Social Value Ideas for Clackmannanshire Council

Severe medium-term funding gap

The council reported a highly challenging financial outlook, with an indicative funding gap of £10.1m in 2027-28 rising to £24.5m over the medium term. The report links this to ongoing demand, inflati…

“This report provides members with an update on the council's medium-term financial strategy following the 2627 budget and sets out the proposed approa…”

£1m Scottish Government fund

The Scottish Government provided £1 million for the incident. Officers explained the money is for support to the incident and has been used mainly for emergency accommodation, removals, storage, techn…

“we've received a million pounds from the Scottish government and I was wondering if you could just provide some information on how much of the funding…”

£485k finance recovery investment

The council is being asked to approve an allocation of up to £485,000 from the transformation fund to procure specialist support for the finance recovery programme. The spend is framed as a ceiling ra…

“The paper before us today provides much more information. It contains a clearer options appraisal and sets a maximum allocation of £485,000. It also d…”

Launch mini-competition

Officers said the scope and pricing workbook are ready and the mini-competition will be launched once the relevant officer returns from leave. The intention is to use a quick, focused procurement rout…

“Uh thank you for the question target. Yes, absolutely. So um we have the scope, we have the pricing workbook, we have on Monday when Derek returns fro…”

Monitor and reconcile spend

The council has set a single accounting code for incident expenditure, with invoices coded to it and authorised centrally. Officers will also capture staffing costs, and Scottish Government expects re…

“So um we've established a single code um a single accounting code in the council. Uh all the um specific invoices that come are coded against that cod…”

Specialist finance support contract

The council intends to run a mini-competition to procure a dedicated recovery team with technical accounts expertise, audit readiness support, and technology/process improvement. The specification is …

“So we've taken quite a bit of time to look at the specification of the work. So um you'll be aware that we we've taken a little time whilst we've been…”

General Fund underspend and reserves

The council reported a draft General Fund revenue underspend of £3.6m for 2025/26 after reserves, with a further £3.2m added to committed reserves. Capital outturn showed an underspend of £9.6m, with …

“This paper provides an update on the financial performance for the council for the year ending 31st of March 2026 based on actual spend up to the end …”

Widening budget gap and demand pressure

The council faces an indicative funding gap of £10.1 million in 2027/28, rising to £24.5 million by 2031/32. Officers said this is driven by service demand pressures, inflation, workforce challenges a…

“Council continues to face an extremely challenging financial environment. The indicative funding gap remains at 10.1 million in 2728 projected to rise…”

New corporate debt policy

Council approved an updated corporate debt and write-off policy, replacing the 2018 version. The revised policy emphasises early intervention, a person-centred approach, flexible payment arrangements,…

“Thank you for this report presents an updated corporate debt and write off policy for council approval. The existing policy last agreed in 2018 has be…”

Finance recovery resource support

Officers are preparing a balanced and viable proposal for additional resource support within the finance section to help deliver the recovery plan arising from the Section 102 findings. This indicates…

“So that's item eight which is the family partnership and is going to take us through. >> Thank you convenor. I'm pleased to introduce this report whic…”

Standard football extended-hours conditions

The board adopted a consistent approach to all football-related extended-hours applications by requiring ticketed entry, cessation of alcohol sales 15 minutes after the final whistle, and premises clo…

“So I think it's an important point here that probably do want to hear what is the plan for each premises in terms of you know if people are going outs…”

Ticketing required for events

The board repeatedly decided that extended-hours football events should be ticketed, both to support planning and monitoring and to give a consistent control measure across venues. This becomes a mand…

“I think I think in terms of the manager the vast majority of premises that we've chosen to make this application are going to have a relatively small …”

Trust in manager condition

For Trust in, members raised concern that there may not be a premises manager in post for the event. The board agreed an amended condition requiring a premises manager to be appointed and either that …

“I have no difficulty with this but I just want to check something the local understand that at this moment in time they may not have a premises manage…”