COMMUNITY CHOICES FUND VOTING EVENTS January to March 2017

Listed alphabetically by organisation leading the Community Choices programme Note: List does not include all organisations as some events still to be confirmed

Organisation Project Title & Summary Voting Event Date Venue

Aberdeen City U Decide Locality 1 Voting launch event Torry Academy Council & 25.2.17 1-3pm Community Locality Planning Participatory Budgeting Planning Aberdeen Process. Locality 1 Results presentation Torry Academy 11.3.17 1-3 This PB Project will be an essential part of Community Planning Aberdeen’s Locality Locality 2 Voting launch event Northfield Academy Planning agenda and will tie in closely with the 4.2.17 2-5pm development of Locality plans and effective community participation throughout the Locality Locality 2 Roadshow 16.2.17 Northfield Academy planning process. Locality 2 Roadshow 2 Northfield Academy The PB events will take place in the most 7.2.17 deprived neighbourhoods in the City, involving 44,000 local residents, and will involve the use of Locality 2 Roadshow 3 Northfield Community Centre a digital platform 8.2.17

https://aberdeen.participare.io Locality 2 Results presentation TBC 11.3.17

Locality 3 Aberdeen Lads Club Voting event 15.2.17 10am-1pm

Locality 3 Voting event 18.2.17 Woodside Community Centre 11am-1pm

1 Locality 3 voting event 23.2.17 1- 4pm Seaton Learning Centre

Locality 3 Results presentation 4.3.17 2pm TBC

Burnfoot Hands Up Burnfoot Sunday 19 March Burnfoot Community School Community Futures Housing, Wish to run a small grants process from aims 11am to 5pm Hawick identified in Burnfoot's Local Community Action Plan to address Social & Community Services, Health & Wellbeing, Facilities for Young People, Environment and Community Safety.

Church of Your Voice Your Choice Old Kirk Muirhouse The Old Kirk and Muirhouse Saturday 25 March Parish Church, To run projects with Church of Scotland starting at 10am congregations which serve parishes in economically poor areas. Carrick Knowe church hall, Saturday March 25 Edinburgh 10.00-12.30

Cranhill TBC Saturday 25 March 3pm – 6pm

St Andrew’s Church, Arbroath St Andrew’s church, Arbroath Tuesday 28 March 7pm Clackmannanshire Locality based events led by community councils. Tillicoultry Coalsnaughton & Devonvale Hall Council Devonside Saturday 14th January

Clackmannan Clackmannan Town Hall

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Alva Alva Parish Church Hall Saturday 21st January Alva

Alloa Alloa Town Hall Saturday 21st January

Dollar Dollar Civic Centre Thursday 23rd January

Muckhart Muckhart Parish Church Saturday 28th January

Sauchie & Fishcross Sauchie Hall Saturday 28th January Tullibody Cambus & Glenochil Civic Centre Saturday 28th January Menstrie

Menstrie Dumyat Centre Saturday 28th January Cornerstone We Decide: Families overcoming inequality Wednesday 15 March 2017 TBC House Centre, Cumbernauld Raise awareness of PB to identify a new group of community and family activists. Learning and support for around 12 people. East You Decide Saturday 25 February Patna Helps Council 11.30am – 3pm Patna Primary School Building on significant PB work to date, will work Presentation 32, Carnshalloch Avenue with a further 12 communities to hold PB events (Voting closes at end of Patna linked to community led action plans. Events will presentations) KA6 7NP either have a presentation or marketplace format, decided by local steering groups. Saturday 4 March Supports 10am – 2pm Stewarton Annick Youth & https://www.east- (Voting closes at 1pm) Community Centre

3 ayrshire.gov.uk/CouncilAndGovernment/About- Marketplace Standalane, Stewarton, the-Council/Grants-and-funding/Participatory- KA3 5BG Budgeting.aspx Sunday 5 March Cares 12.30pm – 5pm Cumnock Town Hall Presentation Glaisnock Street (Voting closes at end of Cumnock presentations) KA18 1BY

Saturday 11 March DRS Community Chest 10am – 3pm Community Centre (Voting closes at 2pm) Millmannoch Avenue Marketplace Drongan KA6 7BY

Saturday 18 March Focus on FWM 11am – 3pm Fenwick Parish Church Hall (Voting closes at 2pm) Kirkton Road Fenwick Marketplace KA3 6DJ

Sunday 19 March Afton Awards 1.30pm - 6pm Town Hall Presentation The Castle (Voting closes at end of New Cumnock presentations) KA18 4AN

Sunday 19 March & Auchencloigh 2pm - 5pm Selects (Voting closes at 4pm Sorn Village Hall Marketplace Main Street Sorn KA5 6HU

