Barrhead Housing Association £30,000 Community Awards

The motion

That the Parliament congratulates Barrhead Housing Association on its new Community Fund that it launched in January 2018, which encourages local groups to apply for a share of £30,000 to contribute to the positive transformation of Barrhead; understands that almost 800 people attended the decision event at the Barrhead Foundry, which saw a total of 21 community projects represented as they tried to convince local residents to vote for them at the participatory budgeting event, with seven projects earning a share of the money; acknowledges that among those celebrating were the Barrhead Men’s Shed, Neilston Scout Group, Levern Valley Brass Band, Include Me2 Club, Yoga Untangled, East Renfrewshire Good Causes and the Neilston Wasps football team; notes that the fund was established to support local groups to take forward activities that address defined needs within the area; agrees that the decision-making is entirely in the community’s hands, and wishes them well with their forthcoming projects.

No recorded vote on this motion. Most motions are never debated, and many that are debated are agreed without a division. Vote records are published from 2011.

SNP 14 Con 1

Party shown is each supporter’s party when the motion was published.

No contribution in the Official Report cites S5M-11229 by reference.