Agenda item

Tweeddale assessment Panel to present funding recommendations for the following NSF applications;

·         Peebles Orchestra

·         Cardrona Village Association 

·         St Ronans Silver Band

·         St Ronans Wells Garden Volunteers

·         Peebles Bowling Club

·         Food HUGS

·         Upper Tweed Community Enterprise Ltd

·         Walkerburn and District Community Council

·         Nomad Beat

·         Sustainable West Linton and District

·         Clubsport Tweeddale

·         Carlops Community Garden Group

·         Linton Hotspur Community Football Club

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Peebles Orchestra planned to perform a concert of Mendelssohn's oratorio "Elijah", which combines the orchestra with a choir, and four solo singers. The application was for the fees of the four professional soloists. There was a question of the wider community benefit as it was a paid event.

DECISION:

AGREED not to fund.

7.2       Cardrona Village Association  £2300

The Cardrona Village Hall suffered from high levels of noise and echo owing to the hard surfaces, vast space and high ceiling. In conjunction with a sound engineer the group had identified a short-term project to cover the windows and doors, as well as some of the walls with theatrical curtain to improve sound dampening. The Association were advised to apply to the Peeblesshire Village Hall Association for funding and a list of specialist companies was to be compiled. 

DECISION:

AGREED not to fund.

7.3       St Ronans Silver Band £1800

The ClassBrass project was designed to give up to twenty children the opportunity to learn to play a brass instrument in a supportive, progressive and highly motivational environment.

DECISION:

AGREED to fund.

7.5       St Ronans Wells Garden Volunteers £3771

The application was to fund the refurbishment of 150 square metres of paths at St Ronans Wells Garden. The eroded paths were in a poor state of repair having deteriorated over many years and were potentially unsafe. The group had been looking to undertake this work for a while and it would encourage more people to use garden.

DECISION:

AGREED to fund.

7.6       Peebles Bowling Club £7500

The application was to fund an extension of the Clubhouse facilities of the Bowling Club i.e. Locker Room changing facilities; new toilets incorporating disabled access; new lounge for social interaction of teams and members; new kitchen facilities to provide refreshment for visiting teams and social events for members.  An application had been made to Sport Scotland for the bulk of the costs.

DECISION:

AGREED not to fund.

7.7       Food Hugs £1520

Food HUGS 12 month pilot project requested funds for equipment and room hire (£650) plus £1040 for additional weekly food items so that the Food HUGS team could prepare and cook from scratch 20 portions of healthy meals suitable for reheating. These meals were to be distributed every Wednesday via the Sharing Shed (accessed by anyone in need, free of charge). This was a cost of living application and as such the group was to be linked in with the existing food network to access other more appropriate funding sources.

DECISION:

AGREED not to fund.

7.8       Upper Tweed Community Enterprise Ltd £6577.06

            Planning permission had been secured to extend Broughton Village Store. While works were to be carried out to the shop it was to trade from the Village Hall Cottage (summer 2023 to spring/summer 2024). The application was for funds towards the costs of preparing the Cottage for use as a shop (flooring and shelving).  The group were to be encouraged to liaise with local Men’s Sheds and to claim back VAT where possible.

DECISION:

AGREED to fund.

7.9       Walkerburn and District CC £4960

Funding was sought for room hire and cleaning costs to assist the Walkerburn Public Hall Trust and the Cyrenians in the establishment of a Community Pantry in April leading on to the start-up of a Community cookery and friendship group linked to the Pantry. The Panel recommended borrowing high pressure cleaning equipment form Newlands rather than fund the £800 cleaning cost.

DECISION:

AGREED to fund £4160.

7.10     Nomad Beat £3841.20

Councillor Tatler declared an interest and did not take part in further discussion.

Mind the Music! was a free-to-attend group that employed the therapeutic benefits of social music-making to enhance the lives of adults (18+) in the local community with mental health issues. It comprised of weekly 1-hour group music making sessions which were followed by a 15 to 20 minute mindfulness and relaxation session and an informal period of socialising (refreshments and snacks were provided free-of-charge by Nomad Beat). 

            DECISION:

AGREED to fund.

7.11     Sustainable West Linton and District £2702

            Councillor Begg declared an interest and did not take part in further discussion.

The application was for funds to create seating areas at Roamers Wood, a newly planted community woodland of 5.3 ha and the installation of information posts that illustrated a tree alphabet and identification of trees and plants associated with herbal medicines, witchcraft, and traditional medicines.  Further development of the project was required before funding could be considered.

DECISION:

AGREED not to fund.

7.12     Clubsport Tweeddale £1000

            Councillor Tatler declared an interest.  The group had secured funding elsewhere meanwhile and an award was no longer being sought.

7.13     Carlops Community Garden Group £1048

‘Cultivate and Create’ Phase 2 requested funds to provide a secure storage shed and hand tools, wheelbarrows, watering cans, buckets and protective netting for those who used the community garden and did not have their own resources. Phase 1 feedback and photographs had been provided to Hannah Lacon.

DECISION:

AGREED to fund

7.14     Linton Hotspur Community Football Club £7500

The application was to help fund the acquisition, transport, site preparation and enabling works for two modular units being acquired by Linton Hotspur FC to facilitate expansion of existing changing and welfare facilities.  Planning permission was still outstanding.

DECISION:

AGREED to fund subject to planning permission