Thursday 23 March SCAN Treasure Chest 3pm - 9pm Community Centre

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Saturday 25 March Parish 11am-2.30pm Decides (Voting closes at 1.30pm) Dalmellington Community Marketplace Centre 38 Ayr Road Dalmellington KA6 7SJ

Tuesday 28 March Celebrate 5.30pm-9pm New Laigh Kirk, Presentation 3 John Dickie Street, (Voting closes at end of Kilmarnock presentations) KA1 1BL

East Ayrshire EATRF: Working Together for Better Saturday 25 February Dalrymple; Tenants & Communities Residents Saturday 4 March Federation, Will hold PB events in social housing Kilmarnock neighbourhood areas. The projects will be tenant Sunday 12 March Crookedholm//Galston led and will focus on areas which are not Bellfield/ represented by a Community Led Action Plan. This will complement Council's Saturday 18th March Riccarton/Kikstyle successful application. Five events in total listed (Kilmarnock); in order of event: Saturday 25th March Kilmarnock North Falkirk Council Community Changes Saturday 4 March Maddiston

More information: Saturday 11 March Grangemouth

http://falkirk.gov.uk/services/people- Saturday 18 March Bo’ness communities/communit-change.aspx

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Fife Council Forward West Fife Saturday 4 March 2017 Tulliallan Castle, Scottish Police College, Kincardine, £60,000 participatory budgeting exercise within 10.00am – 2.30pm Fife, FK10 4BE eight target communities in South West Fife to support the regeneration of the area following the For further information go to: closure of Longannet Power Station. Priorities for www.fifedirect.org.uk/letstalk the fund are drawn from a community seminar held in 2016. The project is being governed by a steering group of community representatives. Girvan Youth 2Kare for South Carrick Award Scheme Saturday 18 February Girvan Academy Trust, The Trust engages and support over 200 local young people from Girvan and 11 outlying villages. Will lead a PB small grants scheme with youth organisations and community groups which deliver projects in support of local children/youth. Hosted with Health and Social Care Partnership in South Ayrshire.

Highland Council Your ward, Your cash, Your choice- Saturday 18th February Craigmonie Centre Drumnadrochit http://www.craigmoniecentre.co.uk/index.asp?pag eid=663461

Building a Better Badenoch and Strathspey Saturday 25th February Carrbridge Village Hall https://www.highland.gov.uk/directory_record/717 545/building_a_better_badenoch_and_strathspey /category/155/grants_for_community_groups

Your Community Your Cash - Dingwall and Saturday 11th March Leanaig Centre, Ben Wyvis Seaforth Primary School, Conon Bridge http://www.highland.gov.uk/news/article/9979/you r_community_your_cash_- _dingwall_and_seaforth

6 Joint Community Money for Moray Saturday 25 March Grant Hall in Rothes Councils of Moray Aim is to tackle social isolation. PB event targeted 10:00 – 14:00 at activities which improve geographical access to facilities. Builds on the experience gained as part of the steering group for Moray council PB event in early 2016. Hope to leave a legacy of steering group as independent body to provide PB work in region. Kirkconnel and Kirkconnel and Kelloholm Decide - The BIG Sunday 19 March 2017 Kirkconnel Miner’s Memorial Kelloholm Event Hall Development 11.30am – 3.00pm Needle Street, Trust, Dumfries Kirkconnel and Kelloholm Development Trust are Kirkconnel and Galloway holding a PB event to engage and involve the DG4 6ND whole community in making decisions about how the £20k small grant funding should be spent. All applications link with and contribute to the Kirkconnel and Kelloholm Community Action Plan 2014-2019. More information on the applications through to the presentation stage for the Kirkconnel and Kelloholm Decide BIG Event can be found on: yrpri.org/community/601

Leith Links CommUNITY Links Brightening local lives Saturday 11 March 2017 St. Andrew’s Church Community Voting: 11:30 to 13:30 Council, Edinburgh Having experienced the Leith Decides event for over 6 years keen to run small-scale grass roots Thursday 16 March 2017 Leith Community Centre, PB to make it more inclusive and accessible Results: 18:30 Newkirkgate aiming particularly at young people (aged 8 to 20) and older people who may be isolated and vulnerable. Maryhill Housing Vocalise to Localise Saturday 11 March Ruchill Event Association, Ruchill Community Centre Glasgow Not specific criteria only that all projects must 671 Bilsland Drive

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demonstrate a clear benefit to the local Ruchill community (Maryhill and/ or Ruchill). Each Glasgow project will have their story board displayed at the G20 9NL event and will do a 4 minute pitch on their project idea. Saturday 18 March Maryhill Event Everyone attending the event (16 years old and Ledgowan Hall over) will get 3 votes each and can vote for their Ledgowan Place favourite projects. The winners will be Glasgow announced on the night. G20 0JZ

Melness and Up North! Community Chest Saturday 11 March Tongue Village Hall Tongue 10:30am – 2:30 am Community Will run a PB event in partnership with the [email protected] Development community council in the local area to raise rg.uk Trust, Highlands awareness of other groups in the area, to provide a much needed boost to morale and contribute to the social and economic regeneration of the local community. Mental Health and Wellbeing, Your Money You Saturday 25 February, 12-3.30pm Ardrossan Civic Centre CPP Decide Further information A PB event working with citizens affected by mental health challenges.

