Decision details

To enter into a funding agreement with Enovert Community Trust to receive

the sum of £25,000.

The Friends of Naunton Park have successfully applied to Enovert

Community Trust for a grant of £25,000 towards the construction of a

path, swale and landscaping at Naunton Park, Cheltenham.

The remaining project budget is derived from CBC’s own capital funds

(£25K), GCC Build Back Better (£18.5k), Royal Sun Alliance

Insurance through The Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust (£13.5K).

Enovert Community Trust provides grants to support community and

environmental projects in a number of locations across the UK. The

Trust provides funding to a broad range of projects that bring

environmental benefits and have as big an impact as possible on the

community.

The Trust distributes funds which are derived from a tax placed on the

landfilling of waste and has distributed more than £25.2 million in

grants to community and environmental projects to date.

To decline the grant, and not undertake the work. Rejected, as the scheme

supports the Council’s wider corporate climate change, and healthy living

objectives, and those of local members and community.

The scheme received wide support from the local community who were

supportive of an all-weather circular path, biodiversity, and habitat

improvements.

The scheme was widely consulted upon utilising site notices and the

Council’s Citizen Space platform. The scheme also went through the

planning process and included statutory consultation as part of this.