FOI/202300384586 · FOI · not held
Al-Mahdi Foundation grants: FOI release
Information requested
Documents held by the Scottish Government in relation to the provision of a £200,000 grant that was paid to the Al-Mahdi Islamic Centre of Glasgow.
Response
Our records show that the Al-Mahdi Foundation (Al-Mahdi Islamic Centre) was awarded two grants via the Climate Challenge Fund (CCF) as detailed below:
Project Start Date End Date Grant Amount Al-Mahdi Sustainability Project 01/05/2014 01/03/2016 £193,251.02 Al-Mahdi Sustainability Project 01/04/2018 31/03/2020 £178,979.92
While our aim is to provide information whenever possible, in this instance the Scottish Government does not hold the information you have requested. Keep Scotland Beautiful delivered the CCF on behalf of the Scottish Government and we do not hold the documentation for these projects. Further detail is provided in the Annex to this letter.
ANNEX REASONS FOR NOT PROVIDING INFORMATION
The Scottish Government does not have the information
The Scottish Government does not have any project documentation. Both projects were awarded grants via the Climate Challenge Fund. Keep Scotland Beautiful (KSB) delivered the Fund on behalf of the Scottish Government from 2008 until their contract ended in 2021. KSB were responsible for assessing and monitoring all the grants awarded. All grant recipients were required to report quarterly on progress against any agreed outputs and to provide a breakdown of all costs incurred.
This is a formal notice under section 17(1) of FOISA that the Scottish Government does not have the information you have requested.
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Contact Please quote the FOI reference Central Enquiry Unit Email: ceu@gov.scot Phone: 0300 244 4000 The Scottish Government St Andrews House Regent Road Edinburgh EH1 3DG
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This is a formal notice under section 17(1) of FOISA that the Scottish Government does not have the information you have requested.
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