Public sector news
‘Unprecedented demand’ for Irish Sports scheme
More than 2,150 sports clubs and organi- sations throughout Ireland have submitted bids for support through the government’s 2012 Sports Capital Programme. According to minister of state for tour-
ism and sport Michael Ring, the demand for funding has been substantial with €7.50 (£6) sought for every EUR1 (£0.80) made available. Ring said: “It means that we will only be able to allocate a fraction of the funding sought and the task of assess- ing applications will be very difficult.” Details:
www.transport.ie
Plans to cap tax relief cancelled
The Art Fund is among a number of charitable organ- isations to welcome George Osborne’s decision to drop plans to introduce a cap on tax relief on donations of more than £50,000. HM Treasury’s cap would
have also applied to gifts worth 25 per cent of a chari- ty’s income and was designed to prevent individuals using the available reliefs to avoid paying tax. It is estimated that £11bn is donated to charities each year, 45 per cent of which is thought to come from a mere 7 per cent of donors – most of whom are higher-rate taxpayers. However, Osborne said: “I can confi rm that
Chancellor George Osborne dropped plans to cap the relief at £50,000
we will proceed next year with a cap on income tax reliefs for wealthy people, but we won’t be capping relief for giving money to charity. It is clear from our conversations with charities
T e initiative targets the UK’s older population
£37m scheme to improve quality of life for the elderly
A new £37m initiative has been launched with the support of government funding to improve the health, wellbeing and qual- ity of life for nearly 170,000 older people across the UK. T e DALLAS (delivering assisted living
lifestyles at scale) programme will exam- ine new methods of using “innovative” products and services in order to create more independent lifestyles. Four con- sortia tasked with operating the initiative – developed by the Technology Strategy Board (TSB) – have secured £25m worth of government funding. T e consortia have also made fi nancial
contributions towards the DALLAS pro- gramme, along with funding from the National Institute for Health Research and the Scottish Government. Year Zero will provide an online appli-
cation allowing individuals to manage personal health information and Liverpool’s Feelgood Factory will encourage people to plan their futures. Living It Up will develop solutions to allow Scottish communities to adopt healthy lifestyles and the UK-wide i-Focus scheme off ers services to help peo- ple feel more comfortable at home. TSB chief executive Iain Gray said: “T e
DALLAS programme is about redesigning and delivering a new approach.”
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that any kind of cap could damage donations, and as I said at the Budget that’s not what we want at all. So we’ve listened.” Art Fund director Stephen Deuchar said:
“T e plan to cap relief on charitable donations would have had a detrimental impact on all charities and their causes.
£11.3m for ‘shovel-ready’ heritage projects
Scottish culture secretary Fiona Hyslop has announced additional investment worth £11.3m for a number of “shovel-ready” cultural heritage projects through- out the country. Among the schemes to benefi t from the cash injection is the devel- opment of Lews Castle in Stornoway into a hotel and museum, which has secured £1.6m over two years. Creative Scotland has been
awarded £3m of additional funding over three years in order to support more projects and pro- vide better facilities for artists and audiences. Meanwhile, Historic Scotland has received a further £2m towards ensuring heritage assets continue to be maintained eff ectively, reduc- ing the need for repairs in future.
Lews Castle in Stornoway, one of the sites to benefi t from the funding Hyslop said: “T is funding for shovel-ready
culture and heritage projects will inject growth into the economy, demonstrating how this government is using all the powers we have to create new opportunities for our people.” Details:
http://www.creativescotland.com
English Heritage welcomes government reforms
English Heritage, the national historic envi- ronment agency, has welcomed a number of reforms contained with the newly-published Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill. Among alterations to the legislation is the merger of conservation area consent back
Read Leisure Management online
leisuremanagement.co.uk/digital
into the planning system, while the estab- lishment of Heritage Partnership agreements has also been enabled. T e organisation said improvements to the heritage protection sys- tem contained within the new-look bill had been sought for a number of years.
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