Agenda item
Charnwood Grants
A report of the Head of Neighbourhood Services to consider applications received for funding in round two of the Community Facilities and Community Development and Engagement Grants schemes for 2019/20.
Key Decision
Minutes:
Considered a report of the Head of Neighbourhood Services to consider applications received for funding in round two of the Community Facilities and Community Development and Engagement Grants schemes for 2019/20 (item 7 on the agenda filed with these minutes).
The Head of Neighbourhood Services assisted with consideration of the report.
RESOLVED
1. that the following Community Facilities Grant be awarded:
• £20,000 to John Storer House towards the modernisation of their toilet facilities and installation of a Changing Places facility;
2. that the following Community Development and Engagement Grants be awarded:
• £600 to Miller and Peverill Residents Association Sileby towards running costs;
• Up to £2,292 to The Bridge (East Midlands) towards a canvas bag initiative (to be funded through the Community Development and Engagement Environmental grant scheme);
• £9,000 to Sustainable Land Trust towards a “Branching out” project (£8,000 to be funded through the Community Development and Engagement grant scheme and £1,000 to be funded through the Community Development and Engagement Environmental grant scheme);
• £4,500 to Albert Street Artists towards rent and running costs (£2,250 to be funded through the Community Development and Engagement Grant scheme, and £2,250 to be funded through the Loughborough Community Grants scheme);
• £3,500 to the Loughborough Wellbeing Project towards a volunteer development project (£1,750 to be funded through the Community Development and Engagement Grant scheme, and £1,750 to be funded through the Loughborough Community Grants scheme);
• £9,000 to Loughborough Generator CIC towards “The Generator History” project (£4,500 to be funded through the Community Development and Engagement Grant scheme, and £4,500 to be funded through the Loughborough Community Grants scheme);
• £5,000 to The Baldwin Trust towards a marketing project “Sailing into new waters”;
• Up to £7,000 to Shelthorpe Community Association towards an indoor gardening project (£5,000 to be funded through the Community Development and Engagement Environmental grant scheme, and £2,000 to be funded through the Loughborough Community Grants scheme);
3. that the following Community Facilities Grant applications be deferred:
• Syston Band - £732 requested – applied for funding towards the cost of a Feasibility Study for the replacement of a portacabin;
4. that the following Community Facilities Grant applications be declined:
• Loughborough Sea Cadets - £2,000 requested – applied for funding towards the replacement of a portacabin;
• King George’s Field Charity - £12,000 requested – applied for funding towards modifications to create a Parish/Charity office;
5. that the Head of Neighbourhood Services be given delegated authority to finalise the terms and conditions of the awarded Community Facilities and Community Development and Engagement Grants.
Reasons
1. To provide financial support to organisations which meet the criteria of the Community Facilities Grants scheme in terms of community and organisational need.
2. To provide financial support to organisations which meet the criteria of the Community Development and Engagement Grants and Environmental schemes in terms of community and organisational need and to use funding provided through the Loughborough Grants scheme to support projects in Loughborough.
3. To enable further work to be undertaken with the applicant to see whether the application can be improved and strengthened.
4. To decline to provide financial support to organisations which do not meet the criteria for the award of a grant under the Community Facilities Grant scheme.
5. To enable the grants awarded to be finalised and appropriate information to be supplied to the Council about the outcomes of the project.
Councillors Bokor and Morgan returned to the meeting.
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