More than 100 local organisations have been awarded a share of over £280,000
More than 100 local organisations have been awarded a share of over £280,000 from Inverclyde Council to support the work they do in the community.
A range of sporting, music, arts, community and voluntary groups applied to the council’s Community Grants Fund.
And 102 of them will receive a share of the £282,706 awarded to enable them to continue their good work across Inverclyde.
The money will pay for things like hall hire, running costs, staff and volunteer training, community events and sports kit for groups reaching all ages across the area.
Councillor Graeme Brooks, chair of the Inverclyde Council grants sub-committee, said: “Once again we are delighted to be able to support a wide range of groups doing such good work in the Inverclyde community.
“Everyone is well aware of the financial pressures facing local government but despite this, we have been able to support 102 groups, more than the 83 we supported in the last round.
“We received requests for more than £900,000 of funding so it’s a difficult task for myself and my colleagues on the grants sub-committee to make these decisions and I’d like to thank them once again for their support.
“I hope these awards give our community groups some much-needed financial support and will allow them to grow and develop the work they do for so many in our community."
Given the current financial restraints, the total budget available to councillors this year was reduced by 25 per cent. However councillors on the grants sub-committee agreed to fund more groups than before.
One of the recipients was Port Glasgow New Parish Church which received £1,500 towards the running costs of the church’s many community groups and clubs.
Sheena MacFarlane, one of the church’s three session clerks, said the funding would make a big difference to what they can offer the community through the church.
“We have got lots and lots of new groups which have started up in the last year.
“Our halls are more or less used every day with community groups. We have the Dove Café on Wednesday afternoons which is for people living with dementia and their carers, Walking Football on Fridays, a Walk and Talk group every second Saturday morning, the Tuesday Club for senior citizens and we’ve just started a playgroup on Thursday mornings.
“All the groups are completely free and we want to keep it that way to reach everyone who would benefit. We have great support from our church volunteers run them.
“This Community Grant helps towards our core costs so things like heating and lighting. We were delighted to get it.”
Crow Cottage Arts in Gourock received £6,000 which they will use to fund art classes with Clydeview Academy, Inverclyde Shed, amateur artists and members of the community for a programme called Inner Visions. It will culminate in an exhibition at St John’s Church in Gourock in November.
Louise Wylie from the gallery said: “We’re taking it right back to the beginning and we’re going to talk to people about how the church and stained glass are linked to each other. We’ll look at the role of stained glass in traditional settings and how modern-day spirituality connects to this.
“Thanks to the grant funding, we’re offering the courses for free and have had a great response, we filled the community workshop in two days.
“The money is important as we can buy materials for the courses and we’ll use the feedback and input from people in Inverclyde as a springboard to a wider, national conversation."
Money has been made available from the local authority’s new Community Grants Fund, which combines the former Grants to Voluntary Organisations (GTVO), Under-19s Sports and Community Hall Waivers funding pots.
For more information and to find out how to apply, visit www.inverclyde.gov.uk/communitygrants.
COMMUNITY GRANTS FUND 2023/24 – ROUND 1
Approved Awards
|
|
Category |
Applicant |
Details |
Requested |
Awarded |
|
1 |
Arts |
Brass Sounds Inverclyde |
Support towards replacing old equipment |
£3,199.00 |
£1,125.00 |
|
2 |
Arts |
Crow Cottage Arts |
