Agenda Document Pack - Lanarkshire Educational Trust - 04/10/2023
North Lanarkshire Council · 4 October 2023
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21 September 2023 Members of the Lanarkshire Educational Trust Chief Executive’s Office Archie Aitken Chief Officer (Legal & Democratic) Civic Centre, Windmillhill Street, Motherwell ML1 1AB www.northlanarkshire.gov.uk Notice is given that a Meeting of the Lanarkshire Educational Trust is to be held in the Remote Meeting, on Wednesday, 04 October 2023 at 10:00 AM which you are requested to attend. The agenda of business is attached. Archie Aitken Chief Officer (Legal & Democratic) Members : Clerk Name: Clare Louise McDonald Clerk Telephone: 01698 302190 Clerk Email: mcdonaldcl@northlan.gov.uk A Ballinger, A Campbell, G Currie. Page 1 of 14
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Agenda 1 Declarations of Interest In Terms of the Ethical Standards In Public Life Etc. (Scotland) Act 2000 2 Note of Previous Meeting Submit note of the last meeting of the Lanarkshire Educational Trust held on 15 March 2023 5 - 6 3 Lanarkshire Educational Trust Approvals - August 2023 Submit report by the Chief Officer (Strategic Communication and Engagement) providing an update on applications to the Lanarkshire Educational Trust Scheme together with recommendations for the distribution 7 - 14 Page 3 of 14
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LANARKSHIRE EDUCATIONAL TRUST - 15 MARCH 2023 1 15 March 2023 at 3 pm. A Remote Meeting of the LANARKSHIRE EDUCATIONAL TRUST PRESENT Councillors Campbell and Currie (North Lanarkshire Council), and Councillors Logan, McClymont and Wylie-Keatt (South Lanarkshire Council) CHAIR Councillor Campbell (Convener) presided. IN ATTENDANCE The Area Community Partnership Manager (NLC); Business Finance Manager (Strategy) (NLC); Project Support Assistant (NLC); Service Manager (SLC), and Committee Officer (NLC). APOLOGIES Councillor Ballinger. DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST IN TERMS OF THE ETHICAL STANDARDS IN PUBLIC LIFE ETC. (SCOTLAND) ACT 2000 1. There were no declarations. NOTE OF THE PREVIOUS MEETING 2. There was submitted the Note of the meeting of the Lanarkshire Educational Trust held on 28 November 2022. Decided: that the Note of the meeting be approved. LANARKSHIRE EDUCATIONAL TRUST SCHEME 3. There was submitted a report by the Chief Officer (Strategic Communication and Engagement) (1) providing an update on the applications to the Lanarkshire Educational Trust Scheme, and (2) setting out in the Appendix to the report, details of applications which have been received for grant assistance under the Lanarkshire Educational Trust Scheme application rounds, which closed on 15 December 2022, together with recommendations for grant awards. Arising from discussions thereon, and in reference to paragraph 3 of the Minute of the meeting of the Lanarkshire Educational Trust held on 28 November 2022, where an application by the Scout Association for the 25th World Scout Jamboree had been refused, it was now proposed that the five applications for the 2023 World Scouting Jamboree – South Korea be granted their award of £750. Item 2 Page 5 of 14
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LANARKSHIRE EDUCATIONAL TRUST - 15 MARCH 2023 2 Decided: (1) that the applications for the 2023 World Scouting Jamboree in South Korea, previously refused by the Trust at its meeting held on 28 November 2022, requesting the award of £750 per application, be granted and (2) that the applications for grant awards under the Trust Scheme, as detailed within the Appendix to the report, be otherwise approved. CRITERIA FOR EDUCATIONAL TRUST AWARDS 4. There was submitted a report by the Chief Officer (Strategic Communication and Engagement) (1) proposing to review the current criteria of the Lanarkshire Education Trust (LET); (2) highlighting that the review would reflect the changes in operating context locally and nationally, whilst specifically relating the equalities agenda, and (3) setting out a timeline for the review to be undertaken. Arising from discussion thereon it was proposed that, in order to avoid the Council recess, stakeholder engagement be completed by June 2023. Decided: that the review of the current criteria of the LET, and the timeline for undertaking the review including the completion of stakeholder engagement by June 2023, be approved. 