Name of Chair: Cllr Spear
Lead Officer: Pat Boyce
Table of recommendations
Client / Project Title/
PRN
Purpose of Award Total Project
Costs (including Match funding) Amount Requested Recommendation including Specific Conditions Chairs comments and final recommendation Pollok United Soccer Academy - Corkerhill Community Hub Community Kitchen PRN 087/20
Funding is requested towards the cost of installing cooking facilities within Corkerhill Community Hub in order to meet current and future needs of the local Community.
The Hub is currently using portable equipment to prepare 150 hot meals to those most Vulnerable Residents many of whom have limited support. In addition the Hub is being used to receive food donations and the distribution of foodbank parcels.
The development of the facility will ensure the hub continues to serve the local community and is accessible to serving the needs of a range of community groups as well as being
£6,068 Match Funding: - £0 £3,034 - (£6,068 split with Cardonald Area Partnership) For consideration - This award is pro-rata with Cardonald Area Partnership and is subject to the following conditions being met prior to release of funds: - Submission of Terms of Lease of property - Confirmation Installation to be carried out by an Experienced and Approved Company and Chair approved this award but Cardonald AP Chair deferred.
Defer subject to
clarification on a number of issues and that the project could not be delivered with part funding from one AP.
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available as a facility for cooking demonstrations and provision of regular meals to a variety of local community groups that includes; Youth Cubs/Summer Camps, the Elderly and those affected by Mental Health issues.
Purpose of Grant:
- Installation of Fridge Freezer (£670)
- Commercial Dishwasher (£1,667.98)
- Double Oven (£389.98) - Installation of Oven and Electrical supply (£240)
- Installation of consumer unit for hob and oven (£1,080)
- Double sink, commercial
blender, vacuum steam cleaner (£485)
- Induction pots and pans, induction hobs (£870) - Outdoor notice board, baby
changing unit including installation (£834) submission of 3 quotations for required work - Signed off Fire Safety Certificate - Installation
area is fit for purpose
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Glasgow South - Equipment PRN: 240/18
Funding is requested towards the purchase of tablets and Wi-Fi hotspots in response to the current Covid 19, Homestart Glasgow South services have now moved online and many of the Families and in particular those with Young Children are the most vulnerable and do not have the
necessary Digital IT in order to access online services and support is often confined to telephone contact
Access to online services will maintain contact with those most Vulnerable Families and ensure their safety as well as provide Young People the opportunity to gain peer support, keep up with their educational needs, be an entertainment source and alleviating stress during the current Pandemic
In addition funding is requested towards the purchase of 2 laptops for staff purposes as current IT Equipment is over 7 years and often break down
Purpose of Grant:
- 2 x laptops (£1,100)
- Encryption and Licenses for laptops (£320) - Software (£100) £4,895 Match Funding: - £0 £611 - (£4,895 split between 8 Area Partnerships) Award £611 – This award is pro-rata with the following Area Partnerships: - Newlands Auldburn - Cardonald - Southside Central - Govan - Langside - Pollokshields - Linn Award £611 As part of receiving funding applicant will be encouraged to participate within G53 Together
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- 15 x tablets (£1,875)
- 15 x Wi-Fi hotspots and top ups (£1,500)
Pollok Fun Club - St Conval’s Community Breakfast Costs
PRN: 090/20
Funding is requested towards the cost of supporting the Friday Breakfast Club that has been successfully running since October 2019 and continues to attract both Young and Older
Residents, many of whom are often isolated and vulnerable and the breakfast club is an opportunity for neighbours to socialise whilst enjoying a free breakfast in a safe and
welcoming environment
As well as purchase of food, funding is requested to support the costs of purchasing kitchen , resources and replacement of kitchen cupboards it is further proposed that funds will be utilised towards the purchase of 2 laptops for access to all Residents attending the breakfast club enabling access to online employment
opportunities as well as completion of job applications and CV’s
Purpose of Grant:
- Food and Kitchen Resources (£2,250) £5,499 Match Funding: - £250 (Fundraising Donations) £5,499 Award £5,499 Award £5,499 – PPI to be added subject to further information being received in relation to timescales for work required and opening of club and how this is adapted to reflect current Pandemic As part of receiving funding applicant will be encouraged to participate within G53 Together
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- Purchase of 2 Laptops (£849) - Replace doors and kitchen
cupboards (£2,400) Allsorts- Residential and Bus hire PRN: 123/20
Funding is requested towards the cost of a trip to Blackpool for 27 Young People with additional support needs and their Parents/Carers for 3 nights from 7th to 10th August 2020
Many of the Young People and their Families are often isolated and the Allsorts Group provides a range of activities that supports not only the Young People but their Families
providing opportunities to socialize and make friends and the aim of the
proposed trip is towards improving mental health and wellbeing.
