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Meeting Summary
Local Partnership - The Villages
20 Nov 2025 - 18:00 to 20:00
Occurred
Remotely by MS Teams
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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): Helen Kissell (Kilbarchan Community Council): vacancy (Howwood Community Council): 
 
Standard Items
Further Information - online meetings only

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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.
Councillor Colin McCulloch, Ross Anderson (Lochwinnoch Community Council) and Anne-Marie Balfour (Elderslie Community Council) (technical issues joining the meeting).
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 21 August 2025.
1
There was submitted the Minute of the meeting of this Local Partnership held on 21 August 2025.

DECIDED: That the Minute be approved.
2 The Villages Local Partnership Budget Monitoring and Update Report
Report by Chief Executive. 
2
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 withdrawn their application for funding as they had ceased trading and there was now a balance of £3,000 in the General Grant Fund. It was noted that applications for Local Partnership funding were currently being processed and that these would be submitted to the next meeting of the Local Partnership for consideration.

The report further intimated that Elderslie Community Council had requested to repurpose unspent grants FR1172 from 2021/22 and FR1085 2023/24 to deliver community projects planned within 2025/26.

Following discussion, it was agreed that the Local Partnerships Development Officer provide information to members on the take-up of the £50 expenses available to community representative members. 

DECIDED: 

(a) That the report be noted;

(b) That it be noted that applications for Local Partnership were currently being processed and that these would be submitted to the next meeting of the Local Partnership for consideration;

(c) That it be agreed that Elderslie Community Council be authorised to repurpose unspent grants FR1172 from 2021/22 and FR1085 2023/24 to deliver community projects planned within 2025/26; and

(d) That the Local Partnerships Development Officer provide information to members on the take-up of the £50 expenses available to community representatives.
3 Greater Renfrewshire and Inverclyde Action Group
Presentation by Keren Ferguson.
3
The Senior Economic Development Officer gave a presentation in relation to the Greater Renfrewshire and Inverclyde Action Group which included information on the eligibility criteria for funding, the application and decision-making processes and examples of the projects supported by the Group.

DECIDED: That the presentation be noted.
4 Timetable of meetings for The Villages Local Partnership 2026
Report by Director of Finance & Resources.
4
There was submitted a report by the Director of Finance & Resources relative to proposed meeting dates of this Local Partnership in 2026.

DECIDED: That meetings of this Local Partnership be held remotely on MS Teams at 6.00 pm on 19 February, 28 May, 17 September and 19 November 2026.
 

Declarations of Interests

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

Visitors

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