Issue - meetings

Report of the Leader

RESOLVED THAT

1.      the list of projects to be funded from community pride funds as set out in Appendix 2 and community building grants as set out in Appendix 3 be approved.

2. authority be delegated to the Strategy and Engagement Manager, in consultation with the Leader of the Council, to decide how best to award the remaining funds to support community events and activities to commemorate the centenary of the start of the First World War.

The Leader introduced the report and explained that as part of the 2014-15 budget, agreed by Council on 14 February 2014, £50 000 was set aside for the community pride scheme from the New Homes Bonus and a further £4 000 was added to the pot from the community development budget to create a community building grant fund.

The Community Pride fund was a popular scheme with applications which collectively were requesting just over £116 000. He gave thanks to the assessment panel which assessed the degree to which the applications met the criteria of this year’s fund. He explained that the emphasis was on more modest schemes as, in some cases, the amount which could be awarded would not really make a difference to whether the scheme could take place or not.

The Leader made particular reference to the major scheme on the restoration of the war memorial to mark the 100^th anniversary of the outbreak of WW1. It was proposed that any remaining funds from the scheme were rolled over to create a small pot of funding to support community events and activities to commemorate WW1.

RESOLVED THAT

1.      the list of projects to be funded from community pride funds as set out in Appendix 2 and community building grants as set out in Appendix 3 be approved.

2. authority be delegated to the Strategy and Engagement Manager, in consultation with the Leader of the Council, to decide how best to award the remaining funds to support community events and activities to commemorate the centenary of the start of the First World War.