COUNCIL

GRANTS COMMITTEE – 8 AUGUST 2013

ANNUAL REPORT ON EXTERNAL FUNDING SECURED

Report by the Executive Director of Finance and Corporate Support

1. PURPOSE OF REPORT

1.1 The purpose of the report is to advise Committee of the external funding secured in 2012/2013 by East Ayrshire Council and locally based organisations within the East Ayrshire area.

2. BACKGROUND

2.1 Members will be aware that at the first meeting of the Grants Committee on 26 February 2013 an annual report detailing the level of funding secured by the Council and other locally based organisation was requested. This report analyses the funding gains achieved by the Council and the funding secured by other organisations in the financial year 2012/2013.

3. ANALYSIS OF FUNDING SECURED BY EAST AYRSHIRE COUNCIL

3.1 The Council receives its main funding from the Scottish Government in the form of Revenue Support Grant (RSG). However this element of funding is not included in this report given that it is provided nationally to all councils based on a prescribed formula.

3.2 This report details the additional external funding which is received from partners and other organisations for specific projects and/or initiatives.These funds can arise following an applicationby the Council or an agreement to participate in specific initiatives or from collaborative working and cost sharingarrangements.

3.3 Analysis of the funding reveals that the total external funding secured by the Council in 2012/13 was £3.392m. This compares to £3.179m received in 2011/12 and details of the type of funding received are provided at Appendix 1.

4. ANALYSIS OF FUNDING SECURED BY OTHER ORGANISATIONS

4.1 The Council has a long standing system in place to assistlocal projectsin targeting specific sources of external funding by acting as a signpost and directingproject officers to relevant external funding streams. This successful arrangement has secured £5.816min 2012/2013 with 249 awards being made to a range of different projects and details are shown at Appendix 2. Information on funding awards received from BBC Children in Need and Creative in 2012/13 is awaited.

4.2 The analysis below shows the success of the collaborative arrangement the Council has with external groups and demonstrates the level of external funding which has been made within the East Ayrshire Council area over the years.

YEAR NUMBER OF AWARDS £m

2005/2006 245 3.154

2006/2007 284 3.935

2007/2008 280 7.687

2008/2009 239 2.911

2009/2010 224 3.461

2010/2011 271 5.289

2011/2012 249 7.012

5. FINANCIAL/POLICY IMPLICATIONS

5.1 There are no financial or policy implications arising from the report.

6. LEGAL IMPLICATIONS

6.1 There are no legal implications arising from the report.

7. RECOMMENDATIONS

7.1 The Grants Committee is requested to:

(i) note the contents of the report.

Alex McPhee Executive Director of Finance and Corporate Support 31 July 2013

BACKGROUND PAPERS Nil

For further information on this report, please contact Joe McLachlan, Corporate Accounting Manager, on 01563 576263 and Neil McKenna, External Funding and Sustainability Officer, on 01563 503230 Appendix 1

EAST AYRSHIRE COUNCIL EDUCATIONAL AND SOCIAL SERVICES INCOME

Actual Actual Funding Source Details 2011/12 2012/13 £ £ NHS Ayrshire and Arran Older People's Change Fund (795,948) (797,000) NHS Ayrshire and Arran Alcohol, Drug & Partnership (ADP) (361,458) (452,349) Sport Scotland Alcohol Education (338,580) (338,580) Scottish Government 16+ Learning Choices & Activity Agreements (151,216) (145,870) NHS Ayrshire and Arran NHS Advocacy (94,250) (112,318) Health Alcohol Education (60,000) (75,000) Scottish Government Alcohol, Drug & Partnership (ADP) (37,671) (44,040) Police & NHS Child Protection contributions (32,000) (26,510) Strathclyde Police / NHS CPC funding contributions (38,714) (12,310) Sportscotland Top Up Swims Fund (20,248) (7,000) Creative Learning Network EDEN Trust Secondary Projects (6,500) (6,300) EDEN Trust Creative Learning Network (5,000) (5,000) British Council Comenius Project (9,097) (3,511) EDEN Trust EDEN Trust (2,500) (2,500) Creative Scotland Dance Festival (2,000) (2,000) British Council British Council (4,600) (3,090) ESOL ESOL (10,000) (1,000) (1,969,782) (2,034,378) Appendix 1

