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Local Partnership - The Villages
21 Aug 2025 - 18:00 to 20:00
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Agenda

Agenda
Notification
Committee Members
Membership
Councillor Robert Innes (Chair):  Meg Gilzean (Bridge of Weir Tenants and Residents Association) (Vice-chair)

Councillor Fiona Airlie-Nicolson: Councillor Alison Ann-Dowling: Councillor Jacqueline Cameron: Councillor Andy Doig: Councillor Audrey Doig: Councillor Chris Gilmour: Councillor Gillian Graham: Councillor John Hood: Councillor James MacLaren: Councillor Colin McCulloch: Councillor David McGonigle: Councillor Iain McMillan: Councillor Emma Rodden: Councillor Andy Steel: Ross Anderson (Lochwinnoch Community Council): Ian Andrew (Houston Community Council): Anne-Marie Balfour (Elderslie Community Council): Lindsay Brown (Elderslie Wallace Foundation): vacant position (Bridge of Weir Community Council): Mike Dawson (Brookfield Community Council): James Fletcher (Brookfield Bowling Club): Natalie Graham (Lochwinnoch Youth Club): Fiona Stewart (Kilbarchan Community Council): vacancy (Howwood Community Council): 
 
Standard Items
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Members of the Press and Public - contact details
Members of the press and public wishing to attend the meeting should contact democratic-services@renfrewshire.gov.uk to allow the necessary arrangements to be made.

 

Items Of Business
Apologies
Apologies from members.
Councillors G Graham, J MacLaren and McCulloch and James Fletcher (Brookfield Bowling Club).
Declarations of Interest and Transparency Statements
Members are asked to declare an interest or make a transparency statement in any item(s) on the agenda and to provide a brief explanation of the nature of the interest or the transparency statement.
There were no declarations of interest or transparency statements intimated prior to the commencement of the meeting.
1 Minute
Minute of meeting of this Local Partnership held on 1 May 2025.
1
There was submitted the Minute of the meeting of this Local Partnership held on 1 May 2025.

DECIDED: That the Minute be approved.
Report by Chief Executive.
4
There was submitted a report by the Chief Executive relative to the funds allocated by this Local Partnership and the Celebrating Renfrewshire budget for 2024/25.

The report intimated that Johnstone and Area Community Transport had ceased trading and it was projected that the award of £3,000 would not complete and the funds would likely become available at a future meeting.

DECIDED: That the report be noted.
Presentation.
5
The Senior Development Officer gave a presentation in relation to the youth participatory budget exercise, Celebrating Renfrewshire and provided information relative to applications received relating to this Local Partnership.

DECIDED: That the presentation be noted.
Verbal report by members of Bridge of Weir and Houston Community Councils.
2
Ian Andrew, Houston Community Council, provided an update in relation to the Houston 2050 Place Plan and the work undertaken involving all members of the local community.

DECIDED

(a) That the update in relation to the Houston 2050 Place Plan be noted; and

(b) That it be noted that an update in relation to the Bridge of Weir Place Plan would be provided at a future meeting of this Local Partnership.
Presentation by Engage Renfrewshire and the Local Partnership Development Officer.
3
The Funding & Organisational Development Officer, Engage Renfrewshire and the Local Partnerships Development Officer gave a presentation in relation to the support that could be provided to local groups to obtain grant funding.

DECIDED: That the presentation be noted.
Note that the next meeting of this Local Partnership will be held remotely on MS Teams at 6.00 pm on 20 November 2025.
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DECIDED: That it be noted that the next meeting of this Local Partnership would be held remotely on MS Teams at 6.00 pm on 20 November 2025.

Declarations of Interests

Member NameItem Ref.DetailsNature of DeclarationAction
No declarations of interest have been entered for this meeting.

Visitors

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