Clydebank Pride in Place Board Papers 28 November 2025
West Dunbartonshire Council · 28 November 2025
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OFFICIAL Clydebank Pride in Place Board Friday 28 November 2025 9.30am Clydebank Housing Association Agenda: Lead 1. Welcome by Chair Liz Connolly 2. Apologies Brian McColgan 3. Previous minutes and actions All 4. Regeneration Plan update a. Next steps towards delivery of 4-year investment plan b. Additional Information to be provided as part of submission e.g. Programme Risk Register, Fraud Risk Register, etc. Davina Lavery 5. Marketing and communications Sandie Scott 6. Recruitment of project resource Alan Douglas/ Liz Connolly 7. Finance - update on financial report and use of capacity funding Liz Connolly 8. Any Other Business MHLCG Visit 4 December 2025 Additional representation on Board – Salvation Army & WD Leisure Trust Learning opportunity - WD Leisure Trust offer to give an overview on how their Board operate Network for Neighbourhoods Digital Platform West Dunbartonshire Heritage Month – May 2026: call for people to organise events Liz Connolly/ Davina Lavery 9. Date and time of next meetings 30 January 2026
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1 Clydebank Pride in Place Board Meeting 28 November 2025 Clydebank Housing Association Item 3: Note of previous meeting Clydebank Pride in Place Board 31 October 2025 9.30am Boardroom, Clydebank Housing Association Members Attending Liz Connolly Chair Fiona McInnes Chief Executive, Clydebank Co-op Society Selina Ross West Dunbartonshire CVS June Todd Community Activist Lawrence O’Neill WDC Elected Member Anne Campbell Principal & Chief Executive, West College Scotland Marie McNair Member of Scottish Parliament Douglas McAllister Member of Parliament Reverend Ishaku Ajibauka Clydebank Churches Together Louise Ewing Dunbartonshire Chamber of Commerce Jackie Maceira Shopmobility Andrew Forrester Clyde Shopping Centre Laurence Slavin Chief Officer Resources, WDC Gail MacFarlane Chief Officer, Roads & Neighbourhoods, WDC Apologies Peter Hessett Chief Executive, WDC Alan Douglas Chief Officer Regulatory & Regeneration, WDC Rebecca Ross Member of Scottish Youth Parliament Sandie Scott Golden Jubilee Hospital Clare Steel Elected Member, WDC Other attendees Michelle Lynn Asset Manager, WDC Lucy McGovern Working4U Development Officer, WDC Colin Smith Your Community Team Leader, WDC Stephen Brooks Fleet & Working4U Manager, WDC Alan Karas Communities Project Worker, WDC
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2 Colin Smith Your Community Team Leader, WDC Davina Lavery Regeneration Officer, WDC Brian McColgan Business Support Officer, WDC Kevin Murray Associates 1. Welcome by Chair Action Liz Connolly (LC) welcomed everyone to the meeting, especially Stephen Brooks, and Lucy McGovern of WDC. 2, Apologies Apologies were noted from Alan Douglas, Peter Hessett, Rebecca Ross, Sandie Scott and Councillor Clare Steel. 3. Previous Minutes and Actions The note of the previous meeting was agreed as accurate. Liz Connolly (LC) reminded all members to return completed Declarations of Interest to Alan Douglas (AD) and asked Brian McColgan to send a reminder to Board members to do so. Progress refresh of costs study around public transport infrastructure – procurement process underway. LC and AD to progress project management resource role and recruitment – further discussion required to finalise role LC to progress representation of Housing sector – LC has engaged with Lynette Lees, do interested parties identified as yet. Consider uses for capacity building funding – covered under agenda. Progress engagement with Salvation Army – meeting arranged. BMcC/All/AD GM AD/LC LC DL 4 Regeneration Plan – Agreement on Projects Kevin Murray (KM) of Kevin Murray Associates gave an update on the current position of the Regeneration Plan, what is required to finalise the plan and key activities going forward with the Plan. Issues raised included The need to finalise the plan for submission by closing date. Reviewing the Vision Reviewing proposed projects Delivery of the projects The importance of tracking delivery of the projects KMA
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3 Complying with the UK Government portal for submission of the Plan The need to review the original costings (consultants Turner & Townsend have been engaged to do this) The importance of how the Plan connects with the UK Government Pride in Place themes The importance of the “traffic lighting” of projects The importance of the Board not assuming responsibility for delivery of everything in the Plan, e.g. transport issues The possibility of introducing “meanwhile” activities to gain wins while longer term projects take shape. KM introduced David Boyle (DB) of the Glasgow City Region Intelligence Hub. DB outlined the role of the Hub and discussed the importance of ongoing monitoring of the work of the Borad and the delivery of Projects. Monitoring should be looked at in three stages: 1. Outputs, the deliverables e.g. Public Realm improvements 2. Outcomes – follow on benefits from the interventions, e.g. jobs created 3. Monitoring & Evaluation – demonstrating that the funding has been used well Methods involved should be both quantitative and qualitative Gail Macfarlane asked if there is a baseline in place for monitoring the impact of the Plan. DB said a baseline could be established. LC acknowledged the importance of establishing a baseline. The Board was then divided into groups to discuss, finalise and prioritise the current proposed interventions. The groups feedback will be used by KMA to inform the final version of the Plans. Discussion followed the group work. Key points raised included: Focus on delivering quickly Do less but do it better Focus on achieving Pride in Place Minimise disruption during any works, e.g. current Kilbowie Road traffic situation Think about what it will look like in 10 years’ time Too many small projects will not result in a meaningful legacy Manage expectations, concentrate what can be delivered. Can meanwhile uses be piloted and linked to bigger interventions? Listen to what we were told in the engagement/consultation exercises Make the revenue and capital funding work together KMA