A total of 5 Young People and their Families reside within Greater Pollok Ward and due to caring responsibilities none of the Parents/Carers are in employment with their only income being Carers Allowance
Purpose of Grant:
- Three night break in Bond Hotel Blackpool for 27 (13 £7,475 Match funding: - £810 (Contribution applicants £30 per head) £1,334 - (£6,665 split between 3 Area Partnerships) Award £200 - (Based on the £1,000 maximum award levels for residential trips)
This award is pro-rata with the following area partnerships
- Newlands Auldburn - Linn
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Parent/Carers and 14 Young Adults members) £220 per head (£5,940)
- Coach (with wheelchair access) return (£1,538)
Baldy Bane - Goldstar and Crush PRN: 134/20
Funding is requested to support the cost of delivering the Dragon Marks and Gold Star Performances within identified Schools across the City from January - March 2021
Performances focus on themes such as peer pressure, respect, bullying etc. within School and Home environment and performance is then followed up with a workshop to explore the main themes and give young people the information required should they need help or support.
The initiative contributes to the city’s white Ribbon Campaign and a total of 150 Pupils will participate from Greater Pollok Ward Purpose of Grant: - 12 x Crush Performances at £500 each (£6,000) £13,650 Match Funding:
All awards pending - £3,000 (South Health Improvement team) - £1,500 (RS McDonald) - £1,500 The Volant Charitable Trust ) £900 - (£7,650 split between 8 South Area Partnerships) Defer until GCC Education Department have an agreed policy on how Schools will operate in the future under COVID 19
restrictions.
The following Area Partnership will consider similar awards based on number of pupils participating: - Newlands Auldburn - Langside - Linn - Cardonald - Govan - Southside Central - Pollokshields Defer - until GCC Education Department have an agreed policy on how Schools will operate in the future under COVID 19 restrictions.
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- 17 x Gold Star Performances at £450 each (£7,650) The Village Story- telling Centre - Greater Pollok Silver- linings PRN: 094/20
Funding is requested towards the costs of delivering the Greater Pollok
Silverlinings Project that was
developed following conversations with Local Residents and Partner Agencies in which it was identified that many Greater Pollok Residents are
struggling with anxiety, isolation and general low levels of well-being as a result of the Covid 19 crisis
It is proposed the Project will be delivered in 3 stages:
Stage 1
The project will begin on social media and together with Partners across the Pollok 80/20 and Thriving Places networks stories of 'Silverlings' and conversations will be shared on a Facebook page and could include;
- small instances of achievement, such as finally finishing a book making a
perfect pastry, figuring out how to use zoom or positive
interactions with other
£13,050 Match Funding: - £4,000 (SWAMP via SG Supporting Communities Funding) £9,050 Award £9,050 Award £9,050 As part of receiving funding applicant will be encouraged to participate within G53 Together
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community members, enjoying the rainbow pictures on windows or celebrating the community response, and in particular, the amazing volunteers and Key workers across the community
Stage 2
When lockdown is relaxed look to engage with people in a more tangible way and build on stories, while
observing social distancing. Ideally working with small groups to illustrate the stories or source/take photographs of the key people/community in the case of not being able to deliver any face to face sessions, provide art materials to community members for them to both create art interventions across the community and to
photograph and share
Stage 3
The stories will be edited together with the artwork/photographs and compiled into a book which will be launched at a community event, in a celebration of the resilience, kindness, grit and hope displayed by the People of Greater Pollok that will be shared across the area
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(£800)
Glasgow Clyde College -
Gift Tech Digital Response to COVID 19 PRN 569/19
Funding is requested towards the cost of recycling ICT equipment as part of the College Gift Tech Project which is in response to the digital demands and digital inequality that has become more apparent during the COVID 19 crisis.