North Carrick Participate, Activate, Regenerate (PAR) Saturday 4 March Carrick Centre, Maybole Community Benefit Company, South Intends to use the PB process as the next step 10:30 to 15:00 Ayrshire towards the regeneration and revitalisation of North Carrick. 8 community participation champions will be recruited from under represented communities and given training to help engage their communities in priority community projects voted for at a series of PB events.

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North Glasgow Young Voice of North Glasgow Tuesday 28 March Springburn Academy Housing Association Ltd Event is focussed on young people to give them a 09:00 to 15:00 voice within the community. Working with around 40 young people both in the school and community settings. Following on from the project aim to set up a youth council / group that allows young people to continue to help shape and influence decisions in their communities. Perth & Kinross Perth & Kinross Decides Saturday 11 March Council Local Community Planning Partnerships (“Action Saturday 18 March (x 2) Partnerships”) in localities across P&K will lead PB events to encourage community involvement Sunday 19 March in tackling locally relevant inequalities such as social isolation in rural areas. Saturday 25 March (x 2)

Saturday 1 April

Saturday 22 April

Shetland Islands Shetland Community Choices Online and postal voting 13 – 25 Council March

A Shetland wide PB event, building on work to Saturday 25 March date, with priorities identified by the community as part of the Shetland Place Standard consultation.

Starter for Six, Skerries Skerries Community Council PB Friday 3 March

Funds for Fetlar Fetlar Community Council PB Saturday 25 March

9 Bucks for Bressay Bressay Community Council PB Sunday 26 March

South Ayrshire South Carrick Decides Saturday 18th February Girvan Academy Council Troon and villages Decides Saturday 25th February Walker Halls Troon

Ayr North and villages Decides Saturday 4th March Campus Ayr

Prestwick and villages Decides Saturday 18th March Prestwick Academy

Ayr South and Decides Date to be confirmed Voluntary Action Your Island Your Choice  Graemsay 8th February Com hall Orkney Geographically isolated isles communities  Papa Westray 10th February Com hall www.vaorkney.org. supported to initiate a small grants PB exercise uk inviting bids from communities of place or interest  Westray 10th February Heritage Cntr to address their identified priorities.  Rousay 13th February Com hall Each of the 13 islands wished to hold their own event. They also decided on an Orkney mainland  Stronsay 15th February Com hall event that will vote on bids to benefit more than one of the islands held in Kirkwall.  Flotta 17th February Com hall

th  Shapinsay 17 February Com hall

 Egilsay 18th February SG residence

 Wyre 14th February Pier Building

rd  North Ronaldsay 23 Feb Com hall

 Sanday 23rd February Com hall

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 Hoy 28th February Com hall

 Kirkwall 25th March Pickaquoy Centre, Kirkwall

West of Scotland Over to you - B Empowered Over to You Renfrewshire Johnstone Town Hall, Regional Equality https://www.facebook.com/otyrenf Johnstone, Renfrewshire Council, Glasgow To engage local communities with particular focus rewshire/ on disadvantaged minor ethnic Thursday 16th March 6pm communities/groups in 4 areas: Glasgow North & Over to You North Lanarkshire South, Renfrewshire and North Lanarkshire. PB https://www.facebook.com/otynort Gartlea Community Centre, will help raise awareness of local issues, hlanarkshire/ Airdrie, North Lanarkshire encourage those hard to reach to engage and be Saturday 18th March 1pm part of the decision making process. Over to You Glasgow North contact: Caroline McKoen https://www.facebook.com/Over- [email protected] To-You-Glasgow-North- Woodside Hall, Glasgow (tbc) 1836437116575398/ Webpage: Thursday 20th April 6pm www.wsrec.co.uk/oty Over to You Glasgow South https://www.facebook.com/Over- Langside Hall, Glasgow (tbc) To-You-Glasgow-South- 573253742845037/ Saturday 22nd April 1pm

Young Peoples Spirit of Ruchill/Possilpark Saturday 25 February Possilpoint Community Centre Futures (YPF), 130 Denmark street Glasgow Aims to build on the success of previous PB 12-4pm on line vote Glasgow event ‘Spirit in the Park’ aiming to involve the G22 5LQ whole community. Supported by Foundation Scotland and Thriving Places with intention to embed PB process for distributing funds locally.

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