Issue - meetings

The Committee received a report from the Community Funding & Development Manager regarding North Area Committee Community Grants.

Members considered applications for grants as set out in the Officer’s report, and table below. The Community Funding & Development Manager responded to Member’s questions about individual projects and what funding aimed to achieve.

The Committee made the following comments:

i.             Asked what advice and assistance was provided to applicants as 20 applications had been received and 19 were recommended for approval.

ii.            Questioned if the boxing activity would be for girls and boys.

iii.           Referred to the monitoring report for awards and asked if this would be circulated to members and asked how this year’s grant bids had been informed by the grants awarded last year.  

In response to Members questions the Community Funding & Development Manager said the following: 

i.             Her Team worked with Applicants, held briefing sessions and encouraged people to talk through applications with them to ensure that applicants did not make unnecessary applications if they were not going to meet the grant application criteria.

ii.            Confirmed that the boxing project was targeted at individuals who were at risk of criminal activity to try and make a difference to their behaviour.  If the grant bid was approved she could report back how the project developed.

iii.           Confirmed a film had been produced to demonstrate the benefits of the grants awarded to community organisations. Officers had the benefit of being able to see the value added by the grant system. Also confirmed that the awards for 17/18 were attached to the report at appendix 2

Following discussion, Members unanimously resolved to agree the proposed awards detailed in Appendix 1 of the Officer’s report and summarised in the table above.