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Area Committee Grants 2018-19

Meeting: 01/03/2018 - North Area Committee (Item 47)

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Minutes:

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

 

Ref

Organisation

Purpose

Award £ 

N1

Bermuda Community Room

36 winter teas and suppers

£850

N2

Cambridge Sustainable Food

Family cookery workshops and training

£2,500

N3

Chesterton Community Association (for Brown's Field Adult Art Group)

30 art sessions.

£1,000

N4

Chesterton Community Association

Summer trip for families and older people

£495

N5

Chesterton Festival Committee

Chesterton Festival 2018 - Community Fun Day

£2,500

N6

Friends of Histon Road Cemetery

Information and activities

£400

N7

Good Sounds

Weekly singing sessions
 

£350

N8

Grove Community Swimming

Saturday morning family swimming sessions

£150

N9

King Hedges Brownies

Two trips

£400

N10

Kings Hedges Family Support Project

Thursday Group: weekly drop-in sessions

£3,604

N11

Kings Hedges Guides

Trip to Clip 'n' Climb

£275

N12

Meadows Bowlers

Weekly 2 hour indoors bowls session

£300

N13

Meadows Children and Family Wing

3 x 6 week disadvantaged women’s workshop programme

£3,000

N14

North Cambridge Organisers

2 trips; activity sessions; disco.

£1,500

N15

Not Quite Over the Hill Club

4 outings; weekly meetings

£100

N16

Oblique Arts

Eight creative workshops for the homeless and a public exhibition.

£0

N17

The Red Hen Project

2 summer outings

£1,600

N18

Romsey Mill Trust

Termly boxing and self-esteem sessions, art workshops, outdoor activities and trips

£4,000

N19

St George's Over 60s Club

Fortnightly meetings for older people

£100

N20

Sunshine Group

Day trips using Dial a Ride

£200

 

Budget available

£ 23,324

Total awards

£23,324

Budget remaining

£0     

 

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.