What it is
YouDecide Tenants is a £600,000 fund for delivering improvements to the local area. Renfrewshire Council tenants and other residents suggest the ideas, and then council tenants can vote for them.
We’re splitting the £600,000 over the 3 financial years from 2025 to 2028:
- Year 1 (2025 to 2026) - £150,000
- Year 2 (2026 to 2027) - £250,000
- Year 3 (2027 to 2028) - £200,000.
Who can suggest ideas
Anyone who lives in Renfrewshire can suggest ideas, but only Renfrewshire Council tenants will get to vote for them.
Before you suggest an idea
You can submit ideas online from 10 November 2025 to 21 December 2025.
When suggesting an idea, you’ll need to tell us your:
- name
- address
- contact details.
Ideas could include things such as benches, additional lighting, fencing, planters, and other environmental improvements.
How to suggest ideas
What happens after you suggest an idea
In January 2026, we’ll assess all ideas against the criteria.
An idea must meet all of these criteria before it can go to a vote:
- projects must be on land owned and managed from the Housing Revenue Account
- projects must improve the environment or security of the project area
- if a project would benefit an area with mixed tenure (where there is a mix of council tenants and private tenants and owners), it must benefit a minimum of 51% (a majority) of council tenants (again, a project must be on land owned or managed from the Housing Revenue Account)
- there must be sufficient funding available from the total available in that neighbourhood to fully fund a project – projects cannot be part-funded
- it must be a project where responsibility for delivery is with the council’s housing services
- successful projects will be delivered by registered local suppliers, following the voting process.
- We may contact applicants at this stage if we need more information. After we’ve assessed all the ideas, we’ll contact applicants and let them know if their idea will go to a vote.
Once we’ve got all the ideas that meet the criteria, Renfrewshire Council tenants will be able to vote for them in February 2026.
We’ll announce the winning ideas in March 2026. Then, we’ll work on delivering the improvements throughout 2026.
Contact us
If you have questions or need help to submit an idea, email us at youdecide@renfrewshire.gov.uk.