Support towards core stock of equipment and resources for community classes |
£9,600.00 |
£6,000.00 Conditional |
|
3 |
Arts |
George Wyllie Foundation (The Wyllieum) |
Support towards 4-day education programme to explore art mediums then a community celebration day – October 2023 |
£9,890.57 |
Unsuccessful |
|
4 |
Arts |
Greenock Light Opera Club |
Support towards show costs for November 2023 |
£3,000.00 |
£750.00 |
|
5 |
Arts |
Greenock Players |
Support towards storage; rehearsal space and show production costs |
£10,000.00 |
£1,500.00 |
|
6 |
Arts |
Inverclyde Music Festival |
Support towards costs of Music Festival |
£18,315.00 |
£3,562.50 |
|
7 |
Arts |
Inverclyde Youth Theatre (Kayos) |
Support towards rehearsal space; storage; insurance; venue hire and sets and props hire |
£9,801.58 |
£1,500.00 Conditional |
|
8 |
Arts |
RIG Arts |
Support towards rent and utility costs |
£6,735.00 |
£3,000.00 |
|
9 |
Arts
|
Riverside Youth Band |
Support towards hall hire; running costs and Musical Director fees |
£6,980.00 |
£1,870.00 Conditional |
|
10 |
Bowling Club |
Ardgowan Club Bowling Section |
Support towards rates and energy costs and new picnic benches |
£10,000.00 |
£1,000.00 Conditional |
|
11 |
Bowling Club |
Fort Matilda Bowling Club |
Support towards path drainage; foundations for ladies changing room extension and replacement of bowling green surround banking |
£11,100.00 |
£2,250.00 Conditional |
|
12 |
Bowling Club |
Gourock Bowling Club |
Support towards running costs; lounge and lighting upgrade and new railings |
£17,000.00 |
£1,000.00 |
|
13 |
Bowling Club |
Gourock Park Bowling Club |
Support towards utility costs; greens and machinery maintenance and new obstacles for crazy golf course |
£5,015.00 |
£2,250.00 |
|
14 |
Bowling Club |
Grosvenor Bowling Club |
Support towards running costs and greens maintenance |
£6,000.00 |
£2,250.00 Conditional |
|
15 |
Bowling Club |
Hillend Bowling Club |
Support towards greens maintenance; utility costs and new radiators for the clubhouse |
£9,095.00 |
£2,250.00 |
|
16 |
Bowling Club |
Inverkip Bowling Club |
Funding for replacement of bowling green edging |
£5,200.00 |
£2,250.00 Conditional |
|
17 |
Bowling Club |
Lady Alice Bowling Club |
Support towards bowls for juniors and public; running costs; greens and lawnmower maintenance and upgrade of paths ahead of Greenock & District Finals next year |
£10,100.00 |
£2,250.00 |
|
18 |
Bowling Club |
Port Glasgow Bowling Club |
Support for heat/light costs and refurbishment of ladies’ toilets
|
£9,500.00 |
£2,250.00 |
|
19 |
Bowling Club |
Rankin Park Bowling Club |
Support towards running costs and outdoor seating and storage for around the bowling green |
£15,600.00 |
£2,250.00 Conditional |
|
20 |
Bowling Club |
Victoria Bowling Club |
Support towards greens maintenance and kitchen refurbishment |
£6,500.00 |
£1,000.00 |
|
21 |
Bowling Club |
Wellington Park Bowling Club |
Support towards greens maintenance; scoreboards/mats/jacks and marquee for Bowl Scotland national event to be held June 2024 |
£4,600.00 |
£2,750.00 Conditional |
|
22 |
Care |
Ardgowan Hospice |
Support towards eco-friendly environment and counselling/ physiotherapy and training for staff/volunteers |
£10,000.00 |
£1,500.00 Conditional |
|
23 |
Care |
Inverclyde Enable |
Support towards transport |
£3,000.00 |
£2,250.00 Conditional |
|
24 |
Care |
Inverclyde Faith in Throughcare |
Support towards the hire of premises/programme costs to allow for courses to support health and wellbeing and build resilience |
£10,000.00 |
£3,750.00 |
|
25 |
Care |
Inverclyde Family Contact Centre |
Support towards overhead costs and PPE equipment |
£10,000.00 |
£3,750.00 Conditional |
|
26 |
Care |
Inverclyde Voluntary Council of Social Service (IVCSS) |
Support towards running costs including vehicle insurance, repair and maintenance |
£10,000.00 |
£7,500.00 Conditional |
|
27 |
Care |
Man On! Inverclyde |
Support towards operational costs and pitch hire for football sessions |
£10,000.00 |
£3,750.00 Conditional |
|
28 |
Care |
Moving on Inverclyde |
Support towards structured health and wellbeing sessions |
£5,640.00 |