EAST AYRSHIRE COUNCIL NEIGHBOURHOOD SERVICES INCOME

Actual Actual Funding Source Details 2011/12 2012/13 £ £ Activity Agreement Funding Bid for CSLA course (2,320) - ADP Award NW Boxing Club (10,000) - Armours Town Centre Trust Fund - (13,264) Artist Rooms Touring Group Award to Dick Institute - Bill Viola Exhib (7,700) - ATH Coal Maint Contribution (104,069) (139,942) Cathrine Community Trust Contribution - (7,252) Development Grant - Funky Bikes, Adapted Cycles Funding (16,000) - Creative Scotland External Grants (4,536) - Creative Scotland Creative Scotland (4,700) - Dumfries & Galloway Council Web hosting Costs EB Scotland Ltd Installation of clearmount park project (55,660) ESF CARS/THI (114,806) - Future Museum VPS hosting 2012 (1,200) (1,447) Cycling Bikeability Grant - (4,000) Heritage Lottery Fund Grant (155,576) (76,029) Historic Scotland Grant - (292,878) NHS Ayrshire & Arran CHIP funding (32,500) (90,000) NHS Ayrshire & Arran Activity Agreements funding (28,000) - NW Imp Group Footpath Project Contribution (16,313) - PACT Donation - (3,200) Prince's Trust CPP Development Programme (45,000) - Railway Heritage Trust Contribution (104,000) - Scottish Athletics Grant (1,200) - Scottish Coal Coal Maint Contribution - (149,185) Scottish Government Universal Home Insulation (146,594) Scottish Government Early Years Leisure Funding - (70,000) Scottish Government Countryside Service (6,700) - Scottish Government Recreation Partnership Funding (35,000) - Scottish Government CCTV GRANT (30,000) Scottish Government Roughsleepers Initiative funding (30,715) Scottish Resources Coal Main Contribution A70 (112,045) (105,131) Skills Dev. Scotland Empoyment Recruitment Incentive (2,000) - Skills Development Scotland Development Fund Allocation - (81,000) Skills Development Scotland Grant (54,592) (12,819) SPT Glen Road New Cumnock Contribution - (25,000) SPT Contribution Traffic Calming Scheme (12,230) - Stewart Milne Contribution (27,046) - Stustrans Grant - (2,836) Summer Community Stage EA Youth Theatre - (105) Transport Scotland Grant (170,000) - TOTALS (1,128,248) (1,276,341) Appendix 1

EAST AYRSHIRE COUNCIL FINANCE AND CORPORATE SUPPORT INCOME

Actual Actual Funding Source Details 2011/12 2012/13 £ £ Scottish Government Private Water Supplies Funding (37,403.80) (37,404.00) Scottish Government Air Quality Funding (19,995.00) (19,995.00) Food Standards Agency Food Hygiene Informaion Scheme (5,500.00) (5,500.00) Food Standards Agency Imported Food Sampling Scheme (5,250.00) (5,250.00) Food Standards Agency Food Sampling (3,404.00) (3,404.00) NHS Ayrshire and Arran Community and Wellbeing Funding (9,246.00) (9,365.00) TOTALS (80,798.80) (80,918.00) Appendix 2

EXTERNAL FUNDING GAINS – ORGANISATIONS WITHIN EAST AYRSHIRE – PERIOD 1 APRIL 2012 TO 31 MARCH 2013

VALUE OF NUMBER OF COMMENTS NAME OF FUNDER AWARDS AWARDS £

BIG LOTTERY FUND 84 1,762,507 East Ayrshire Council has been the top achiever for attracting BLF support over the past five years in comparison to North and South Ayrshire Council. There were 19 more successful applications to BLF in period 2012/13 compared to 2011/12.

For 2012/13 North Ayrshire received £1,669,990 with 88 successful applications and South Ayrshire received £967,921 with 71 successful applications.

SCOTTISH RURAL 2 1,239,000 This funding relates to a 2 year programme DEVELOPMENT of funding with regards to Catrine Heritage PROGRAMME (SRDP) Initiative and Newmilns Snow and Ski Complex and has been divided equally over that period for the purposes of this report.

COALFIELDS 8 129,065 The focus of CRT has shifted from grant REGENERATION TRUST maker to that of capacity building and an advisory role. These figures include awards made from 31 March 2012.

Appendix 2

AYRSHIRE LEADER 11 220,246 East Ayrshire Council received 49.9% of Ayrshire LEADER funding for the period 2009 to 2013. 36 successful applicants in total receiving £1,500,000 of awards and levering in a further £1,800,000 for these projects.

In addition EAC also benefited from the £245,000 pan-Ayrshire Rural 21 project.

Comparator – 2009-2013.

South Ayrshire Council had 36 successful applicants and received £876,377 (29.3%).

North Ayrshire Council had 17 successful applicants and received £619,246 (20.8%).

SCORE ENVIRONMENT 8 131,345 Applications increased year on year from six to eight .

For the period 2011/12 grants totalling £162,472 were paid out to 6 projects.

