COMMUNITY Groups Share £260,000 From CouncilNEARLY 70 community groups have been given a financial boost worth more than £260,000 from Inverclyde Council.
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.
Just under £263,000 will be shared among a total of 68 groups to support a wide range of sporting, musical, cultural, religious and voluntary activities across Inverclyde.
Funding was approved by councillors on the council’s grants sub-committee.
— Scroll down for full list of awards
Bowling clubs, youth sports teams, dance schools, arts groups, community centres and Scouts and Guide units are among those benefiting.
Organisations will use the money towards a variety of things like running costs, maintenance work, building upgrades and investment in new equipment.
Councillor Graeme Brooks, chair of the sub-committee, said: “We have such an array of incredible community groups across Inverclyde playing an important role in promoting and providing access to sports, the arts, transport and support services.
“I’m delighted that we’ve been able to help so many, varied organisations. I hope the support from the Community Grants Fund will assist these groups, and the small army of staff and volunteers who run them, to continue providing opportunities and delivering important services to people the length and breadth of Inverclyde.”
Other organisations such as Inverclyde Voluntary Council of Social Services (ICVSS) and Port Glasgow Trans-Port groups, which provide mini-buses to help individuals get about, have also received funding.
Charities and support groups including Inverclyde Family Contact Centre, Moving On, Victim Support, Turning Point, Parklea Branching Out and Inverclyde to Lourdes were also successful in applying for funding.
Full list of grants:
Arts
Greenock Burns Club — £2,000 to raise awareness of the club’s archives and to mark the bicentenary of Burnsian Colin Rae Brown by restoring the memorial at Old West Kirk.
Inverclyde Pipes and Drums — £2,500 towards replacement of band equipment; new jackets/waistcoats and the hire of premises for indoor practice sessions.
Inverclyde Youth Theatre — £1,500 towards rehearsal space and freelance costs for member-led actor/ musician production.
Prominence Academy of Performing Arts — £3,000 towards performing arts/music classes for children/adults with special needs; training of staff and running costs; hall rental.
RIG Arts — £2,500 for improvements to newly-renovated facilities and assistance with yearly overhead costs.
Riverside Youth Band — £3,000 towards move to new rehearsal venue, purchase of musical instruments, plus resources/tutors for Rookies programme.
Bowling Clubs
Ardgowan — £2,000 towards greens upkeep and overheads.
Gourock — £4,000 for greens upkeep, new radiators/toilet facilities and upgrade to bar area.
Grosvenor — £2,000 towards purchase of new lawnmower.
Inverkip — £2,000 for greens upkeep.
Lady Alice — £4,000 towards coaches for the junior section; new lawnmower; new bowls to meet regulations; greens maintenance; covid deep clean; and air conditioning unit for cellar.
Rankin Park — £3,000 towards running costs and new outdoor seating/viewing area.
Wellington Park — £3,000 towards greens maintenance; changing facilities upgrade and disabled ramp.
Care
Inverclyde Council of Social Service (IVCSS) — £10,000 towards running costs including vehicle insurance, repair and maintenance.
Inverclyde Faith in Throughcare — £5,000 towards overheads and personal protection equipment.
Moving On Inverclyde — £3,000 for structured art workshops aimed at tackling loneliness and social isolation. (Funding for local artist, operating costs and end-of-project exhibition.)
Turning Point Scotland (Inverclyde Services) — £3,000 towards a community garden at Neil Street allowing vulnerable adults to participate in meaningful activities; initially gardening, leading on to cooking. Costs include shed, greenhouse, equipment, water feature and travel for volunteer gardener.
Community
Auchmountain Glen Project — £1,500 support towards hall rental.
Caddlehill Allotment — £3,000 support towards improved security/CCTV costs; replacement of chairs lost in fire; new back door and improved kitchen facilities.
Colourful Kilmacolm — £500 for planters, plants and bulbs and hire of hall.
Cowdenknowes Residents’ Association — £200 for meeting room hire and admin costs.
Gibshill Community Centre –– £4,000 towards computers/tablets, projector and screen equipment for community use.
Inverclyde Community Fund — £750 for first aid service at Inverclyde STRIDE event plus Chamber of Commerce membership.
Inverclyde Naval Club — £2,000 towards Armistice Day event, dominoes competition, bingo and Christmas event.
Inverclyde to Lourdes Group — £450 towards rental of charity shop.