£2,250.00 Conditional |
|
29 |
Care |
Port Glasgow Voluntary Transport |
Support towards annual running costs |
£71,936.00 |
£7,500.00
|
|
30 |
Community |
Access Technology Scotland CIC |
Support towards building a digital community between ATS and Financial Fitness |
£9,600.00 |
£1,500.00 Conditional |
|
31 |
Community |
Auchmountain Glen Project |
Support towards hall rental and resources for new path and handrails throughout the glen |
£4,500.00 |
£1,500.00 Conditional |
|
32 |
Community |
Belville Community Gardens Trust |
Support towards increased running costs |
£10,000.00 |
£3,750.00 |
|
33 |
Community |
Caddlehill Allotment |
Support towards replacement of doors creating a door entry system and overhead canopies for each door |
£5,800.00 |
£1,500.00 |
|
34 |
Community |
Campaign to Save Inchgreen Dry Dock |
Support towards professional advice; website; admin costs and marketing |
£8,700.00 |
Unsuccessful |
|
35 |
Community |
Financial Fitness |
Support towards partnership programme with Access Technology Scotland on financial advice and digital training |
£9,252.00 |
£1,500.00 Conditional |
|
36 |
Community |
Gibshill Community Centre |
Support towards sporting sessions - equipment, sports coach and volunteer expenses |
£5,200.00 |
£2,250.00 |
|
37 |
Community |
Gourock Garden Party (Gourock Community Council) |
Support towards hosting the Gourock Garden Party 2024 |
£7,579.09 |
£2,250.00 Conditional |
|
38 |
Community |
Greenock South West Community Council |
Support towards Christmas lunch/treat for elderly and children in the community |
£3,600.00 |
£2,250.00 |
|
39 |
Community |
Greenock Torpedo Factory Club |
Support towards new boiler and Remembrance Sunday event |
£11,700.00 |
£1,700.00 Conditional |
|
40 |
Community |
Grieve Road Community Centre |
Support towards resources; food/refreshments for sessions; family fun sessions; resources for clothing bank and hall rental |
£10,000.00 |
£3,000.00 Conditional |
|
41 |
Community |
Inverclyde Across to Lourdes |
Support towards rental of charity shop for fundraising purposes |
£600.00 |
£450.00 |
|
42 |
Community |
Inverclyde Association for Mental Health |
Support towards running costs; gardening resources and admin/ marketing |
£10,000.00 |
£1,875.00 |
|
43 |
Community |
Inverclyde Christian Initiative |
Support for uniforms; resources; promotional materials and travel costs |
£5,923.00 |
Unsuccessful |
|
44 |
Community |
Inverclyde Muslim Centre |
Support towards youth work activities; community events and creating a refugee base |
£7,500.00 |
£1,875.00 Conditional |
|
45 |
Community |
Inverclyde Vineyard Church |
Support towards community events - Autumn 23, Easter/Summer 24 |
£5,989.00 |
£1,125.00 Conditional |
|
46 |
Community |
Kidron Project |
Support towards coaches for community courses; resources; venue hire and marketing |
£10,000.00 |
£1,500.00 |
|
47 |
Community |
Legal Services Agency Ltd |
Support for repair to ceiling at Greenock office |
£816.00 |
Unsuccessful |
|
48 |
Community |
Lyle Gateway |
Support towards purchase of catering equipment and folding tables following increase in demand on services |
£4,000.00 |
£3,000.00 |
|
49 |
Community |
Parklea Association Branching Out |
Support towards delivering 'Community Inclusion' programme - community dance, digital inclusion, multi-sport and growing and learning together |
£25,350.00 |
£3,750.00 Conditional |
|
50 |
Community |
Port Glasgow New Parish Church |
Support towards running costs; training and resources for community groups |
£6,074.00 |
£1,500.00 |
|
51 |
Community |
Port Glasgow United Reformed Church - Church Angels Project (Foodbank) |
Support towards purchase of food items for emergency foodbank |
£9,600.00 |
£3,000.00 |
|
52 |
Community |
St Johns Church, Gourock |
Support towards 2 week event celebrating Gourock Artists through lens of arts and spirituality |
£9,891.00 |
£800.00 |
|
53 |
Community |
The Celtic FC Supporters Club |
Support towards new heating/air conditioning system |
£10,000.00 |
£2,250.00 Conditional |
|
54 |
Community |
The Whisky Chairmen Ltd |
Support towards insurance and community project resources |