Appendix 2

PEOPLES POSTCODE 4 16,200 Successful applications were at the same TRUST level as 2011/12 however the value increased slightly from £14,157 to £16,200.

LLOYDS TSB FOUNDATION 6 60,700 Same level of successful applicants as FOR SCOTLAND 2011/12 however the value of awards increased from £18,700 to £60,700 in 2012/13.

CASHBACK FOR 3 12,518 Only one round of awards in period 2012/13. COMMUNITIES – YOUTHLINK SCOTLAND

ROBERTSON TRUST 7 102,000 Successful applications were at the same level as 2011/12 however the grants secured totalled £200,922.

Appendix 2

HISTORIC SCOTLAND 1 393,000 This forms part of a 5 year programme which is due to end in 2013 and part of a £1,964,984 Kilmarnock C.A.R.S project.

1 750,000 This is a new award and relates to the successful Galston C.A.R.S bid.

HERITAGE LOTTERY FUND 1 399,000 This forms part of a 5 year programme which is due to end in 2013 and part of a £1,990,000 project.

CUMNOCK AND 108 587,417 The number of successful applicants DOONVALLEY MINERALS currently exceeds the 103 awarded in TRUST 2011/2012 however due to the on-going difficulties facing the coal mining industry the value of awards has reduced from £834,338.

FOUNDATION SCOTLAND 5 13,637 Similar number of successful applicants as 2011/12 period with slight reduction in level of awards (£15,399 in 2011/12).

Appendix 2

TOTAL 249 5,816,635 The number of successful applications from Community and Voluntary groups, Social Enterprises, Charities and East Ayrshire Council was at a similar level as 2011/12.

BBC CHILDREN IN NEED TBC TBC Currently awaiting details of successful applicants and awards.

The figures for 2012/13 are expected by October 2013.

CREATIVE SCOTLAND TBC TBC Currently awaiting details of successful applicants and awards.

The figures for 2012/13 are expected by October 2013.

APPENDIX 3

EXTERNAL FUNDING GAINS

PERIOD FROM 1 APRIL 2012 TO 31 MARCH 2013

BIG LOTTERY FUND

RECIPIENT AWARD

East Ayrshire Council – U Dancer Project 63,475 Caprington Junior Golf Club 2,000 East Ayrshire Council – Dance Summer School 2,000 Ness Glen Angling Club 2,500 Fullarton Wheelers Cycling Club 1,590 Cumnock Academy 7,500 Crossroads Community Hub Ltd 9,900 Bellsbank Primary School 10,000 St Sophia’s Primary School 9,958 Crosshouse Nursery School 8,297 Auchinleck Bowling Club 9,750 Onthank Primary School 7,000 Flowerbank Early Childhood Centre 2,951 Lugar Bowling Club 1,448 Kilmarnock Leisure Centre Trust 219,187 Netherthird Primary School 1,800 Kilmarnock Cricket Club 1,000 Galston Bowling Club 10,000 The Lazer Group 1,330 Dalmellington Primary School & Early Childhood 7,430 Centre Dalrymple Primary & Nursery Class Parent Council 4,400 Galston Community Council 5,106 Stewarton Bands Support Group 9,902 Hurlford Bowling Club 10,000 Galston Nursery School 9,899 Cazbro Challenge 9,996 Ayrshire Care Solutions 9,746 Royal British Legion Cumnock 1,653 New Cumnock Primary School 1,975 The Zone Initiative Ltd 2,500 Galston Bowling Club 3,800 Knockinlaw Community Association 10,000 Darvel Music Company 9,700 Springhill Bowling Club 7,905 Bellfield Bowling Club 10,000 Newmilns & Greenholm Community Council 5,500 East Ayrshire Coalfield Environment Initiative 46,000 Doon Valley Crafters 10,000 Greenmill Primary School 2,000 The Zone Initiative Ltd 1,926 Darvel Youth Football Club 1,968 Kilmarnock Junior Ice Hockey Club 6,500 Kilmarnock Athletic Club 1,140

