Issue - decisions
UK Shared Prosperity Fund
03/04/2023 - UK Shared Prosperity Fund - COM/23/097
UKSPF Communities And Place
(i) Defers decision on the application for up to £167,112 to Tillydrone Community Development Trust for the Benholms Tower Project to the meeting of Finance and Resources Committee on 5th July 2023;
(ii) Awards up to £79,506 to Greyhope Bay for the Phase 2 Feasibility Project;
(iii) Awards up to £124,800 to VisitAberdeenshire for a Make a Day of it in Aberdeen Campaign;
(iv) Awards up to £82,468 to Home-Start Aberdeen to support additional vulnerable families;
(v) Rejects the application for up to £300,000 to Aberdeen Performing Arts at this time for the Lemon Tree Redevelopment project due to lack of information on funding sources for proposed main capital works.
UKSPF People & Skills
(vi) Awards up to £275,000 to Aberdeen City Council for additional employability keyworker support for economically inactive people;
(vii) Awards up to £355,000 to Aberdeen City Council to provide additional courses for economically inactive people, Green Skills courses and development of local projects; and
(viii) Notes the officer review outcome in relation to the Lemon Tree Redevelopment – Design Development proposals and instructs the Chief Officer – City Growth to report back to the Finance and Resources Committee by September 2023 with details of work done to support Aberdeen Performing Arts in identifying alternative sources of funding.