Agenda and minutes
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Welcome and Introductions Minutes: Councillor Fullarton welcomed attendees to the Meeting and explained that the Meeting had been convened to address funding applications that had been due to be presented at the cancelled Meeting of the Area Partnership on 2 December 2021. The Meeting had been cancelled due to the impact of Storm Arwen. |
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Build Back a Better Borders Recovery Fund PDF 508 KB Consider application for funding:
(a) Connect Berwickshire Youth Project (copy attached.)
Photos of BBBB funded projects: BBBB Fund Awards 2021/22 | Flickr
Minutes: 2.1 The Locality Development Coordinator, Ms Jardine, presented a summary of the application received for the Build Back a Better Borders Recovery Fund:
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Connect Berwickshire Youth Project 2.3 Ms
Jardine added that the approach of Connect Berwickshire Youth
Project was to provide flexibility for families and young people in
the Coldstream area so where they could afford to pay they would do
so but there was discretion for those who could not afford to
pay. Ms Gillie of Connect Berwickshire
Youth Project advised that the application would support school
children that had missed the transition experience of progressing
from primary school to secondary school. Furthermore, an after school club was to be
delivered where parents that could pay for children to participate
would be expected to pay; however families that could not afford
the service would have opportunities for free participation, and
this was part of the funding from BAVs.
Responding to a question from Councillor Laing, Mr Brims advised
that work had been undertaken to get funding from other mainstream
sources including Children in Need and that they were aware of the
need for a sustainability plan. DECISION AGREED to award Connect Youth Berwickshire Project the sum of £13,581, subject to the following condition that the applicant must follow Scottish Government Covid-19 guidance. |
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Consider funding recommendations from the Berwickshire Assessment Panel for:
(a) Duns Players, (b) Eyemouth & District Community Trust.
(Copy attached.) Minutes: 1.1
There had been circulated copies of the Minute of
the Berwickshire Community Fund Assessment Panel. Keith Dickinson, Chair of the panel presented the
Minute and explained the process of the Community Fund. 1.2
Two applications had been received for the
Berwickshire Assessment Fund. Duns
Players had submitted an application for £5,000 to deliver
Duns Play Fest in 2022. Duns Players
had established in 2019 and had proved to have been
successful. Duns Players’
ambition and track record for attracting participants were
recognised by the Panel. The Panel also
anticipated that the project would attract visitors from within and
out-with Berwickshire and that past evidence from annual reports
had shown Duns Players managed resources well. The panel recommended that Duns Players be awarded
£5,000 with the note that the Group should not rely on the
Community Fund for repeat funding. 1.3
An application for £4,480 had been received
from Eyemouth and District Community Trust (EDCT) for a Fund
Finder. The Panel found that the
application was unclear and the aims and impact of the Fund Finder
had not been adequately expressed. The
aims seemed to conflate with the role of the Community Development
Manager. The panel were supportive of
the principle but could not support the application as it had been
submitted. Detail the Panel felt may
have been needed included the role distinction from the Community
Development Manager, how the role would be recruited for and the
scope of the role. The Panel suggested
that EDCT should seek support in order to submit a revised
application to the Community Fund which would be welcomed by the
Panel. 1.4
The Locality Development Coordinator advised the
Meeting of funds remaining in the Community Fund and the Build Back
a Better Borders Recovery Fund. Just
under £40,000 was remaining in the Community Fund and
approximately £44,000 was remaining in the Build Back a
Better Borders Recovery Fund. It was
advised that Rachel Parker, member of the Community Fund Panel, was
to work with the Locality Development Coordinator on promotion of
the Community Fund to encourage more applications. 1.5 Councillor Greenwell raised that the Community Fund Panel enquired about limiting the word limit on applications for the Community Fund. Mr Dickinson advised that the Panel found that applications that were lengthy tended to complicate their bid unnecessarily and there was agreement in the Panel that 500 words would be appropriate for the applications. The criteria of the Community Fund was not recommended to be amended.
AGREED to: (a) Note the Minute of the Meeting of the Berwickshire Community Fund Panel held on 11 November 2021. (b) Approve the recommendations of the Panel to: (i) Fund Duns Players £5,000 with the note that they should not rely on repeat funding from the Community Fund; and, (ii) Not to approve the current funding application from Eyemouth and District Community Trust but that the Trust seek support to re-write and re-submit their application (c) To approve applying a 500 word limit on applications for the ... view the full minutes text for item 3. |
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Date of Next Meeting Minutes: The Locality Development Coordinator advised that the remaining scheduled meetings of the Berwickshire Area Partnership were 3 February 2022 and 3 March 2022. It was felt that the meetings were scheduled too close to each other and cognisant of the cancelled meeting of the Berwickshire Area Partnership on 2 December 2021, it was suggested that the next meeting should be brought forward to Thursday 27 January 2022.
DECISION AGREED to reschedule the 3 February 2022 Meeting of the Berwickshire Area Partnership to 27 January 2022.
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