£9,761.93 |
Unsuccessful |
|
55 |
Community |
Trade Rights International CIC |
Support towards rental costs and the creation/resourcing of a training space |
£9,805.99 |
£1,125.00 |
|
56 |
Community |
Wemyss Bay Community Association |
Support towards utility costs |
£6,000.00 |
£3,000.00 |
|
57 |
National/ Regional Organisation |
Home Start Inverclyde |
Support towards rental of Greenock base and training/resources for a range of planned programmes |
£9,965.00 |
£2,812.50 Conditional |
|
58 |
National/ Regional Organisation |
Parkinsons Inverclyde Support Group |
Support towards transport costs |
£490.00 |
£490.00 |
|
59 |
National/ Regional Organisation |
Victim Support Inverclyde |
Support towards overhead costs for local office |
£5,000.00 |
£3,000.00 |
|
60 |
Older People
|
Greenock IBM Retirees |
Support for hall hire; events and outings |
£4,150.00 |
Unsuccessful |
|
61 |
Older People
|
Silverline Dancers |
Support for hall hire |
£800.00 |
£600.00 |
|
62 |
Older People
|
St Marys Episcopal Church (Heartland Circle) |
Community transport for Heartland Circle, dementia group; materials for flower arranging class and music therapy |
£2,000.00 |
£1,500.00 Conditional |
|
63 |
Older People
|
The Tuesday Club |
Support towards outings, coach hire and Christmas gifts |
£2,000.00 |
£750.00 |
|
64 |
Older People
|
WISHES Group (Women’s Initiative for Social Health & Educational Skills) |
Support towards hall hire; resources and events |
£2,000.00 |
£750.00 Conditional |
|
65 |
Older People
|
WOOPI Singers |
Support towards hall rental and transport costs |
£500.00 |
£375.00 Conditional |
|
66 |
Sport
|
AR26 Charity |
Community programme offering free football to all. Weeknight football and camps for 6-14 years |
£6,017.50 |
£2,830.00 Conditional |
|
67 |
Sport
|
Ardgowan Thistle Football Club |
Support towards pitch hire |
£10,000.00 |
£4,500.00 |
|
68 |
Sport
|
BOUNCE Basketball Inverclyde |
Support towards hall hire |
£1,976.00 |
£1,482.00 Conditional |
|
69 |
Sport
|
Clyde Netball |
Support towards strips and hall hire for training and matches |
£11,874.58 |
£3,750.00 |
|
70 |
Sport
|
Gourock Golf Club |
Support to replace windows at rear of clubhouse, age of current windows is allowing water ingress resulting in damage to certain areas |
£4,625.00 |
Unsuccessful |
|
71 |
Sport
|
Greenock & District Rifle Club |
Support towards insulation to reduce energy costs and concrete flooring to meet hygiene standards |
£9,000.00 |
£1,500.00 |
|
72 |
Sport
|
Greenock & District Welfare Football League |
Support towards pitch hire for league games |
£8,400.00 |
£3,750.00 |
|
73 |
Sport
|
Greenock Boxing Club |
Support towards new equipment and 50% of lease costs for new premises |
£9,380.00 |
£4,875.00 |
|
74 |
Sport
|
Greenock Cricket Club |
Support towards school coaching; hire of hall for training and equipment/line marking to allow MUGA to be used by senior netball team |
£2,261.00 |
£1,695.75 Conditional |
|
75 |
Sport
|
Greenock Glenpark Harriers |
Support towards track hire |
£8,062.00 |
£3,750.00 |
|
76 |
Sport
|
Greenock Golf Club |
Support towards cost of felling diseased larch trees following Scottish Plant Health Notice |
£10,000.00 |
Unsuccessful |
|
77 |
Sport
|
Greenock Juniors FC |
Support towards pitch hire |
£10,000.00 |
£3,000.00 Conditional |
|
78 |
Sport
|
Greenock Wanderers |
Support towards pitch hire for training and games for all age groups and male and female teams |
£10,000.00 |
£3,750.00 Conditional |
|
79 |
Sport
|
Inverclyde Amateur Football Club |
Support towards pitch hire |
£9,910.50 |
£3,750.00 Conditional |
|
80 |
Sport
|
Inverclyde Amateur Swimming Club |
Support towards pool hire costs |
£9,906.56 |
£7,429.92 Conditional |
|
81 |
Sport
|
Inverclyde American Community Football Club |
Support towards uniforms; equipment and pitch hire |
£11,000.00 |
£3,000.00 Conditional |
|
82 |
Sport
|
Inverclyde Athletics Club |
Support towards stadium costs for training, development camps and competitions |
£10,000.00 |
£7,500.00 Conditional |
|
83 |
Sport
|
Inverclyde Cricket Club |
Support towards insurance; equipment; travel and training/park hire |