Inverkip Community Initiative — £3,000 towards development of cycling project (bikes, maintenance, instructor).
Kilmacolm Horticultural Society — £500 for a projector for lectures.
Lyle Gateway — £2,000 towards licence fee for use of premises at Lyle Kirk (linked to National Lottery bid for building of community garden).
Parklea Branching Out — £5,000 for development of covered walkway and entrance porch for community growing spaces and outdoor activities.
Prospecthill Christian Fellowship/ Street Connect — £3,000 towards exercise classes for Street Connect participants; resources; storage, refreshments.
Youth Connections — £3,000 for arts-focused workshops, working with partners and engaging the wider community.
National/Regional
Victim Support Inverclyde — £4,000 for costs for local office.
Sport
Birkmyre Rugby Club — £5,000 for insurance and pitch hire.
Bounce Basketball Inverclyde — £800 towards summer camp/hall let; development of coaches; training equipment; Christmas family event for members; workshops with Inverclyde A Team.
Broomhill Boys’ Club — £5,500 for training equipment; clothing; pitch hire; community project (working with Broomhill Beatz and partners, mental health support and musical group); transport; registration/ training costs.
Clyde Netball — £5,000 for training clothing/balls/bibs and games hall hire.
Clydeside AFC — £3,000 for hall and pitch hire.
Fort Matilda Bridge Club — £2,000 for running costs.
Greenock and District Welfare Football League — £5,000 for pitch hire and project in partnership with Man On Inverclyde.
Greenock Cricket Club — £2,000 towards bowlers’ run-up synthetic matting with shock pad.
Greenock Glenpark Harriers — £6,906.55 towards covid hygiene costs; purchase of track equipment and hire of stadium for junior training.
Greenock Juniors — £4,005 for training and pitch hire costs.
Greenock Morton Community Trust — £9,780 for pitch hire.
Greenock United — £5,000 for pitch hire.
Greenock Wanderers — £7,500 for grass cutting machine and hire of all-weather pitches and halls for training.
Inverclyde Amateur Football Club — £6,000 for pitch hire.
Inverclyde Amateur Swimming Club — £9,962.88 for pool hire and first aid course.
Inverclyde American Football Community Club — £5,000 towards helmets/uniform for developing youth team, and pitch hire costs.
Inverclyde Athletic Club — £10,000 towards Ravenscraig Stadium costs for training, development camps and competitions.
Inverclyde Cricket Club — £2,000 for equipment, travel and training/game park hire.
Newark Angling Club — £500 to subsidise travel for elderly and juniors.
Ocean Youth Trust Scotland — £500 towards cost of gazebo to allow open air training sessions to take place.
Paisley and District Schools Football Association — £1,230 towards league running costs.
Port Glasgow Boys’ Club — £10,000 towards training clothing and equipment; training for coaches and hire of facilities for training and matches.
Port Glasgow Juniors Community Sports Club — £10,000 towards hire of facilities for all teams; training kit and equipment; coach training and first aid kits.
Port Glasgow Junior Football Club — £5,000 towards football strips for children in the community and hire of pitches for training and match days.
St Andrew’s Boys Club — £10,000 towards hire of facilities for training and match days.
Uniformed
1st Gourock Scout Group — £2,000 towards outdoor activity equipment –- paddleboards, grass sledges, navigation, safety equipment.
32nd Greenock and District Scouts — £1,750 towards running costs for Bank Street premises as it is developed as a community venue ahead of new projects commencing.
Girl Guiding Greenock Division — £5,000 towards annual membership fees; raising the profile of Guiding and hire of facilities for units meeting.
Girl Guiding Renfrewshire (South Newton Camp and Training Centre) — £1,250 towards repair works to South Newton Centre to ensure it is watertight.
Greenock and District Scout Council — £5,000 towards running costs for Everton camp, headquarters and buildings; project costs for drying room, crate climbing/abseiling at Everton.
Greenock and District Sea Cadet Corps — £5,000 for running costs.
Inverclyde and District Battalion The Boys’ Brigade — £5,000 for running costs.
Voluntary Organisation
Port Glasgow Voluntary Transport — £10,000 for running costs – staffing, rental, auditors, vehicle repairs.
World Walking — £1,350 towards server hosting costs following significant increase in demand during pandemic.
Youth
Inverclyde Youth for Christ — £1,500 for running costs.