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Grange Rugby 2,000 Doon Academy 3,200 Muirkirk Company Boy’s Brigade 1,772 Kilmarnock Academy 7,500 Kilmaurs Playgroup and Toddlers Club 1,770 Respite Now CIC 10,000 North West Kilmarnock Bowling Club 3,500 New Farm Loch Mothers and Under Five Group 6,850 Cumnock and District Leisure Group 10,000 Dalmellington Community Council 8,550 The Zone Youth Committee 9,530 Drongan Primary School 10,000 Kilmarnock and Loudoun Amateur Radio Club 6,434 Countryside Services East Ayrshire Council 45,500 Centrestage Communities Ltd 2,474 Fenwick Pre 5’s 1,874 The Howard Park Bowling Club 1,890 Galston Bowling Club 2,000 Galston Lau Gar Kung Fu 1,600 Addaction 200,629 The Lighthouse Foundation 528,464 Environment & Regeneration Cronberry 9,300 New Cumnock Liaison Group 39,200 Fatherson 5,000 Portland Bowling Club 5,500 Puddleduck Nursery 9,995 Irvine Valley Children’s Choir 5,600 Dean Court Owners Association 7,000 Fenwick Pre 5’s 8,741 Shortlees Primary School 4,000 Glenafton Community Development Group 9,050 Mauchline Bowling Club 8,600 Galston Community Development Trust 9,200 Sovereign Credit Union Ltd 9,920 East Ayrshire Council Creative Places 150,000 Hurlford Primary School 1,980 Arts & Museums – East Ayrshire Council 44,500 Kilmarnock Academy 1,977 Bellsbank Tenants and Residents Association 2,478 Galston Babies & Toddlers Group 2,370 Trojans Football Academy 1,827

84 1,762,507

SCOTTISH RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME

RECIPIENT AWARD

Newmilns Snow and Sports Complex 484,000 Catrine Heritage Initiative 755,000

2 1,239,000

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COALFIELDS REGENERATION TRUST

RECIPIENT AWARD

Afton Water Leisure (1) 4,000 Afton Water Leisure (2) 4,445 Bookcycle 10,000 Dalmellington Futures 15,000 Dalmellington Seedcorn Funding 30,000 The Zone Youth Committee 5,620 Netherthird Community Action (1) 50,000 Netherthird Community Training 10,000

8 129,065

AYRSHIRE LEADER

RECIPIENT AWARD

Auchinleck Bowling Club 10,147 New Cumnock Open Air Swimming Pool 35,985 Galston Bowling Club 30,000 Yipworld 9,048 Netherthird Community Development Group 5,000 Dalmellington Partnership 16,750 Barony ‘A’ Frame Trust 43,500 The Zone Initiative Ltd 18,350 Dunlop and District Community Company 11,466 East Ayrshire Council Cumnock Traditional Skills 20,000 East Ayrshire Council Cumnock Archaeology 20,000

11 220,246

SCORE ENVIRONMENT

RECIPIENT AWARD

Village Timeline 4,044 Lugar River Walks 12,000 Biosphere & Field Environment Centre 22,150 Loch Doon Caravan Club 56,072 Barony ‘A’ Frame Trust 7,000 Skares Memorial Garden 18,079 Patna Riverside Walkway 7,000 Auchinleck Centenary Enclosure 5,000 8 131,345 PEOPLES POSTCODE TRUST

RECIPIENT AWARD

Craigengillan Stables 2,500 Craigengillan Kids Club 2,000 The Zone Initiative 9,557

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Enable Scotland East Ayrshire 2,143

4 16,200

LLOYDS TSB FOUNDATION FOR SCOTLAND

RECIPIENT AWARD

Hillhouse Care Kilmarnock 5,000 Home-Start East Ayrshire 4,000 The Avenue Child Care Services 4,200 Kilmarnock & District Arthritis Group 500 The Lighthouse Foundation 43,000 The Holiday Project 4,000

6 60,700

CASHBACK FOR COMMUNITIES

RECIPIENT AWARD

East Ayrshire Families Barnardo’s Scotland (1) 3,031 Barnardo’s East Ayrshire Families (2) 4,798 Ocean Youth Trust 4,689

3 12,518

ROBERTSON TRUST

RECIPIENT AWARD

Avenue Child Care Services £30,000 East Ayrshire Carers Centre £27,000 East Ayrshire Coalfield Environment Initiative £2,000 Hillhouse Care Kilmarnock £15,000 Newmilns Snow and Sport Complex £15,000 North West Youth Project Kilmarnock £12,500 Stewarton & District Historical Society £500

