Minutes:
Councillor Beattie declared an interest in the item under the heading “Department for Communities (DfC) Letter of Offer Community Support Programme (CSP) 2025/26” the Strategic Policy and Resources Committee minutes, in that he was associated with a group/organisation which had applied for or received funding.
Alderman McCullough and Councillors Black, Bradley, Doran, Duffy, McCabe and Verner declared an interest in the item under the heading “Department for Communities (DfC) Letter of Offer Community Support Programme (CSP) 2025/26” the Strategic Policy and Resources Committee minutes, in that their employers were recipients of funding.
Councillor T. Brooks declared an interest in the item “City Innovation programme update” within the Strategic Policy and Resources Committee minutes, in that she was employed by Queen’s University.
Councillor Canavan declared an interest in the item “Department for Communities (DfC) Letter of Offer Community Support Programme (CSP) 2025/26” the Strategic Policy and Resources Committee minutes, in that she was a Committee Member of an organisation in receipt of funding.
Councillor de Faoite declared and interest in the item “Planning Information” within the Strategic Policy and Resources Committee minutes, in that he was a member of the Board of Governors of a primary school which had submitted a planning application.
Councillor M. Donnelly declared an interest in items “Department for Communities (DfC) Letter of Offer Community Support Programme (CSP) 2025/26” the Strategic Policy and Resources Committee minutes and “End Violence Against Women and Girls (EVAWG) - additional in year Local Community Fund allocation” within the People and Communities Committee minutes, in that his employer was associated with both items.
Councillor R.M. Donnelly declared an interest in the items “Minutes of Shared City Partnership Meeting on 4th August 2025” and “Requests for use of the City Hall and the provision of Hospitality” within the Strategic Policy and Resources Committee and the item “End Violence Against Women and Girls (EVAWG) - additional in year Local Community Fund allocation” within the People and Communities Committee minutes, in that her employer had been associated with those items.
Councillor Ferguson declared an interest in the item “Requests for use of the City Hall and the provision of Hospitality” within the Strategic Policy and Resources Committee minutes, in that he was associated with an organisation which had submitted an application.
Councillor Groogan declared an interest in the items under the headings “Department for Communities (DfC) Letter of Offer Community Support Programme (CSP) 2025/26” the Strategic Policy and Resources Committee minutes, “Department of Communities (DfC) Letter of Offer Community Support Programme 2025-2026” within the People and Communities Committee minutes and “ Vacant to Vibrant Programme”within the City Growth and Regeneration Committee minutes, in that her employer, Forward South, was a recipient of funding.
Councillor Groogan also declared an interest in the item “Minutes of Shared City Partnership Meeting on 4th August 2025”, within the Strategic Policy and Resources Committee, in that her employer was a voluntary sector partner and a PEACEPLUS recipient and “Artist Studio Organisational Grant 2025/26”, within the City Growth and Regeneration Committee minutes, in that a recipient was a friend of hers.
Councillor Murray declared an interest in the item “End Violence Against Women and Girls (EVAWG) - additional in year Local Community Fund allocation” within the People and Communities Committee minutes, in that his employer had applied for funding.