32 groups share over £70k
OVER 30 Inverclyde community and sports groups have been awarded a share of more than £70,000 by the council.
The local authority has approved the final round of funding from its Grants to Voluntary Organisations (GTVO) and Under-19s funds for the 2020/21 financial year.
A total of 32 groups, including sports teams, drama clubs and music bands, have secured a share of £70,665 across both pots.
It takes Inverclyde Council’s GTVO and U19s funding to just under £300k in the last year alone.
Among the 28 groups sharing just over £66k from the GTVO fund are: Inverclyde Family Contact Centre, which received £5k towards Covid-19 cleaning, personal protective equipment (PPE) and overheads; the Inverclyde branch of Victim Support Scotland, which has been awarded £3,500 to support rental, admin and volunteer costs; and Riverside Youth Band, which is being given £2,200 to help with online video production, tutoring and competition charges.
Four grants worth a total of £4,648 have been awarded to Clydeside Athletic FC, Greenock Morton Hockey Club, Inverclyde Amateur Swimming Club and Port Glasgow Junior Community Sports Club for a variety of pitch hire fees and additional covid-related costs.
Councillor Graeme Brooks, chair of Inverclyde Council’s grants sub-committee, said: “We have a wealth of community and voluntary groups across Inverclyde delivering important activities and events to people of all ages.
“Many of them have been badly affected by the coronavirus pandemic so it’s important we do all we can to support them through these difficult times and help them prepare for getting back on their feet once it’s safe to do so.
“This latest round of grants will do just that and we can all look forward to better times ahead in the not too distant future.”
Full list of grants:
|
|
Category |
Applicant |
Details |
Requested |
Awarded |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1 |
Arts Group |
Greenock Light Opera Club |
Support towards show costs – income affected by Covid
|
£3,000.00 |
£1,000.00 Conditional |
|
2 |
Arts Group |
Kilmacolm Art Class |
Hire of premises for classes and exhibitions and tutor costs |
£900.00 |
£500.00 |
|
3 |
Arts Group |
RIG Arts |
Covid H&S - screen dividers, temperature readers and signage |
£1,096.18 |
£1,096.18 |
|
4 |
Arts Group |
Riverside Youth Band
|
Online video production, online tutors, solo competition adjudicator, rehearsal tutor costs |
£2,200.00 |
£2,200.00 |
|
5 |
Bowling Club |
Fort Matilda Bowling Club |
Support towards greens upkeep and running costs while income affected by Covid |
£4,500.00 |
£1,000.00 |
|
6 |
Bowling Club |
Gourock Bowling Club |
Funding for deep clean of premises for Covid hygiene |
£2,000.00 |
£2,000.00 |
|
7 |
Bowling Club |
Gourock Park Bowling Club |
Support towards Covid hygiene, operational costs and greens upkeep while income affected by pandemic |
£4,591.00 |
£3,000.00 |
|
8 |
Bowling Club |
Rankin Park Bowling Club |
Support for greens upkeep and running costs while income affected by Covid |
7,357.94
|
£2,000.00 |
|
9 |
Bowling Club |
Victoria Bowling Club |
Support towards greens upkeep and running costs |
£2,500.00 |
£2,500.00 |
|
10 |
Bowling Club |
Wellington Park Bowling Club |
Support for ongoing greens upkeep and general running costs while income affected by Covid |
£6,500.00 |
£2,000.00 |
|
11 |
Care Group |
Friends4Ever |
Support towards rent, PPE and resources |
£2,000.00 |
£1,000.00 |
|
12 |
Care Group |
Inverclyde Family Contact Centre |
Support towards overhead costs and PPE/hygiene costs |
£10,000.00 |
£5,000.00 |
|
13 |
Community Group |
Auchmountain Community Resource Centre |
Funding for laptops and frozen food for community freezer |
£5,000.00 |
Reject |
|
14 |
Community Group |
Belville Community Garden Trust |
Weekly food supplements for local households, PPE for staff/volunteers, cleaning equipment/equipment hire |
£2,600.00 |
£600.00 Conditional |
|
15 |
Community Group |
Gibshill Community Centre |
Support towards loss of income
|
£5,000.00 |
Reject |
|
16 |
Community Group |
Golden Oak Restoration Ltd |
Support to commence employability programme for the community (social enterprise)
|
4,610.00
|
£1,100.00 Conditional |
|
17 |
Community Group |
