Conditions of Funding for Mermaid Trans Charity

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Dear Perth and Kinross Council,

Under FOISA please supply me with Information contained in your records as follows:

The full conditions of funding for Mermaids Trans Charity?

To be clear please supply me with the total amount of funding being provided per financial year to Mermaids Trans Charity since the first FY of funding and the full conditions of funding for Mermaids Trans Charity.

Please supply me with the conditions of funding, which stipulate what criteria is expected by your council for Mermaids Trans Charity service for the funding awarded to Mermaids Trans Charity to achieve in real terms.

Please also advise if Mermaids Trans Charity have been rolling out training in any of your local authority Schools?

If so please state what schools have received Mermaid Trans Charity Training?
Please also state what professional standards and reporting is required to comply with the conditions of funding, this is to ensure the Scottish Government are provided VfM whilst not cutting back on Quality.

Yours faithfully,

[name removed]
[name removed]

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Dear [name removed]

 

Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002

Request for Information – Mermaids Trans Charity

 

I refer to your request for information dated 3 December 2022.

The information you requested was:-

1.     The full conditions of funding for Mermaids Trans Charity?

2.     To be clear please supply me with the total amount of funding being
provided per financial year to Mermaids Trans Charity since the first FY
of funding and the full conditions of funding for Mermaids Trans Charity.

3.     Please supply me with the conditions of funding, which stipulate
what criteria is expected by your council for Mermaids Trans Charity
service for the funding awarded to Mermaids Trans Charity to achieve in
real terms.

4.     Please also advise if Mermaids Trans Charity have been rolling out
training in any of your local authority Schools?

5.     If so please state what schools have received Mermaid Trans Charity
Training?

6.     Please also state what professional standards and reporting is
required to comply with the conditions of funding, this is to ensure the
Scottish Government are provided VfM whilst not cutting back on Quality

Response 

Relative to the above, I am advised of the following:

 1. n/a
 2. No funding has been provided to Mermaids Trans Charity
 3. n/a
 4. No schools in Perth & Kinross have had training provided by Mermaids
Trans Charity
 5. n/a
 6. n/a

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Yours sincerely

Information Officer

Information Compliance Team

Legal & Governance Services

Corporate and Democratic Services

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