Thousands of pounds are being set aside to mark Holocaust Memorial Day in East Renfrewshire.

Council bosses are expected to allocate £3,000 to the January 27 event, which honours millions of Jewish people murdered by the Nazis.

The local authority has also estimated that it will spend £1,150 on Remembrance Day, with £5,600 to be set aside for two senior citizens concerts.

And Eastwood Rotary Club’s golf competition is set to return this year, with councillors lining up £500 to go towards that.

In a report set to go in front of civic hospitality committee members this week, the council’s deputy chief executive Caroline Inness confirmed £18,000 will be put towards events over the next year.

She said: “As well as being used to fund events organised in response to external requests for civic hospitality, the decision was taken that those annual events organised by the council such as the Holocaust event, remembrance and the senior citizens’ concert, for example, are to be funded from this budget.”

“As was the case prior to the establishment of the committee, all requests with an estimated value of less than £400 are continuing to be dealt with through delegated powers, subject to consultation taking place with the provost and deputy provost.

“Proposals for the introduction of any additional council hosted events are to be funded from the civic hospitality budget, either on a one-off or recurring basis, are now submitted to the committee for consideration.

“Examples of other things also funded from this budget are the costs of attendance at any charity events such as dinners, the costs associated with school debates and the purchase of flowers for those known to be celebrating a special wedding anniversary or birthday in East Renfrewshire.”

Councillors are expected to spend £500 on purchasing flowers and other costs associated with 100th birthdays, diamond wedding anniversaries and other milestone celebrations.

Catering at school debates throughout the year is estimated to amount to £1,500.

The Armed Forces Day flag-raising ceremony will benefit from £300, with the Merchant Navy Day and related flag-raising getting £50.

The annual Citizen’s Award ceremony will get £150, with a further £30 going to ‘Fly the Flag for the Commonwealth’, £50 to ‘miscellaneous’ and £200 towards lunch and afternoon teas hosted by Provost Jim Fletcher.

Ms Innes has estimated that £13,070 is needed to fund the various events.

In her report, Ms Innes added: “Based on current expenditure estimates, the funding left in the 2018/19 budget to deal with new requests for civic hospitality is currently approximately £4,930.”