£2,560.00 |
£1,920.00 |
|
84 |
Sport
|
Inverclyde Sport Council |
Support for clubs/individuals; coach education grants and child protection courses |
£6,500.00 |
£1,500.00 Conditional |
|
85
|
Sport
|
Morton in the Community |
Support towards training pitch hire |
£9,977.92 |
£7,483.44 |
|
86 |
Sport
|
Newark Angling Club |
Funding to allow for subsidised travel for elderly & juniors |
£1,500.00 |
£600.00 |
|
87 |
Sport
|
Ocean Youth Trust Scotland |
Support towards cost of replacing the windlass to Alba Venturer |
£1,500.00 |
£1,125.00 |
|
88 |
Sport
|
Paisley & District Schools Football Association |
Support towards league running costs - pitch hire, laundry, transport, medals and strips |
£1,835.00 |
£900.00 |
|
89 |
Sport |
Port Glasgow Boat Club |
Support towards rental costs; repair to slipway/rails/grating and refurbishment of toilets |
£16,568.00 |
£2,000.00 Conditional |
|
90 |
Sport
|
Port Glasgow Boys Club |
Support towards weatherproof kits for whole club; training courses and hire of facilities for training/matches |
£40,443.39 |
£7,500.00 Conditional |
|
91 |
Sport |
Port Glasgow Junior Football Club |
Support towards hire of pitches for training and match days |
£10,960.00 |
£3,000.00 |
|
92 |
Sport
|
Port Glasgow Juniors Community Sports Club |
Support towards hire of facilities for all teams |
£10,000.00 |
£7,500.00 Conditional |
|
93 |
Sport |
Port Glasgow Victoria Boxing Club |
Support towards running costs and training for coaches with Boxing Scotland |
£9,380.00 |
£3,000.00 |
|
94 |
Sport
|
St Andrews Boys Club |
Support towards hire of facilities for training and match days |
£10,000.00 |
£7,500.00 |
|
95 |
Sport |
Team United |
Support towards development of existing/new activities for young people in Inverclyde with autism |
£8,215.00 |
£3,000.00 Conditional |
|
96 |
Uniformed Organisation |
10th Greenock & District Scout Group |
Support towards hire of St Columba's HS |
£1,440.00 |
£1,080.00 |
|
97 |
Uniformed Organisation |
32nd Greenock & District Scouts |
Support towards running costs for Bank St premises |
£4,000.00 |
£3,000.00 Conditional |
|
98 |
Uniformed Organisation |
47th/97th Greenock & District Scout Group |
Support towards hire of Newark PS |
£1,190.00 |
£892.50 |
|
99 |
Uniformed Organisation |
73rd Greenock & District Scout Group |
Support towards hire of All Saints PS |
£1,400.00 |
£1,050.00 |
|
100 |
Uniformed Organisation |
85th Greenock & District Scout Group |
Support towards hire of Inverkip and Wemyss Bay PS |
£3,360.00 |
£1,282.50 |
|
101 |
Uniformed Organisation |
Girl Guiding Greenock Division |
Support towards annual membership fees; hosting of the Renfrewshire County Thinking Day celebration and hire of facilities for Units meeting |
£21,000.00 |
£8,500.00 |
|
102 |
Uniformed Organisation |
Greenock & District Scout Council |
Support towards running costs for Everton and HQ buildings |
£10,000.00 |
£5,000.00 |
|
103 |
Uniformed Organisation |
Greenock & District Sea Cadet Corps |
Support towards annual running costs |
£10,000.00 |
£3,750.00 |
|
104 |
Uniformed Organisation |
Inverclyde & District Battalion The Boys Brigade |
Support towards annual running costs and hall hire |
£8,100.00 |
£6,850.00 Conditional |
|
105 |
Voluntary |
Children in Poverty Inverclyde |
Support towards holiday breaks for families unemployed or working poverty |
£7,746.00 |
£3,750.00 |
|
106 |
Voluntary |
World Walking |
Support towards server hosting costs, database backup |
£2,900.00 |
£2,175.00 |
|
107 |
Youth |
Friends4ever |
Support towards hall hire - Westburn Parish Church; pantomime tickets and summer programme for 2024 |
£9,297.00 |
£3,750.00 Conditional |
|
108 |
Youth |
Inverclyde Youth for Christ |
Support towards core running costs |
£2,036.00 |
£1,125.00 Conditional |
|
109 |
Youth |
Youth Connections |
Support towards Connect Youth Club for young people living with autism |
£4,500.00 |
£3,375.00 |
|
110 |
Community |
Park Farm Tenants and Residents Association |
Support for visit to pantomime |
£2,445.00 |
£1,500.00 |
|
Total Requested |
£923,220.61 |
|
Total Awarded |
£282,706.11 |