Applications For Financial Assistance
Perth and Kinross Council · 28 September 2022
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PERTH AND KINROSS COUNCIL Crieff Common Good Fund Committee 28 September 2022 APPLICATIONS FOR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE Report by Head of Cultural and Community Services (Report No 22/238) 1. PURPOSE 1.1 The report asks Crieff Common Good Fund Committee to consider 1 application for financial assistance. 2. RECOMMENDATION 2.1 It is recommended that Council: • considers 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 Grants • 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 Crieff Common Good Fund.
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4.4 The proposed 2022/23 Budget for the Crieff Common Good Fund is included within the 2021/22 & 2022/23 Financial Statements report which will be considered at this meeting. A summary of the proposed Financial Assistance budget, committed grant funding, and the budget remaining, is provided below: 2022/23 proposed Financial Assistance Budget £1,500 Value of grants paid and committed Nil Remaining Financial Assistance Budget £1,500 Value of funding requested and under consideration £500 5. PROPOSALS – SMALL GRANTS Sonic Bothy 5.1 An application has been received from Sonic Bothy seeking a grant towards their Sonic Bothy Crieff Open Sessions project, which focusses on supporting people with lifelong Additional Learning Support Needs (ALSN), physical disabilities and neurodiversity to take part in creating, playing and composing original music. It is an 8-week experimental music project which will explore relationships between traditional instruments and found objects. The project involves an introduction to percussion instruments, and a trip to Remake Scotland (a community reuse charity based in Crieff) to identify ‘found objects’ that can be brought back into workshop sessions to explore the similarities and differences in sound between percussion instruments and found objects. Participants will compose new music in line with their preferred style of playing. In week 7, the music will be recorded, mastered, and shared with participants. Week 8 will be reserved for evaluation (receiving feedback from participants on their experience of the project). The project will expand the type of projects that people with additional learning and support needs have the opportunity to be involved in. 5.2 A total of 8 people from the Common Good Fund area will benefit from this project as workshop participants. Sessions are small to ensure the access needs of all participants are met. Sessions are designed to empower and build the confidence of participants, as well as encourage friendships and new connections, and create a sense of achievement from creating a group recording. Many participants do not communicate verbally, may be hearing impaired or have other sensory or motor impairments. Staff are experienced in working with different needs and tailor the sessions accordingly. 5.3 The project has been developed with Strathearn Arts, Remake Scotland, disability organisation Strathearn Building Bridges and social prescribers from Perth and Kinross Council. The project will bring new arts opportunities for a population group who are currently underserved – Strathearn Arts does not currently programme activities for learning disabled people.
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5.4 The total cost of the project is £6,340, of which £3,290 has been secured through in-kind donations and other funding (listed below). The group have applied for a total of £2,550 from other funding sources which remains pending. A breakdown of the costs has been provided below. The applicant has not received grant funding from the Common Good Fund in the last three years. Specific items Basis of Costing Amount Transport Train travel Glasgow – Gleneagles £28 per journey x 2 musicians x 8 weekly + £32 accessible taxis £480 Artist fees 2 x musician facilitators @ £110 per session x 8 + set up meetings/prep. And additional accessibility costs e.g. large print fonts, accessible instruments, headphones, specific accessibility chairs etc. £3,170 Fees Project Management, office costs, accessible administration and access coordination/set up £1,998 Accommodation / Room Hire Strathearn Arts room @ £12 per hour x 2 hours x 8 weeks £192 Sound edit + purchase accessible instruments/ materials Sound edit prepare track + create CD/ MP3 £200. Accessible instruments/ materials £250. Found objects £50. £500 Total proposed expenditure £6,340 In kind support from Strathearn Arts, Sonic Bothy, Remake Scotland. £1,050 Funding from Strathearn & Strathallan Local Action Partnership (secured) £2,240 Funding from Gannochy Trust (pending subject to matching the funds) £2,000 Creative Scotland (pending) £550 Funding requested £500 Consideration 5.5 The Committee is asked to consider the request in the report 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.
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Authors Name Designation Contact Details Lee Haxton Lisa Davison Community Planning Team Leader Community Planning Officer (01738) 475000 ComCommitteeReports@pkc.gov.uk Approved Name Designation Date Barbara Renton Executive Director (Communities) 7 September 2022 APPENDICES • None
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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 objectives of developing educated, responsible and informed citizens and the outcome of people are ready for life and work. 2. Resource Implications Financial 2.1 The Head of Finance has been consulted and has indicated agreement with the proposals. The recommendations contained within this report will be funded from the 2022/23 Financial Assistance budget. Workforce 2.2 Not applicable.
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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 Head of Finance and the Head of Legal and Governance have been consulted.
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External 4.2 Not applicable. 5. Communication 5.1 Not applicable. 6. BACKGROUND PAPERS 6.1 None.