South Lanarkshire Council secure £13.5million for capital and revenue projects
Councillor John Anderson said: 'This is a fair chunk of money we are getting here and I would like to welcome it, particularly the money that is going to help unemployability and child poverty."
More than £13.5million of funding has been secured by South Lanarkshire Council to fund a wide range of capital and revenue projects.
Funding of £4,683,431 was given from the Scottish Government to support 'No One Left Behind (NOLB) - Employability' the Executive heard on Wednesday.
The money has been provided for delivery of NOLB employability support for the financial year 2025-2026, supporting the vision for economic transformation and tackling child poverty.
And £102,000 has been given by the Scottish Government to 'No One Left Behind (NOLB) – Approach to Employability Funding' for 2025-2026.
That money has been provided to support the strategic aims of child poverty and transforming Scotland's economy.
This funding is a continuation of previous years, and a Tackling Poverty coordinator is in post.
Some £140,000 has been given in revenue funding in connection with the People and Place Local Authority Direct Award active and sustainable travel behaviour change programme through Transport Scotland.
Ring-fenced grant funding of £7.740m has been received from the Scottish Government for 2025-2026 for the purposes of delivering and commissioning Justice Social Work Services.
A full award of Active Travel Tier funding for 2025-26 of £2.296 million has been secured through Transport Scotland. Although the full award is £2.296 million, however, £1.439 million of Cycling, Walking and Safer Routes funding was already advised and is now rolled up into the Active Travel award with the increase totalling £857,000.
Capital funding of £70,000 has been provided in connection with the People and Place Local Authority Direct Award active and sustainable travel behaviour change programme through Transport Scotland.
East Kilbride SNP councillor John Anderson welcomed the funding.
He said: 'This is a fair chunk of money we are getting here and I would like to welcome it, particularly the money that is going to help unemployability and child poverty.
"In this cost of living crisis we are finding a lot more people living in poverty including children.'
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