2021/22 ANNUAL ACCOUNTS 5. There was submitted a report by the Chief Officer (Finance) (1) providing a copy of the Lanarkshire Educational Trust Fund Audited Annual Report and Accounts for the financial year ending 31 March 2022, and (2) advising that a copy of the signed document had previously been submitted to the Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator. Decided: that the contents of the 2021/22 Lanarkshire Educational Trust Fund Audited Annual Report and Accounts be noted. DATE OF NEXT MEETING 6. There was heard a verbal report from the Committee Officer proposing a number of available dates to be considered for the next meeting of the Lanarkshire Educational Trust. Decided: that the next meeting of the Trust be held remotely on Wednesday, 4 October 2023 at 10 am. Page 6 of 14
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North Lanarkshire Council Report Lanarkshire Educational Trust Committee Does this report require to be approved? ☒ Yes ☐ No Ref SP/LP/SL Date 04/10/23 Lanarkshire Educational Trust Approvals – August 2023 From Stephen Penman, Chief Officer – Strategic Communication and Engagement E-mail penmanste@northlan.gov.uk Telephone 07947 997750 1. Background 1.1 The former Educational Trust Committee, at its meeting on 14 June 2016, gave consideration to the operation and administration of the Trust Scheme and scale of awards. The committee approved the establishment of the following the scale of awards: - • Individual applications submitted under Categories 21 Travel Scholarships; 22 Travel Grant; 23 Research Scholarship; 26 Sport Facilities and 29 Promoting Education in the Visual Arts and Music will be considered for awards not exceeding £750. • Awards for Group/Club applications would not exceed levels submitted under the following categories 24 Support of Club - £1500; 26 Sports Facilities - £1000; 28 Executive Summary This report provides the Lanarkshire Educational Trust (LET) with an update on applications to the Lanarkshire Educational Trust Scheme together with recommendations for the distribution of the Trust income for the application rounds which closed on 15 August 2023. Recommendations It is recommended that the Lanarkshire Educational Trust: (1) Approve the LET award decisions set out in appendix 1 The Plan for North Lanarkshire Priority Support all children and young people to realise their full potential Ambition statement (10) Engage with children, young people, parents, carers, and families to help all children and young people reach their full potential Item 3 Page 7 of 14
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Adult Education - £1500; 29 Promoting Education in the Visual Arts and Music - £1500. • Awards for Educational Establishment applications will not exceed levels submitted under the following Categories: 25 Special Equipment and 26 Sport Facilities - £1000 and 29 Promoting Education in the Visual Arts Music and Drama - £1500. • That, where individuals who seek financial assistance to participate in educational activities arranged by their schools, applications would be considered under the provision of Category 27 Educational Experiments. In so doing the undernoted scale of maximum awards relative to the number of individuals was approved as follows: - 0-15 individuals £5,000 16-29 individuals £10,000 30+ individuals £15,000 2. Report 2.1 Lanarkshire Educational Trust – Applications 15 August 2023 2.2 Appendix 1 sets out the applications received as at the 15 August 2023 deadline. Committee is asked to consider the recommendations detailed in appendix 1 and note the refusal reasons where appropriate. 3. Measures of success 3.1 Direct funding to support participants to achieve potential 4. Supporting documentation 4.1 Appendix - Applications received for consideration as at 15 August 2023. Stephen Penman Chief Officer Strategic Communication & Engagement Page 8 of 14
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5. Impacts 5.1 Public Sector Equality Duty and Fairer Scotland Duty Does the report contain information that has an impact as a result of the Public Sector Equality Duty and/or Fairer Scotland Duty? Yes ☐ No ☒ If Yes, please provide a brief summary of the impact? If Yes, has an assessment been carried out and published on the council’s website? https://www.northlanarkshire.gov.uk/your-community/equalities/equality- and-fairer-scotland-duty-impact-assessments Yes ☐ No ☐ 5.2 Financial impact Does the report contain any financial impacts? Yes ☒ No ☐ If Yes, have all relevant financial impacts been discussed and agreed with Finance? Yes ☒ No ☐ If Yes, please provide a brief summary of the impact? Impact on the LET fund as set out in Appendix 1 5.3 HR policy impact Does the report contain any HR policy or procedure impacts? Yes ☐ No ☒ If Yes, have all relevant HR impacts been discussed and agreed with People Resources? Yes ☐ No ☐ If Yes, please provide a brief summary of the impact? 