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4 Draw on the expertise of existing partners/organisations, e.g. Local Employability Partnership, Community Learning, CVS Its not just about buildings, but what these buildings are used for and how they are resourced Avoid duplication of effort, e.g. potential funding from Department for Work and Pensions may address some of the issues raised by engagement/consultation exercises Other questions raised include: Is there contingency built into the costings? Yes. Can funds be carried forward? Yes but can’t spend future instalments of the funding LC thanked KM and invited Board members to submit any further feedback. 5 Community Engagement Update a. Schools engagement b. Wider community engagement LC introduced Lucy McGovern, (LM) WDC Working4U Development Officer. LM spoke to the consultation/engagement work in the form of pop-up and in-class events that was carried out with pupils from Clydebank High and St Peter the Apostle schools. The exercise used one simple question, i.e. “What would make Clydebank better?” 385 students were engaged. Key points raised by the engagement included: Improving community spirit Improving community safety Improving community cohesion More events, e.g. gala days, festivals Work & skills Volunteering Driving lessons Action on the “NEET” group, i.e. Not in Education, Employment or Training Action on health & wellbeing, e.g. issues around vaping Action on litter Issues around transport and access, e.g. bike lanes, transport to schools and college A definite interest in the work of the Board was expressed and a reminder sent that the young people are the adults of the future and should be involved and benefit from Pride in Place. LC thanked LM for her presentation
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5 6 Marketing and communications Sandie Scott (SS) was unable to attend the meeting. LC gave an update. Crafting Together have been developing material and these should be available for the next meeting. A website will be developed. LC asked that all Board members submit a short pen portrait for inclusion on the website. All/Comms Subgroup 7 Recruitment of Project Resource LC and AD continue to work on the role profile and to progress the role through WDC’s Job Evaluation process. LC/AD 8 Finance – Update on Financial Report LC noted there is little change to spend. Laurence Slavin (LS) suggested that the financial profile be amended to include profiled spend. 9 Any Other Business Proposal from Corra Foundation LC spoke to the proposal received from the Corra Foundation. This was a speculative proposal and had not been requested by the Board. LC thought that it didn’t add to the work planned by the Board. Davina Lavery (DL) said that she thought the Corra Foundation had probably submitted similar proposals to other Pride in Place Boards. Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) Visit 4 December 2025 Officials from the UK Government Ministry have requested a meeting and visit to Clydebank to include a walk round. They have another meeting scheduled the same morning. LC invited any other Board members to attend the visit. LC thanked all for their input to the meeting and the finalisation of the Plans and stressed the importance of getting the Plans as “tight & right” as possible. All
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6 DL highlighted that in addition to the Board approving the Plan the submitted plans would have to be signed off by Laurence Slavin (LS) as Chief Financial Officer for WDC. Board/LS 10 Dates of Next Meetings 28 November 2025, 30 January 2026 Agenda Item Action By Whom 3 All members to return completed Declarations of Interest to Alan Douglas (AD). Progress refresh of costs study around public transport infrastructure Progress project management resource role and recruitment Progress representation of Housing sector Progress engagement with Salvation Army All/AD GM LC/AD LC DL 9 Sign off Plan on submission Board/LS
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Clydebank Pride in Place Board 1 Clydebank Pride in Place Board Meeting 28 November 2025 Clydebank Housing Association Item 7: Pride in Place – financial update FOR INFORMATION ONLY X FOR DECISION Name of Committee Pride in Place Board Date of report 28/11/2025 Name and email of lead contact Magda Swider Magda.Swider@west-dunbarton.gov.uk 1 Main Issues £250,000 capacity funding was received to cover the 2023/24 and 2024/25 financial years. There was no spend in 2023/24. An additional £200,000 capacity funding was received for FY 2025/26, with another £150,000 expected in FY 2026/2027. The current breakdown of spending is shown below: FY 2024/25 Community grants funding £10,000 Consultancy fees for development of the Long- Term Plan and Community Engagement £86,939 Board meeting £130 Board meeting £170 Board meeting £130 Board meeting £170 ICT costs (Adobe license) £185 Contribution to WDC staff costs £60,000 FY 2025/26 Community grants funding & CVS fees £12,400 Board Workshop £3,216 Regeneration Plan preparation (KMA) £21,000 Total spend till end of November 2025 £194,340 The remaining amount of the current funding of £450,000 to be spent is £255,660.
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Clydebank Pride in Place Board 2 An allocation of £5,000 towards the updating of the Transport Interchange feasibility study was agreed at the Board meeting on 3 September. The actual costs will be reported when available. An allocation will be required to cover: additional resources to administer the funding i.e. Board secretariat (including legal, procurement and other support) approx. £30k; Programme Manager, amount tbc following job evaluation and recruitment process Website and other communication, marketing aspects Community and stakeholder engagement including running events and activities plus associated staff costs Community capacity building work Delivery funding Delivery funding will be released in FY 26/27; The table below shows the schedule of payments outlined in the government guidance. 2 Outline of any issues/risks and how these are being managed Timescales for release of the delivery funding. Delivery funding will be released FY 26/27, with only £360k of capital funding available in FY 26/27. The Board requires to prioritise how available funding for FY 25/26 and 26/27 will be spent. 3 Outline of the main outputs expected before next meeting An indication of how the available capacity funding will be spent. 4 What are the requirements of stakeholders to achieve the outcomes of this report?
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Clydebank Pride in Place Board 3 If possible, engage in the delivery process outside the Board meetings (e.g. through a working group) to identify and agree options for using the capacity funding. 5 Recommendations It is recommended that the Board notes the financial information and considers how the FY 25/26 and 26/27 capacity funding should be allocated.