Applications for Financial Assistance
Perth and Kinross Council · 25 November 2024
Back to Auchterarder Common Good Fund Committee — 25 November 2024 and its agenda
Text extracted from the council's PDF. Layout and reading order may differ from the original.
Page 1
Auchterarder Common Good Fund Committee 25 November 2024 APPLICATIONS FOR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE Report by Strategic Lead - Housing & Communities (Report No. 24/328) 1. PURPOSE 1.1 The report asks Auchterarder Common Good Committee to consider one small grant applications for financial assistance. 2. RECOMMENDATIONS 2.1 It is recommended that the Committee: • Consider the application and agree any financial assistance to be awarded. 3. STRUCTURE OF REPORT 3.1 This report is structured over the following sections: • Section 4: Background / Main Issues • Section 5: Proposals: Small Grant • Section 6: Conclusion 4. BACKGROUND / MAIN ISSUES 4.1 Perth and Kinross Council owns land and property which forms part of the Common Good of the former burghs in Perth and Kinross and has a statutory duty in terms of section 15 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 to administer this land and property “having regard to the interests of the inhabitants” of those former burghs. This duty also applies to the administration of the associated Common Good Funds. 4.2 The Common Good Funds have traditionally demonstrated their support to local residents and organisations by distributing grants. These grant awards allow individuals and local organisations to carry out a wide range of community-based activities. 4.3 Applications to Common Good Funds vary across the different former burghs of Perth and Kinross. This report is for the Auchterarder Common Good Fund.
Page 2
4.4 A summary of the projected surplus, committed grant funding, and the surplus remaining, is provided below: 5. PROPOSALS – SMALL GRANTS Strathearn Art for Experience (SAFE) Auchterarder 5.1 SAFE Auchterarder are requesting a grant of £2,500 to fund their Create a Tea Towel project. 5.2 The SAFE art group started in 2024 with the support of its sister group in Crieff. It is a creative group, run by its members who have lived experience of poor mental health. Members of the group have conditions including stress and anxiety, bi-polar, and ADHD. The group provide an opportunity to pop in for a tea/coffee and a chat and to bring an art or craft piece to work on, or to try something new with the group. 5.3 As a new group, SAFE Auchterarder would like to carry out an activity that will be a fun project for those in the group, and hopefully advertise the group to new members. Following in the footsteps of the successful SAFE Crieff project, they would like to create a tea towel that highlights elements of Auchterarder, some of which even those who have lived in the town for decades don’t know about. Members will investigate and learn about Auchterarder and will compile a list with the help of Auchterarder’s Historical Society, then take photographs to use to create art pieces. Art pieces will then be collated and printed on a tea towel. The finished tea towels, complete with a label explaining about the group will be on sale in various shops in Auchterarder. Shops will take some commission from the sale, and the other profits will go towards funding the expansion of the SAFE Auchterarder group. 5.4 Currently there are three active members of the group from the Auchterarder Common Good area, but it is hoped that as a result of this project many more people from the Common Good area will join the group and benefit. 2024/25 Budget £20,000 Value of grants paid and committed £7,560 Remaining Financial Assistance Budget £12,440 Value of funding requested and under consideration £2,500
Page 3
5.5 Costs of the project are detailed below: Specific items Basis of Costing Amount Art materials Derwent Intense Pencils 36, x4 = £272.02 Sketchbooks x6, brushes, pens sets x2 £482.57 Art tuition Art tutor fees £612.5 Printing and delivery of tea towels 500 tea towels at cost of £3.40 each, plus £10 per box (2 boxes) delivery, plus VAT £2,064 Total proposed expenditure £3,159.07 Contribution from group £659.07 Funding Requested from Auchterarder Common Good Fund £2,500 Consideration 5.6 Committee is asked to consider the request and determine the level of any grant to be awarded. 6. CONCLUSION 6.1 The Committee is asked to consider the application and agree any financial assistance to be awarded.
Page 4
Authors Name Designation Contact Details Sarah Kimmet David Stoke Community Empowerment Officer Service Manager Communities 01738 475000 EPLCommitteeReports@pkc.gov.uk Approved Name Designation Date Elaine Ritchie Strategic Lead Housing and Communities 24 October 2024 APPENDICES • None
Page 5
ANNEX 1. IMPLICATIONS, ASSESSMENTS, CONSULTATION, AND COMMUNICATION Strategic Implications Yes / None Community Plan / Single Outcome Agreement Yes Corporate Plan Yes Resource Implications Financial Yes Workforce None Asset Management (land, property, IST) None Assessments Equality Impact Assessment None Strategic Environmental Assessment None Sustainability (community, economic, environmental) None Legal and Governance None Risk None Consultation Internal Yes External None Communication Communications Plan None 1. Strategic Implications Community Plan 1.1 The proposals will contribute to the Community Plan’s aim of safe, healthy and inclusive communities and the outcome of communities will have improved quality of life. Corporate Plan 1.2 The proposals will contribute to the Corporate Plan’s priorities of tackling poverty and supporting and promoting physical and mental wellbeing. 2. Resource Implications Financial 2.1 The Strategic Lead, Finance & Business Support has been consulted and has indicated agreement with the proposals. The recommendations contained within this report will be funded from the 2024/25 Financial Assistance budget. Workforce 2.2 Not applicable.
Page 6
Asset Management (land, property, IT) 2.3 Not applicable. 3. Assessments Equality Impact Assessment 3.1 Under the Equality Act 2010, the Council is required to eliminate discrimination, advance equality of opportunity, and foster good relations between equality groups. Carrying out Equality Impact Assessments for plans and policies allows the Council to demonstrate that it is meeting these duties. 3.2 This section should reflect that the proposals have been considered under the Corporate Equalities Impact Assessment process (EqIA) with the following outcome: Assessed as not relevant for the purposes of EqIA. Strategic Environmental Assessment 3.3 The Environmental Assessment (Scotland) Act 2005 places a duty on the Council to identify and assess the environmental consequences of its proposals. 3.4 However, no action is required as the Act does not apply to the matters presented in this report. This is because the Committee are requested to note the contents of the report only and the Committee are not being requested to approve, adopt or agree to an action or to set the framework for future decisions. Sustainability 3.5 Not applicable. Legal and Governance 3.6 Not applicable. Risk 3.7 Not applicable. 4. Consultation Internal 4.1 The Strategic Lead, Finance and Business Support and the Strategic Lead, Legal and Governance have been consulted.
Page 7
External 4.2 Not applicable. 5. Communication 5.1 Not applicable. 2. BACKGROUND PAPERS 2.1 None.