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The Committee received a report from the Community Funding
and Development Manager.
Members considered applications for grants as set out in the Officer’s
report, and table below. The Community Funding and Development Manager responded to Member’s
questions about individual projects and what funding aimed to achieve.
Ref |
Organisation |
Purpose |
Award £ |
S1 |
Accordia Families Affordable Housing |
Family summer trip |
550 |
S2 |
Accordia Community & Residents Assoc |
Free community sports event |
150 |
S3 |
Accordia Community & Residents Assoc |
Christmas party for all residents |
150 |
S4 |
Accordia Community & Residents Assoc |
Hosting costs of community website |
0 |
S5 |
Animated Voices |
Video project in Milton |
0 |
S6 |
CAMS Music |
Bursaries for Community Orchestra |
0 |
S7 |
Cherry Hinton Festival Society |
Annual Festival September 2015 |
4,640 |
S8 |
Cherry Hinton Football Club |
Further improvement to playing surface |
0 |
S9 |
Church End, Cherry Hinton WI |
Centenary and silver anniversary event |
200 |
S10 |
Denis Wilson Court Social Club |
Trip, CCA, cream tea, Christmas
events |
1,100 |
S11 |
Friends of Cherry Hinton Hall |
4 Community Action Days |
233 |
S12 |
GAP Learning CIC |
2 budgeting and healthy eating courses |
1,256 |
S13 |
Hanover and Princess Court |
Outing, activities, event and drop ins |
1,500 |
S14 |
Huxley Group, Centre at St Pauls |
Day trip to Paradise Wildlife Park |
353 |
S15 |
Queen Edith's Community Forum |
Three editions of a community newsletter |
1,500 |
S16 |
Queen Edith's Community Forum |
Annual free Christmas event |
250 |
S17 |
The Signal Box Community Centre |
Public opening events |
800 |
S18 |
The Signal Box Community Centre |
IT peer support sessions |
300 |
S19 |
The Signal Box Community Centre |
Diverse Winter celebration events |
400 |
S20 |
Trumpington Community Drama Group |
Drama rehearsals, performance + trip |
1,600 |
S21 |
Trumpington Trips project |
4 trips |
1,018 |
S22 |
Trumpington Youth Group project |
2 night residential trip to Hunstanton |
1,000 |
Budget available |
£17,000 |
Total awards |
£17,000 |
Budget remaining |
£0 |
Members of the public made a number of statements, as set out below.
1 Mr
Lawson spoke in favour of funding for projects S2, S3
and S4 Accordia Community & Residents Assoc. He
expressed disappointment at the grants offered and said this could impact on the
feasibility of undertaking projects ie not all may go
ahead if the requested funding was not received.
The Community Funding and Development
Manager said the amount of funding allocated to projects depended on a number
of factors, including the information included in bids. Projects could apply
for funding from more than one source. The City Council allocated funding to
projects that met its criteria, and would signpost other sources if these were
appropriate.
2. Mr Bower
spoke in favour of funding for the Queen Edith’s
Community Forum newsletter.
Councillors Pippas and Sanders responded by
speaking in favour of funding for the Queen Edith’s Community Forum newsletter
and Christmas lights. Councillor Dryden said the Cherry Hinton Christmas lights
were self funding by getting contributions one year
to pay for the next year.
In response to Members’ questions the Community Funding and Development
Manager said the following:
i.
£5,000 of Area Committee Grant funding had been
allocated to Cherry Hinton, just under £9,000 to Trumpington and £1,750 to
Queen Edith’s.
ii.
Projects were allocated funding on an individual
basis, not by ward. Reiterated that projects had to meet criteria in order to
be funded, other sources could be applied for too so total project costs were
met.
iii.
The grant budget was fixed. If Councillors wished
more funding to be added to projects in Queen Edith’s ward etc, funding
available for other projects would decrease.
iv.
Officers tried to make the grant application as
simple as possible for people making applications. Workshops were proposed in
future to educate people on how to make effective bids.
Following discussion, Members resolved (by 8 votes to 0 with 1
abstention) to agree the proposed awards detailed in Appendix 1 of the
Officer’s report and summarised in the table above.