Nine organisations in Cumbernauld have been awarded grants from the funding released by the dissolution of an organisation previously overseeing town centre regeneration.
A report on the awards was considered by North Lanarkshire Council's Community Empowerment Committee during a virtual meeting on Monday, August 23.
With the council having wound up its arms-length organisation Campsies Centre Cumbernauld, the council invited groups to apply for funding previously held by the company.
A total of 42 groups applied and the first, largest round of funding has been awarded to nine of these, with grants capped at £50,000.
These were: Cumbernauld Action on Care of the Elderly, £50,000; Cumbernauld Poverty Action, £49,936; Cumbernauld YMCA, £50,000; Cumbernauld Colts Community Football Club, £35,090; The Scottish Centre for Children with Motor Impairments, £37,448.61; Kildrum Primary School Parent Council, £50,000; Scottish Wildlife Trust, £24,648; ENABLE Scotland (Leading the Way), £50,000 and North Area Crime Prevention Panel which was awarded £14,740.
Other organisations which performed well in the assessment but did not yet receive an award will be considered in further rounds of funding where awards will be capped at £10,000.
Councillor Catherine Johnston (SNP, Cumbernauld South) tabled an amendment calling for the town's elected representatives to be involved in these later rounds of funding, to ensure smaller organisations were represented. while previous recipients are excluded from additional grants.
This was seconded by Councillor Danish Ashraf (SNP, Cumbernauld North). This was agreed unanimously by the committee.
