Decision details

To allocate £30,000 in Community Pride grants as follows:

The council made available £30,000 to allocate to local good causes that help build community pride.  Grants of up to £3000 were available on a 50% match funding basis for projects to deliver one or more of these key themes:

·         Bring people together, connecting people to foster new relationships and celebrating our culture and diverse communities;

·         Help to improve the biodiversity of Cheltenham’s green spaces and natural environment;

·         Help make Cheltenham a place where all our children and young people have the opportunity to thrive;

·         Enable neighbourhood hubs and spaces to be used to engage and support young people;

·         Promote and support physical and mental well-being, in celebration of the 2024 Olympics.

The Community Pride Fund was open for applications from 25^th April until 20^th June 2024.  An assessment panel made up of the Leader of the Council, Cabinet Member Safety and Communities and Richard Gibson and Helen Down from the Communities and Place Division met on 26^th June.  Apologies were received from Angela Gilbert at Gloucestershire Rural Communities Council.  The panel reviewed the 37 applications received and made the above recommendations of 17 projects that met the assessment criteria to the Cabinet Member Safety and Communities for approval. 

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