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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 Scotland Your Voice Your Choice Old Kirk Muirhouse The Old Kirk and Muirhouse Saturday 25 March Parish Church, Edinburgh To run projects with Church of Scotland starting at 10am congregations which serve parishes in economically poor areas. Carrick Knowe 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 2 Wednesday 18th January 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 Ayrshire 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 Stewarton 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 Cumnock 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 Drongan 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 New Cumnock Town Hall Presentation The Castle (Voting closes at end of New Cumnock presentations) KA18 4AN Sunday 19 March Sorn & 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 Netherthird Community Centre 4 (Voting closes at 8pm) 9 Ryderston Drive, Cumnock Marketplace KA18 3AR Saturday 25 March Dalmellington Parish 11am-2.30pm Decides (Voting closes at 1.30pm) Dalmellington Community Marketplace Centre 38 Ayr Road Dalmellington KA6 7SJ Tuesday 28 March Celebrate Kilmarnock 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 Auchinleck Federation, Will hold PB events in social housing Kilmarnock neighbourhood areas. The projects will be tenant Sunday 12 March Crookedholm/Hurlford/Galston led and will focus on areas which are not Bellfield/ represented by a Community Led Action Plan. This will complement East Ayrshire 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 5 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, South Ayrshire 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 Leith 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 7 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