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Declarations of Interest and Transparency Statements
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Joint report by Chief Executive, Director of Finance & Resources and Chief Financial Officer, Renfrewshire Health & Social Care Partnership
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There was submitted a joint revenue and capital budget monitoring report by the Chief Executive, Director of Finance & Resources and the Chief Finance Officer, Renfrewshire Health & Social Care Partnership.
The report intimated that as at 7 January 2025, the projected revenue outturn at 31 March 2025 for those services reporting to the Leadership Board was an overspend position of £3.618 million (2.8%) against the revised budget for the year and that the projected capital outturn for the same period for projects reporting to the Leadership Board was a break-even position against the revised budget for the year.
DECIDED:
(a) That the projected revenue outturn overspend position of £3.618 million be noted;
(b) That the projected capital outturn break-even position be noted; and
(c) That the budget adjustments detailed at section 6.2 of the report be noted.
Minute of meeting of the Fairer Renfrewshire Sub-committee held on 26 March 2025
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There was submitted the Minute of the meeting of the Fairer Renfrewshire Sub-committee held on 26 March 2025.
DECIDED: That the Minute be approved.
Report by Chief Executive
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There was submitted a report by the Chief Executive relative to progress on the Fairer Renfrewshire programme, including the local response to the cost-of-living crisis and on tackling poverty and inequality across local communities. The proposed Fairer Renfrewshire programme for 2025/26, including funding proposals, was set out in section 6 of the report.
DECIDED:
(a) That the content of the report be noted:
(b) That £0.585 million of Fairer Renfrewshire funding be allocated to support the delivery of the 2025/26 programme of work outlined at section 6 of the report;
(c) That, in line with section 6 of the report, grant funding be awarded as follows to support the delivery of the 2025/26 programme:
• £49,000 to Active Communities to deliver a programme of health and wellbeing support across Renfrewshire’s high schools;
• £50,000 to Renfrewshire Citizens Advice Bureau to support the delivery of the Schools Advice Service for a further year;
• £45,000 to Renfrewshire Citizens Advice Bureau to support the delivery of the Welfare Rights Service for a further year; and
(d) That it be agreed that authority be delegated to the Head of Policy & Partnerships in consultation with the Council Leader, to award grant funding in relation to the Summer of Fun programme as outlined in section 7 of the report.
Report by Chief Executive
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There was submitted a report by the Chief Executive relative to the six-monthly update of recent activity of Renfrewshire Community Planning Partnership, covering the period from October 2024 to March 2025.
DECIDED:
(a) That the progress being made to improve outcomes and reduce inequalities across the priorities of Renfrewshire Community Planning Partnership be noted; and
(b) That the steps taken to develop Local Partnership working be noted.
Report by Chief Executive
5
There was submitted a report by the Chief Executive relative to the refreshed Renfrewshire Integration Joint Board Strategic Plan which was subject to public consultation until 30 April 2025. Section 4 of the report set out an overview of the Strategic Plan and the report suggested that this overview be submitted as feedback to Renfrewshire Health & Social Care Partnership as the Council’s formal response to the draft Strategic Plan.
DECIDED: That the content of the report, which would be submitted to Renfrewshire Health & Social Care Partnership as the Council’s formal response to the draft Strategic Plan, be agreed.
Report by Chief Executive
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There was submitted a report by the Chief Executive relative to OneRen’s annual Business Plan 2025/26. The annual Business Plan, a copy of which was appended to the report, set out the charity’s priorities for 2025/26 and outlined how it would deliver the services specified in the Service Agreement.
DECIDED:
(a) That OneRen’s annual Business Plan for 2025/26 attached at Appendix 1 to the report, be agreed; and
(b) That the monitoring arrangements in place for the Head of Policy & Partnerships, the nominated monitoring officer for OneRen, to undertake quarterly performance monitoring meetings with OneRen and to provide six-monthly progress reports to the Leadership Board be noted.
Report by Chief Executive
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There was submitted a report by the Chief Executive relative to proposals for the allocation of grant funding to Engage Renfrewshire, Renfrewshire’s third sector interface, for 2025/26. The proposed Council allocation of grant funding would continue to allow Engage Renfrewshire to deliver at the scale required by local third and community sector organisations and to target the specific additional priorities which had been identified by the Council as set out at section 5 of the report.
DECIDED: That grant funding of £360,610 to Engage Renfrewshire to deliver the priorities outlined in section 5 of the report be approved.
EXCLUSION OF PRESS AND PUBLIC
The Board may by resolution exclude the press and public from the meeting during consideration of the following items of business as it is likely, in view of the nature of the business to be transacted, that if members of the press and public are present, there could be disclosure to them of exempt information as defined in paragraph 14 of Part I of Schedule 7A of the Local Government (Scotland) Act, 1973.
The Board resolved that the press and public be excluded from the meeting during consideration of the following item of business as it was likely, in view of the nature of the business to be transacted, that if members of the press and public were present, there would be disclosure to them of exempt information as defined in paragraph 14 of Part I of Schedule 7A of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973.
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Report by Chief Executive
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There was submitted a report by the Chief Executive relative to the Afghan Resettlement Programme.
DECIDED:
(a) That Renfrewshire Council’s participation in the Afghan Resettlement Programme be approved; and
(b) That authority be delegated to the Chief Executive to make all necessary arrangements in relation to participation in the programme.
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