5.4 Legal impact Does the report contain any legal impacts (such as general legal matters, statutory considerations (including employment law considerations), or new legislation)? Yes ☐ No ☒ If Yes, have all relevant legal impacts been discussed and agreed with Legal and Democratic? Yes ☐ No ☐ If Yes, please provide a brief summary of the impact? 5.5 Data protection impact Does the report / project / practice contain or involve the processing of personal data? Yes ☒ No ☐ If Yes, is the processing of this personal data likely to result in a high risk to the data subject? Yes ☐ No ☒ If Yes, has a Data Protection Impact Assessment (DPIA) been carried out and e- mailed to dataprotection@northlan.gov.uk Yes ☐ No ☐ 5.6 Technology / Digital impact Does the report contain information that has an impact on either technology, digital transformation, service redesign / business change processes, data management, or connectivity / broadband / Wi-Fi? Yes ☐ No ☒ Page 9 of 14
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If Yes, please provide a brief summary of the impact? Where the impact identifies a requirement for significant technology change, has an assessment been carried out (or is scheduled to be carried out) by the Enterprise Architecture Governance Group (EAGG)? Yes ☐ No ☐ 5.7 Environmental / Carbon impact Does the report / project / practice contain information that has an impact on any environmental or carbon matters? Yes ☐ No ☒ If Yes, please provide a brief summary of the impact? 5.8 Communications impact Does the report contain any information that has an impact on the council’s communications activities? Yes ☐ No ☒ If Yes, please provide a brief summary of the impact? 5.9 Risk impact Is there a risk impact? Yes ☐ No ☒ If Yes, please provide a brief summary of the key risks and potential impacts, highlighting where the risk(s) are assessed and recorded (e.g. Corporate or Service or Project Risk Registers), and how they are managed? 5.10 Armed Forces Covenant Duty Does the report require to take due regard of the Armed Forces Covenant Duty (i.e. does it relate to healthcare, housing, or education services for in-Service or ex- Service personnel, or their families, or widow(er)s)? Yes ☐ No ☒ If Yes, please provide a brief summary of the provision which has been made to ensure there has been appropriate consideration of the particular needs of the Armed Forces community to make sure that they do not face disadvantage compared to other citizens in the provision of public services. 5.11 Children’s rights and wellbeing impact Does the report contain any information regarding any council activity, service delivery, policy, or plan that has an impact on children and young people up to the age of 18, or on a specific group of these? Yes ☐ No ☒ If Yes, please provide a brief summary of the impact and the provision that has been made to ensure there has been appropriate consideration of the relevant Articles from the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC). If Yes, has a Children’s Rights and Wellbeing Impact Assessment (CRWIA) been carried out? Yes ☐ No ☐ Page 10 of 14
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Lanarkshire Educational Trust Scheme – 2023 New Applications for Consideration received by 15 August 2023 REF Area Category Purpose of Application Costs Previous Application Amount Requested Recommendation 23/24 IN/1 EC Glasgow 26 Western Wildcats Hockey Club/Scotland u21s Scotland Team - Amateur athlete at youth international level £1,950.00 N/A £750 Continue - Evidence/supporting information required 23/24 IN/2 JC North Lanarkshire 21/22/23 SCQF:6 - New College Lanarkshire Coatbridge Campus - Access to social services £810.00 N/A £750 No Award - Reason D ineligible purpose - does not meet criteria 23/24 IN/3 ST North Lanarkshire 21 Master of Occupational Therapy - Queen Margaret University - Fee costs £2,420.50 N/A £750 No Award - Reason D ineligible purpose - does not meet criteria 23/24 IN/4 ZW South Lanarkshire 29 RCS Junior Conservatoire (Music) - Royal Conservatoire Scotland Sept 2022 - June 2023 £3,270.00 Sept 21 £440 £750 Award £750 23/24 IN/6 NM South Lanarkshire 26 Term 3 & 4 Year 2 Swimming - Glasgow School of Sport £1,800.00 Nov 2022 £750 £750 Award £750 23/24 IN/7 CE North Lanarkshire 29 Junior Conservatoire (Musical Theatre) - Royal Conservatoire of Scotland £2,100.00 Nov 2022 £750 £750 Award £750 23/24 IN/8 EA Glasgow 26 Swimming - Glasgow School of Sport - Travel Costs £488.00 N/A £488 Award £488 23/24 IN/9 JS North Lanarkshire 26 Judo - Judo Scotland Sportif Judo £3960.00 2021 - £750 £750 Award £750 23/24 IN/10 HM Glasgow 26 Glasgow School of Sport - Hockey Programme - Bellahouston Academy £668.00 2022/2023 - £635 £668 Award £688 Page 11 of 14
