Published on:
12
January 2017
Clackmannanshire residents are being invited to decide which of the local projects bidding for a share of Community Matters funding are priorities in their areas over the coming weeks.
Community councils have organised events where members of the public can indicate which projects best meet local needs and will receive an allocation of funding.
Council Leader Cllr Bobby McGill said: "It has been great to see bids to Community Matters coming in for a wide variety of projects looking for amounts from £800 to £10,000.
"Now that local groups have made their grant applications, we need local people to turn up to the events and tell us which projects best meet the needs of their area. As well as finding out which projects are the priorities for funding, we are looking forward to finding out what residents think about having this new role and we hope people turning up at these events will help tell us that".
Decision events are scheduled for the following dates:-
Tillicoultry Coalsnaughton Devonside Saturday 14th January 11am -3pm Devonvale Hall, Tillicoultry
Clackmannan Wednesday 18th January 6 - 7pm Clackmannan Town Hall
Dollar Thursday 26th January 7 - 9pm Dollar Civic Centre
Alva Saturday 21st January 10am -12noon Alva Parish Church Hall
Alloa Saturday 21st January 2-4pm Alloa Town Hall
Menstrie Saturday 28th January 1 - 4 pm Dumyat Centre, Menstrie
Muckhart Saturday 28th January 10.30am tbc Muckhart Parish Church Hall
Sauchie Fishcross Saturday 28th January 11 am - 3pm Sauchie Hall
Tullibody, Cambus Glenochil Saturday 28th January 12 noon - 3.00pm Tullibody Civic Centre
Community councils are organising are advertising the decision events in their areas, so residents are encouraged to look out for details about the event in your area for your chance to help make the decisions on how funding is allocated.
Community Matters is funded by Clackmannanshire Council and the Scottish Government's Community Choices Fund. There is £100,000 available for community projects in Clackmannanshire. In the grant stage of Community Matters, applications for projects totalling more than £200,000 were received.