Elected Member Briefing - Warm Welcome Fund
Elected Member Briefing Note 2025, No. 81
About this Briefing Note
Report by: David Stokoe, Service Manager, Communities
Date: 24th June 2025
Subject: Warm Welcome Fund
Purpose
To provide elected members with an overview of the impact of the Warm Welcome Fund 2024/25.
Briefing Information
In 2024, Perth and Kinross Council granted a budget of £200,000 for the Warm Welcome Fund Initiative. The aim of the funding was to support community groups and organisations in their delivery of the provision of warm spaces over the winter months to help alleviate cost of living whilst also contributing to a reduction in social isolation.
The £200,000 funding was broken down and allocated to each ward area based on population size. This was to ensure fairness and to maximise the potential for the use of the funding.
A series of workshops were facilitated by the Community Learning and Development team in each ward area to encourage community groups and organisations to work more collaboratively with each other, avoiding duplication of their offer and recognising what their communities' needs were. Funding was then allocated through collective agreement with each other based on what they could offer and what local needs were.
The evaluation report for the Warm Welcome Fund (PDF, 23 MB) contains some key statistical data and case studies.
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