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The arrangements for setting water charges are set out in the Water Industry (Scotland) Act 2002; decisions on charges are a matter for the Board of Scottish Water.

Charges for future years have not yet been agreed. They will be set annually by Scottish Water’s Board, with approval from the independent economic regulator, in line with the price cap across the 2021-27 period.

The Scottish Government has not provided any funding to Garnethill Multicultural Centre since 2019, therefore, no objectives have been set.

The Scottish Government has not provided any funding to North Queensferry Heritage Trust since 2019.

The Scottish Government has not provided funding for the John Shivas Memorial Trust.

The Scottish Government has not provided any funding directly to Counselling and Family Mediation Western Isles since 2019.

Relationships Scotland have received Scottish Government core funding since 2016 which will continue until March 2025 via the Children, Young People and Families Early Intervention and Adult Learning & Empowering Communities fund (CYPFEI & ALEC). Relationships Scotland operate a network of 21 Member Services across Scotland and Counselling and Family Mediation Western Isles is part of that network.

As the Scottish Government has not provided any funding directly to Fife Alcohol Support Service from 2019, no objectives have been set.

However, since 2021, the Corra Foundation has administered the National Drugs Mission Funds to over 300 third sector and grassroots organisations on behalf of the Scottish Government. Fife Alcohol Support Service is a recipient of these funds and details of the projects are available at: Grant holder data - Corra Foundation

The Shetland Folk Festival Society has not received any direct funding from Scottish Government since 2019.

The Shetland Folk Festival Society has received two awards through the Creative Scotland (CS) National Lottery Open Fund since 2019, totalling £24,000.

The CS Open Fund has had three iterations since Shetland Folk Festival Society’s award in 2019 and the criteria for the fund has evolved in-line with CS’ strategic and funding priorities. Full details on these funding programmes are available on Creative Scotland's website.

The Shetland Folk Festival Society also received £21,000 from EventScotland’s National Events Funding Programme in 2022. The KPIs agreed in the funding contract were as follows:

1. Attract at least 8 bands to Shetland to perform at the event

2. Attract an audience of around 6,000 visitors to the event

3. Attract 32% of visitors from outwith the event region

4. Carry out a scaled back community / rural programme in line with local opinion

5. Demonstrate how the event has helped boost community confidence to attend events

The Scottish Government has not provided funding for the Edinburgh Hospital Broadcasting Service.

The Central Scotland Regional Equality Council (CSREC) is based in Falkirk and is focussed on promoting equality and diversity and fostering good relations amongst ethnic minorities and other communities in Central Scotland. The CSREC was awarded funding in 2020 under the Climate Challenge Fund (CCF) for their ‘One Planet Communities’ project (CCF-6544).

The objectives were as follows:

• Providing Carbon Conversations to 150 people in their community to increase their awareness and understanding of Climate Change and enable them to make informed choices in their buying habits and change to more sustainable consumer behaviour.
• 800 members of the community will develop more sustainable consumer behaviour and save 67.33 tCO2e by participating in 20 monthly pop-up swap shops over the duration of the Project.
• 420 people will save 5.65 tCO2e by diverting clothing and textiles from landfill by learning how to sew and upcycle them into new items.
• 80 people will upcycle 1680 kg of furniture into new pieces and save 3.4 tCO2e.
• 600 people will use the One Planet Communities online hub to learn about sustainable consumption, the effects of textiles and waste on the environment, upcycling skills and where to go for more information and workshops locally in the Forth Valley.
• 1440 people will divert 4.32 tonnes of waste from landfill, and save 15.81 tCO2e via a Community Fridge.

Alcohol & Drugs Action received funding from the Scottish Government’s National Development Project Fund (NDPF) from 2019 to 2021. High-level NDPF objectives are set out in Grant Offer Letters, and are as follows:

• Recruiting staff to mentoring and supervision roles
• Staff Mentoring roles / training and Recovery Group Peer-led Activity (range, location)
• Advocacy role (training)
• Develop further Peer Volunteer roles (Hospital, Housing, Justice settings)
• Deliver activities in identified key settings
• Evaluate effectiveness of mentor / supervisory aspects
• Evaluate effectiveness of at-risk engagement with services/support
• Adjust and further develop activities as required

Whilst Scottish Government did not directly set the objectives, the Corra Foundation administer funds on our behalf. The Challenge Fund, in 2018-19 and 2019-20 and the National Drugs Mission Funds, from 2021-22, to third sector and grassroots organisations. Alcohol & Drugs Action is a recipient of these funds and details of the projects are available at: Grant holder data - Corra Foundation