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Re: ERC spin at its finest? 4 years, 11 months ago #7

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Published Barrhead News On Line -

5th April
By Pippa Smith Reporter

Power to the people: Communities seize chance to award council cash

A PROJECT which gave communities the power to decide which worthy causes in their area should benefit from council cash has been hailed as “a shining success.”

Events were held in Barrhead, Thornliebank and Neilston as part of East Renfrewshire Council’s Participatory Budgeting initiative.

Community groups, voluntary projects and non-profit organisations had the opportunity to bid for a share of a £100,000 cash pot and present the projects that would be supported if they were successful.

Local residents were then asked to cast their votes for different bidders.

The group with the highest number of votes at each event received the funding amount they had bid for, the group with the second highest number of votes was then provided with funding, with this continuing until all of the cash was accounted for.

A total of 28 groups were successful at the Barrhead and Auchenback event.

The top awards of £2,000 each went to

Counselling for Children and Young People,
Barrhead Boxing Club,
Levern Valley Defibrillator Community Partnership,
Dunterlie Foodshare,
Back to School Bank East Renfrewshire,
Weigh in Weigh less,
Auchenback Active Limited,
Barrhead Men’s Shed,
Include Me 2 Club,
Tuesday Friendship Club,
Dunterlie Exercise Club,
1st Barrhead Boys Brigade,
Waterworks Voluntary Group and
East Renfrewshire ASN Parent Action Group.

There were also grants for

the Golden Age Group (£1,802),
Barrhead Youth Football Club (£1,460),
Dunterlie Baby and Toddler Group (£1,950),
Incahootz (£1,922),
Barrhead Netball BBN (£1,481),
1st Barrhead Scout Group (£600),
ARC Baby and Toddler Group (£1,600),
Auchenback Walking Group (£1,000),
St Mark’s Primary Parenting Partnership (£1,990),
Tight Lines Fishing (£1,950),
Dunterlie Holiday Activities Partnership (£1,560),
Darnley Brae (£1,820), Levern Camera Club (£1,113) and
Barrhead Artists (£1,752).

At the Thornliebank event, 12 groups received funding, with awards of £2,500 being made to

Thornliebank Flute Band,
Woodfarm Education Centre,
Thornliebank Bowling Club,
Thornliebank History Club,
Back to Schoolbank East Renfrewshire and
the OLM Parent Council and Staff Association.

There were also grants for

Glenwood Family Centre Parent Committee (£2,456),
the 144th Glasgow Guide Company (£2,350),
Thornliebank Seniors Group (£1,716),
Thornliebank Fishing Club (£1,716),
Our Lady of the Mission Primary (£1,500) and
the 94th Glasgow Beavers (£260).

Seven groups were successful at the Neilston event, with

the 1st Neilston Cub Scouts,
Neilston Wasps and
Neilston War Memorial Association
each banking £5,000.

There were also awards for

the Neilston Learning Campus Group (£4,452),
Include Me 2 Club (£4,248),
Neilston Community Fun Day (£1,000) and
Neilston Parish Church (£300).

Councillor Colm Merrick, community services and community safety convener, said: “It was wonderful to see so many local groups and residents turn out for the voting events.

It’s so important they are given the opportunity to decide how their budget is spent.”

Re: ERC spin at its finest? 4 years, 11 months ago #8

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Courtesy PB Scotland

Barrhead sees 900 people have their say through PB - Event report
April 01, 2019

Barrhead Housing Association have deep roots in the town south west of Glasgow and go beyond being a provider of housing. Their mission is to be ‘At the heart of the community’. On Saturday 2nd March they achieved that in spades as they welcomed over 900 people to their participatory budgeting Community Voting event.

Building on a successful event in the previous year, this was an opportunity for the community of Barrhead to have a direct say in how £48,000 of Scottish Government Community Choices funding should be best invested in the community.

Re: ERC spin at its finest? 4 years, 11 months ago #9

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