Appendix 1 - Community Investment Fund 2023-24 and Participatory Budgeting 2023-24
Perth and Kinross Council · 21 June 2023
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APPENDIX 1 Community Investment Fund 2023/24 Purpose – to support community-led projects which improve quality of life and deliver against PKC Corporate Plan priorities. Funding Allocation Figures for the three Perth City wards are provided on the basis of them being disaggregated as outlined in paragraph 5.3. If the three wards remain as a combined pot the total funding available for Perth City would be £136,090.23. Ward Initial Funding Population Per Capita Top-Up 2022/23 Underspend Total Funding 1 – Carse of Gowrie £16,667 9,893 £12,993 £8,002.70 £37,662.70 2 – Strathmore £16,667 15,360 £20,153 £17,087.24 £53,907.24 3 – Blairgowrie & The Glens £16,667 11,278 £14,805 - £31,472.00 4 – Highland £16,667 9,217 £12,340 - £29,007.00 5 – Strathtay £16,667 12,841 £16,850 - £33,517.00 6 – Strathearn £16,667 10,899 £14,300 - £30,967.00 7 – Strathallan £16,667 11,967 £15,705 £18,278.47 £50,650.47 8 – Kinross-shire £16,667 14,630 £19,195 - £35,862.00 9 – Almond & Earn £16,667 9,495 £12,875 - £29,542.00 10 – Perth City South £16,667 15,835 £20,775 £8,436.41 £45,878.41 11 – Perth City North £16,667 12,317 £16,170 £8,436.41 £41,273.41 12 – Perth City Centre £16,667 18,178 £23,835 £8,436.41 £48,938.41 TOTALS £200,004 151,910 £199,996 £68,677.64 £468,677.64 Indicative Timescale • Wednesday 21 June: Report on proposals for CIF 23/24 and LAP PB and Cost of Living Community Fund is taken to Housing and Social Wellbeing Committee. • w/c Monday 26 June: CIF opens for applications, similar to that which has been used in previous rounds of CIF. Each application is checked and registered to ensure eligibility. Ward Panel meeting dates are confirmed. • Friday 18 August: close for applications. Information is filed and uploaded onto an internal database, Ward Panel membership is finalised. Link to paperwork for Ward Panels is shared.
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• w/c Monday 28 August: Ward Panels meet and decisions on funding are taken. Panels to complete their business by Friday 6 October (end of school term) • w/c Monday 23 October: applicants informed of outcomes and payments are made to successful applicants Participatory Budgeting 2023/24 Purpose – to support community-led projects which deliver against local climate change priorities as set out in Community Action Plans and PKC Climate Action Plan. Funding Allocation Local Action Partnership Population Proportion of Funding Underspend Total Funding PB Budget (80%) Core Budget (20%) Eastern Perthshire 36,531 £47,850 £100.22 £47,950.22 £38,360.18 £9,590.04 Highland 9,217 £12,075 £12,504.91 £24,579.91 £19,663.93 £4,915.98 Strathtay 12,841 £16,820 £34,570 £51,390.00 £41,112.00 £10,278.00 Strathearn & Strathallan 22,866 £29,950 £2,195.39 £32,145.39 £25,716.31 £6,429.08 Kinross-shire 14,630 £19,165 £15,664.81 £34,829.81 £27,863.85 £6,965.96 Almond & Earn 9,495 £12,440 £17,434.53 £29,874.53 £23,899.62 £5,974.91 Perth City 46,330 £61,700 £699.70 £62,399.70 £49,919.76 £12,479.94 TOTALS 151,910 £200,000 £83,169.56 £283,169.56 £226,535.65 £56,633.91
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Timescale • Wednesday 21 June: Report on proposals for CIF 23/24 and LAP PB is taken to Housing and Social Wellbeing Committee. • September / October: Council officers work with Development Trusts and other relevant bodies to develop project ideas. • w/c Monday 30 October: open for applications. Applicants are asked to submit their proposal in writing, but other media also encouraged including video, audio and photographs to bring their ideas to life. Each application is checked and registered, with LAPs agreeing which projects go to public vote. • w/c Monday 4 December: close for applications. Information on each application is loaded onto a specific webpage where residents can check the projects for the ward in which they live (based on their postcode). • w/c Monday 15 January: Voting will open on the webpage. Residents vote for the projects in their ward, based on their postcode. Each voter is limited to three votes each. Council officers are asked to encourage voting when dealing with customers and some staff supplied with tablets to go to public events and spaces to encourage residents to vote • w/c Monday 26 February – public events are held in each Local Action Partnership locality, as a final opportunity for projects to make their case and encourage voters to support their application. At the end of the event, each attendee is given three votes to use. These are added to the digital totals and those projects which receive the most votes, up to the maximum funding available, are awarded the funding.