£8.8m FUNDING REACHES FIFE TO TACKLE IMPACT OF PANDEMIC
Published date : 12 Jun 2020
Mid Fife and Glenrothes MSP Jenny Gilruth has welcomed new figures outlining the scale of Scottish Government funding to tackle the impact of the coronavirus pandemic.
As part of £3.8 billion in extra spending to tackle coronavirus, the Scottish Government has committed to a £350 million package of emergency funding for communities to help tackle harms caused by the pandemic.
One notable beneficiary in the Mid Fife and Glenrothes area has been the Collydean Community Centre who received a £60,000 funding allocation from the Supporting Communities Fund.
A new online dashboard, published this week, has outlined the financial support so far allocated to Fife Council.
The Scottish Government funding has included:
£2.3m from the Food Fund, to support those who would otherwise be unable to access food through the usual routes.
£538,000 from the Wellbeing Fund, to support organisations providing important services to people most affected by the coronavirus pandemic.
£566,000 from the Supporting Communities Fund, for community anchor organisations to help support local responses to the pandemic.
£579,000 from the Third Sector Resilience Fund, to support third sector organisations that deliver services and products but find themselves in financial difficulties directly as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.
Commenting, SNP MSP Jenny Gilruth said:
“The pandemic has caused enormous pressure on households and communities across Scotland.
“The Scottish Government has provided swift and substantial financial help to households in Fife – supporting frontline organisations and access to food.
“We now know that change can happen rapidly – and we must build on that momentum to achieve our long-term goals of reducing poverty and inequality.”
ENDS
Notes:
Community Funding mapping hub is available here: https://community-funding-mapping-1-1-scotgov.hub.arcgis.com/
These dashboards are provided for general information purposes only and use data from various sources. The data will be updated as frequently as its available, however due to its nature it cannot be guaranteed that at any particular instance it is complete, accurate or up to date.
LclAthr
Third Sector Resilience Fund
Hardship Fund
Scottish Welfare Fund Top-Up
Supporting Communities Fund
Food Fund
Wellbeing Fund
Total
Aberdeen City
642371
1758000
596000
310440.55
802000
702061
4810872.55
Aberdeenshire
577269
2404000
497000
313313
1023000
431116
5245698
Angus
211621
1088000
383000
125000
602000
290190
2699811
Argyll and Bute
755898
895000
293000
469802
440000
243739
3097439
City of Edinburgh
1480392
3910000
1531000
1009142
1651000
2227536
11809070
Clackmannanshire
149019
465000
243000
109303
312000
137293
1415615
Dumfries and Galloway
298824
1480000
579000
297882
890000
270148
3815854
Dundee City
371673
1389000
809000
67500
1152000
309415
4098588
East Ayrshire
208752
1139000
631000
181390
838000
331681
3329823
East Dunbartonshire
70985
1042000
251000
72750
436000
144351
2017086
East Lothian
184795
965000
334000
187614
447000
249535
2367944
East Renfrewshire
47675
987000
221000
134266
348000
116177
1854118
Falkirk
210357
1447000
615000
152480
878000
197468
3500305
Fife
578717
3407000
1514000
566316
2254000
538092
8858125
Glasgow City
2476973
5596000
4076000
3671921.6
4799000
3564534
24184428.6
Highland
1052399
2373000
738000
1580742
1199000
650417
7593558
Inverclyde
157145
749000
447000
242990
565000
270141
2431276
Midlothian
328879
841000
326000
282911
446000
263892
2488682
Moray
431185
853000
261000
260894
448000
214914
2468993
Na h-Eileanan Siar
366785
384000
94000
280636
147000
310689
1583110
North Ayrshire
315430
1324000
785000
235029
1038000
278502
3975961
North Lanarkshire
353677
3181000
1744000
400019
2114000
515864
8308560
Orkney Islands
119234
350000
49000
211576
99000
169063
997873
Perth and Kinross
486346
1378000
410000
285206
621000
259113
3439665
Renfrewshire
279070
1632000
782000
388012
1063000
378554
4522636
Scottish Borders
375936
1100000
365000
385135
576000
293357
3095428
Shetland Islands
232111
388000
44000
245165
104000
115491
1128767
South Ayrshire
138246
1053000
474000
142987.48
625000
154873
2588106.48
South Lanarkshire
365080
2979000
1389000
315847.31
1937000
398999
7384926.31
Stirling
312798
878000
275000
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