fund would be provided at a future meeting of this Local Partnership. 

DECIDED: 

(a) That the content of the presentation be noted; and

(b) That further updated information be provided to a future meeting of this Local Partnership.

The Partnerships Manager, Chief Executive’s, provided members with information on how Community and Planning, led by the Partnership and Inequalities team, would reach out to members and those who had received grants to gauge their experience of Local Partnerships to date. Through surveys and discussions, members views on whether Local Partnerships had met theirs aims and objectives, what worked well and what could be improved would be identified.

Further information on the results of these surveys and discussions would be submitted to future meetings of all Local Partnerships.

DECIDED:

(a) That the information provided be noted; and

(b) That a further update.be provided and future meetings of the Local Partnership.

DECIDED: That it be noted that the next meeting of the Gleniffer Local Partnership be held in Glenburn Community Centre at 6.00 pm on 12 December 2023.