7 102,000

HISTORIC SCOTLAND

RECIPIENT AWARD

Kilmarnock C.A.R.S Scheme 393,000 Galston C.A.R.S Scheme 750,000

2 1,143,000

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HERITAGE LOTTERY FUND

RECIPIENT AWARD

Kilmarnock C.A.R.S Scheme 399,000

1 399,000

CUMNOCK AND DOON VALLEY MINERALS TRUST

RECIPIENT AWARD

Adam Hall 999 Auchinleck Parish Guild 304 ART4UZEA 750 Auchinleck Community Council 1,200 Auchinleck Community Development Initiative 11,000 Auchinleck Play and Learn 2,500 Auchinleck Lodge St Boswells 1011 16,000 Bellsbank Church Hall 1,500 Barony ‘A’ Frame Trust 24,000 Burns Bairns U/5 Club 2,500 CAMPS 24,275 Boswell Book Society 12,343 Catrine Community Trust 2,000 Craigengillan Fort Group 6,500 Coalfield Environment Initiative 22,229 Catrine Bizzy Beez Sewing Group 999 Craigmark Burntonians FC 400 Create Cumnock 20,000 Cumnock Community Council 2,030 Cumnock Self Help Group 500 Cumnock Council of Churches 500 Cumnock and District Round Table 2,450 Community Creations Rankinston 1,440 Cumnock School of Dance 500 Cumnock Juniors Fundraising Community 5,400 Cumnock Rugby Club 5,392 Cumnock Widows Group 500 Dalleagles WRI 500 Dalmellington Band 15,639 Dalmellington Community Council 8,791 Dalrymple Community Association 1,800 Dalmellington Amateur Gardening Association 500 Dalmellington Partnership 8,529 Doon Valley Tigers FC 400 Dalrymple Thistle 400 Doon Valley Boxing Club 5,843 Drongan & District Canine Society 700 Duncan McCluskey 500 Glenmuir Thistle 400 Glaisnock Thistle Boys Club 400

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Jay Wilson Cumnock 800 Johnstone Shearer 2,500 Joseph Kelso 1,500 Lugar Parish Church Guild 1,750 Loch Doon Caravan Club 52,323 Lodge St David Mauchline No 135 2,550 Mauchline Parish Church Holiday Club 280 Muirkirk Bowling Club 950 Muirkirk Pipe Band 2,000 Muirkirk Community Association 1,999 Muirkirk Enterprise Group 17,500 Muirkirk Golf Club 30,000 Nerv Football Tournament 8,170 Netherthird Hizkidz 1,985 New Cumnock Activity Committee 4,042 New Cumnock Karate Club 900 New Cumnock Liaison Group 1,526 New Cumnock Art Club 1,900 New Cumnock WRI 500 Ochiltree Community Council 7,561 Ochiltree Xmas Party 860 Ochiltree Friendship Club 750 Ochiltree Parish Church Guild 1,150 Patna Flute Band 5,567 Patna Adults, Children and Teenagers 2,080 Rankinston Community Association 3,499 Shirley’s School of Twirling 3,500 Stair, Drongan & Rankinston Community Council 2,000 St Clare’s Parish Hall Drongan 500 St Thomas’s Church Hall 950 The Zone Dalmellington 1,748 Mauchline Brownies 120 Broomfield Community Hub 12,500 Catrine Bowling Club 14,000 Catrine Art in Action 1,000 Cronberry WRI 500 Catrine Tenants and Residents Association 2,500 Cumnock Canine Club 700 Cumnock & Doon Valley Independent Living 1,670 Cumnock and District Leisure Group 9,500 Cumnock Sports Centre 999 Doon Valley Crafters 600 Drongan PS Parent Council 999 Ellisland Court Tenants Committee 455 East Ayrshire Twinning Association 800 Environment Regeneration Cronberry, Logan & Lugar 25,247 Heather Brown Trabboch 584 Hillside School Cumnock 488 Mauchline Community Council 2,000 Mauchline Burns Club 10,000 Mauchline Curling Club 2,725 Mauchline Angling Club 20,696 Netherthird Community Action Training 5,990

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Netherthird Amateurs 400 New Cumnock Golf Club 9,420 New Cumnock Events Group 9,560 New Cumnock Homing Club 15,000 New Cumnock Community Association 2,000 New Cumnock Burns Club 2,400 Ochiltree Old Peoples Welfare Committee 500 Ochiltree Bowling Club 14,400 Patna Community Council 17,000 Rosebank United FC 2004 400 Shannon Carrick Patna 2,736 Sorn Community Council 2,000 Sorn Bowling Club 10,000 St Andrews First Aid 6,500 Sorn Community Association 1,200

108 587,417

FOUNDATION SCOTLAND

RECIPIENT AWARD

Rascals Out of School Care 2,000 Hillhouse Care Kilmarnock 2,000 Avenue Childcare Services 7,000 The Zone Youth Committee 1,837 Cumnock & District Leisure Group 800

5 13,637

TOTAL RECIPIENTS = 249 TOTAL = 5,816,635

BBC CHILDREN IN NEED

RECIPIENT AWARD

TO BE CONFIRMED TO BE CONFIRMED

CREATIVE SCOTLAND

RECIPIENT AWARD

TO BE CONFIRMED TO BE CONFIRMED

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