The College Gift Tech Project is a voluntary project driven by Students and Staff and the aim of the project is to support People within local
communities who are on low incomes or benefits or who may be dropping out of learning due to the lack of ICT equipment, putting them at risk of further social exclusion
Through Gift Tech, Clyde College will provide fifty refurbished PCs laptops or tablets to community groups working
£3,850 Match Funding: - £100 (Student Fundraising) £450 - (£3,750 split between 6 Area Partnerships) Award £450 - this award is pro-rata with following Area Partnerships: - Garscadden/ Scotstounhill - Maryhill - Victoria Park - Canal - Cardonald - Drumchapel/ Anniesland. Award £450 As part of receiving funding applicant will be encouraged to participate within G53 Together
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with those furthest from the labour market including long-term
Unemployed, Low Wage Earners, Families suffering from Child Poverty, Migrants, Refugees and other
disadvantaged groups.
There will be 6 beneficiaries from and the application is additional to the core remit of Glasgow Clyde College
Purpose of Grant:
- 50 Microsoft refurbishing licences (£200
- 50 peripherals: 3G WIFI dongos (£1,000)
- 50 external USB pen drives (£400) - 30 Monitors (£2,250) Cleeves Primary - Improving Mental Health PRN: 107/20
Funding is requested to support the costs of engaging the services of a local Calming Minds Therapist in order to support individuals and groups of Children on a weekly basis (every Friday) within the school and
Parents/Carers will also be offered the opportunity to participate in sessions with their Children.
£5,600 Match Funding: - £0 £5,600 Award £5,600 Award £5,600 As part of receiving funding applicant will be encouraged to participate within G53 Together
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Through weekly phone calls with Families during School closures, there is an increasing awareness of the psychological and emotional difficulties that Children and their Families are going through during this global pandemic and it is crucial that
mechanisms are in place that can help support Children when they return to School with many anticipated to be affected by trauma and stress.
Calming Minds has a long term focus on improving health and wellbeing and support will be tailored around
individual needs in discussion with staff and across four terms of the School year approximately 60 Children and Families will benefit from this opportunity
Purpose of Grant:
- Calming Minds Therapist £160 x 35 weeks (£5,600)
Glasgow Life - Pollok Library
PRN: 597/19
Funding is requested towards the cost of delivering free facilitated Lego and Games Activity Learning sessions every Saturday for up to 20 Children
£838.87 Match Funding: - £263.23 (Applicant) £575.64 Award £575.64 Defer – To a future meeting subject to confirmation to be sought in relation
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and Parents/Carers, including Children up to and over 5 years of age
Pollok Library is the hub of the Pollok Community and it is envisaged the activity will assist with Children and Families health & wellbeing and will assist with positive interaction and building relationships as well as being an important aspect of brain
development through encouraging Children of all ages to learn in a fun way and this includes Children with additional support needs and Children and their Families whose first language is not English
Purpose of Grant:
- Selection of Lego related resources (£838.87)
to why Glasgow Life are not meeting the costs of purchasing these resources Rosehill Housing Co-operative Ltd - Community Fun Day PRN: 125/18
Funding is requested towards the cost of facilitating a Community Fun Day scheduled to take place on the 30 July 2020, this follows on from last year’s successful event and it is envisaged over 1,000 local Residents will attend this year’s event which is opened to all who reside within the Greater Pollok Ward £5,000 Match Funding: - £0 £5,000 Defer - subject to further guidance in relation to large community focused events Defer – to a future meeting subject to further guidance in relation to large community focused events
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The Community Fun Day will be coordinated by Maximillion Events Company and some of the proposed activities includes:
- Games zone, bouncy castle, street magic workshop, street dance workshops, storytelling workshops, rodeo bull. sumo wrestling, selfie station,
therapist, art & craft workshops, toddler stations and mini
Olympics arena
Purpose of Grant:
- Fun Day Activities and Event Staffing costs (£5,000) Glasgow South PANDAS - Virtual Support Group PRN: 127/20
Funding is requested to support the cost of purchasing essential digital resources vital in order to ensure the continued support for members of the group via virtual methods including Zoom meetings, WhatsApp chats, and using the closed Facebook group
The Glasgow South PANDAS is a support group for Parents and Families dealing with the effects of perinatal mental health illnesses, providing a
£744
Match Funding:
- £252 (Applicant)
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safe space for those suffering from the illness and/or their Family members to open up about how they are feeling
The COVID-19 pandemic has made it impossible for physical meetings of the Group to take place within Pollok Civic Realm and through the purchase of relevant digital resources the aim is to continue offering virtual support to 20 People and their Families within the Greater Pollok ward in the coming months, whilst being in a position to grow the Group.
Purpose of Grant:
- Design of leaflets & printing (£120)
- Laptop (£480)