Inverclyde Naval Club
|
Support towards Armistice event, dominoes competition, bingo and Christmas event |
4,000.00
|
Defer |
|
18 |
National/ Regional Organisation |
Victim Support Scotland |
Support towards rental, admin and volunteering costs |
£4,500.00 |
£3,500.00 |
|
19 |
Older People |
St Marys Episcopal Church (Heartland Circle) |
Community transport for Heartland Circle, dementia group; materials for flower arranging class and Covid PPE |
£2,000.00 |
£2,000.00 |
|
20 |
Sports Group |
Fort Matilda Bridge Club
|
Support towards running costs due to lost income from pandemic and Covid H&S costs |
£7,000.00 |
£2,000.00 |
|
21 |
Sports Club |
Fort Matilda Tennis Club |
Contribution towards resurfacing of courts which can no longer be repaired. |
£12,000.00 |
£10,000.00 |
|
22 |
Sports Group |
Gourock Golf Club
|
New lighting for pathway at side of clubhouse making it easier for all ages/abilities to access building |
£1,856.00
|
£900.00 |
|
23 |
Sports Group |
Greenock Cricket Club
|
Funding for air curtain heaters which will allow them to use more floor space for changing areas, meetings, etc. Also automatic sanitiser stations/supplies |
£828.98
|
£828.98
|
|
24 |
Sports Group |
Greenock Wanderers
|
Support towards repairs/maintenance of building needing attention - pandemic has reduced their ability to generate income |
£20,000.00
|
£5,000.00 Conditional |
|
25 |
Sports Group |
Port Glasgow Junior Football Club |
Pitch hire for 2021 and Covid PPE/signage
|
£11,186.00
|
£2,300.00 |
|
26 |
Sports Group |
Port Glasgow Victoria Boxing Club |
Roof repairs, ladies changing area/toilet, rebuild of storage, renew section of flooring and renovate entrance hall |
£10,100.00
|
£2,300.00 Conditional |
|
27 |
Uniformed Organisation |
32nd Greenock & District Scout Group |
Heating & lighting, minibus costs/fuel for food distribution, purchase of table tops and Covid signage |
£1,250.00
|
Reject |
|
28 |
Uniformed Organisation |
49F Greenock Squadron Air Training Corps |
Support towards running costs for squadron minibus - no fundraising possible due to pandemic |
£1,500.00 |
£1,000.00 |
|
29 |
Uniformed Organisation |
Girl Guiding Greenock Division |
Funding towards online kits which will allow guiding to continue in a digital form, Covid PPE for restarting and promotional campaign |
£15,000.00 |
£2,500.00 Conditional |
|
30 |
Uniformed Organisation |
Greenock & District Scout Council |
Funding to support preparations to ensure Everton is Covid ready - new drying area; replacement of wooden bunkbeds and mattresses and repair to roof leak at outside toilets |
£3,692.00
|
£3,692.00
|
|
31 |
Voluntary Group |
Lyle Gateway
|
Hotplate to meet enhanced hygiene requirements, Covid adaptation costs and lost income |
£2,928.00
|
£2,000.00
|
|
32 |
Voluntary Group |
Port Glasgow Voluntary Trans-Port Group |
Support towards salaries, running costs, clothing and PPE
|
£29,329.00
|
Reject |
GTVO - Deferred from Round 1, 2020/21
|
|
Category |
Applicant |
Details |
Requested |
Awarded |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
33 |
Community Group |
Gourock Garden Party |
Hire of equipment/entertainment costs
|
£3,400.00 |
£3,000.00 Conditional |
|
34 |
Uniformed Organisation |
1st Gourock Scout Group |
Support for outdoor activity equipment including paddleboards and grass sledges |
£5,300.00 |
Defer |
|
Total Requested |
£199,725.10 |
|
Total Awarded |
£66,017.16 |
Under 19’s Sports Applications Round 2
|
|
Applicant |
Details |
Requested |
Awarded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1 |
Clydeside Athletic FC |
Support towards pitch hire
|
£973.00 |
£973.00 |
|
2 |
Greenock Morton Hockey Club |
Pitch hire costs and membership costs
|
£1,600.00 |
£1,000.00 |
|
3 |
Inverclyde Amateur Swimming Club
|
Purchase of additional rechargeable batteries/replacement bulbs for floodlights; Covid PPE; registration fees for Covid officers |
£2,175.24
|
£1,075.24 Conditional
|
|
4 |
Port Glasgow Juniors Community Sports Club |
Support towards hand sanitiser, wipes for equipment, printer ink for registers and training plans and minibus operational costs – income impacted due to pandemic |
£3,600.00
|
£1,600.00 Conditional |
|
Total Requested |
£8,348.24 |
|
Total Awarded |
£4,648.24 |