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REF Area Category Purpose of Application Costs Previous Application Amount Requested Recommendation 23/24 IN/11 RM Glasgow 26 Glasgow School of Sport - Hockey Programme - Bellahousten Academy £668.00 2022/2023 - £635 £668 Award £688 23/24 IN/12 LL North Lanarkshire 26 Acrobatic gymnastics - British Championship £932.00 N/A £800 Award £750 23/24 IN/13 JM North Lanarkshire 29 Masters in Playwright Theatre - University of Edinburgh £15,450.00 N/A £750 Award £750 23/24 IN/14 AC North Lanarkshire 26 Flag Youth GB European Championship - BAFA Flag £700.00 N/A £700 Award £700 23/24 IN/15 RN South Lanarkshire 26 Hamilton Gymnastics Club - Scottish Gymnastics - PPP - London Open - Scottish Open - Training £798.84 2022 - £750 £750 Award £750 23/24 ORG/16 CA North Lanarkshire 24 Scottish Youth Football Association - Equipment costs to purchase training kits etc and other costs to support boys to pay fees £1500.00 N/A £1500 No Award - Reason D ineligible purpose - does not meet criteria 23/24 IN/17 NT North Lanarkshire 23 MSc Forensic Sciences - University of Strathclyde - Post Graduate Course £11,500.00 N/A £750 Award £750 Page 12 of 14
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Appendix 1 Lanarkshire Educational Trust Scheme – 2023 New Applications for Consideration received by 15 August 2023 REF Area Category Purpose of Application Costs Previous Application Amount Requested Recommendation 23/24 IN/1 EC Glasgow 26 Western Wildcats Hockey Club/Scotland u21s Scotland Team - Amateur athlete at youth international level £1,950.00 N/A £750 Continue - Evidence/supporting information required 23/24 IN/2 JC North Lanarkshire 21/22/23 SCQF:6 - New College Lanarkshire Coatbridge Campus - Access to social services £810.00 N/A £750 No Award - Reason D ineligible purpose - does not meet criteria 23/24 IN/3 ST North Lanarkshire 21 Master of Occupational Therapy - Queen Margaret University - Fee costs £2,420.50 N/A £750 No Award - Reason D ineligible purpose - does not meet criteria 23/24 IN/4 ZW South Lanarkshire 29 RCS Junior Conservatoire (Music) - Royal Conservatoire Scotland Sept 2022 - June 2023 £3,270.00 Sept 21 £440 £750 Award £750 23/24 IN/6 NM South Lanarkshire 26 Term 3 & 4 Year 2 Swimming - Glasgow School of Sport £1,800.00 Nov 2022 £750 £750 Award £750 23/24 IN/7 CE North Lanarkshire 29 Junior Conservatoire (Musical Theatre) - Royal Conservatoire of Scotland £2,100.00 Nov 2022 £750 £750 Award £750 23/24 IN/8 EA Glasgow 26 Swimming - Glasgow School of Sport - Travel Costs £488.00 N/A £488 Award £488 23/24 IN/9 JS North Lanarkshire 26 Judo - Judo Scotland Sportif Judo £3960.00 2021 - £750 £750 Award £750 Page 13 of 14
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Appendix 1 REF Area Category Purpose of Application Costs Previous Application Amount Requested Recommendation 23/24 IN/10 HM Glasgow 26 Glasgow School of Sport - Hockey Programme - Bellahouston Academy £668.00 2022/2023 - £635 £668 Award £688 23/24 IN/11 RM Glasgow 26 Glasgow School of Sport - Hockey Programme - Bellahousten Academy £668.00 2022/2023 - £635 £668 Award £688 23/24 IN/12 LL North Lanarkshire 26 Acrobatic gymnastics - British Championship £932.00 N/A £800 Award £750 23/24 IN/13 JM North Lanarkshire 29 Masters in Playwright Theatre - University of Edinburgh £15,450.00 N/A £750 Award £750 23/24 IN/14 AC North Lanarkshire 26 Flag Youth GB European Championship - BAFA Flag £700.00 N/A £700 Award £700 23/24 IN/15 RN South Lanarkshire 26 Hamilton Gymnastics Club - Scottish Gymnastics - PPP - London Open - Scottish Open - Training £798.84 2022 - £750 £750 Award £750 23/24 ORG/16 CA North Lanarkshire 24 Scottish Youth Football Association - Equipment costs to purchase training kits etc and other costs to support boys to pay fees £1500.00 N/A £1500 No Award - Reason D ineligible purpose - does not meet criteria 23/24 IN/17 NT North Lanarkshire 23 MSc Forensic Sciences - University of Strathclyde - Post Graduate Course £11,500.00 N/A £750 Award £750 Page 14 of 14