Half a Million to Help Deliver a Better Future

Nearly half a million pounds has been awarded to projects aimed at delivering promises made in Inverclyde’s Single Outcome Agreement.

The Inverclyde Alliance has approved £486,000 to fund 13 initiatives under the headings of area renewal and development.

We received a wide range of bids from a diverse range of projects. I am delighted that we have been able to distribute a significant sum of money in challenging economic times to initiatives that will really make a difference.

The Single Outcome Agreement was developed by the Inverclyde Alliance setting out a shared vision to improve the prospects of Inverclyde as a place to live and to secure a better future for its people.

The successful initiatives include a project to improve people’s health and fitness by taking part in outdoor environment action days, a scheme to encourage employers to subsidise the recruitment of local unemployed people and the provision of play equipment for a new play park.

We know that working in partnership is the best way to deliver on our promises and achieve real change in Inverclyde. This funding will help us take another step forward in changing lives for the better and improving the quality of life for the people of Inverclyde.

List of Approved Projects:

Inverclyde Green Gym – Instructor led environmental action days - £8,600

Health and Employability – To support a newly developed Inverclyde Employer Engagement Unit - £11,950

Glebe Arts Projects – Employ seven local people to create original pieces of art work to fill in broken windows of the Glebe Sugar Warehouse - £59,340

Employer Engagement Enhancement – To incentivise and subsidise the recruitment of local unemployed people - £40,000

Graduate Future Plus – To provide eight local Inverclyde graduates with six months paid employment related to their academic discipline - £61,820

Triple P Parenting Training – To progress multi-agency work being carried out within the Community Planning framework - £89,000

Communities are doing it for Themselves – Youth Work - £18,588

Port Glasgow Industrial Estate Environmental Improvements - £93,000

Greenock Central Residents Action Group Play Park – To provide play equipment at the proposed play park at Anne Street/Sir Michael Street - £25,000

CVS Inverclyde – To pilot a new approach to attracting external funding - £17,000

Tackling Depopulation Research Project – To explore the population issues facing Inverclyde - £20,000

Inverclyde Citizens’ Panel and Youth Panel – To expand the Citizens’ Panel, incorporate a third survey, establish a Youth Panel and three Youth Panel surveys - £13,500

Integrated Assessment Framework – Provide an interim solution for the sharing of integrated assessment framework documents between Health, Education and Social Work professionals - £28,850