Agenda and minutes

The Chairman welcomed everyone to the Council Chamber at Bradley Road.

Apologies were received from Cllrs Steve Oldrieve, Jeff Osborn and Graham Payne (Trowbridge Area Board members), Martin Donovan (Service Director), Insp David Cullop (Wiltshire Police) and Lance Allen (Trowbridge Town Council).

Councillors are requested to declare any personal or prejudicial interests or dispensations granted by the Standards Committee.

The Wiltshire Councillors will consider 4 expressions of interest to the Performance Related Grants Scheme, as follows:

i)    Community Payback - to extend the scheme in terms of the range of services offered and also the reach of the scheme into more rural parts of the county

ii)  Hope Nature Centre – to provide an extension to the Hope Nature Centre facility

iii) Active Trowbridge – to provide gym equipment and monitors, a vehicle, and coaching discount to include parishes’ and nutritionist’s costs

iv) Extended Services – to provide a counsellor for Extended Services to all 23 schools in the Trowbridge Community Area.

The Chairman advised that there were three applications seeking Performance Reward Grant Scheme funding.

Steve Nash addressed the Area Board on behalf of Active Trowbridge.

Jayne Bullock addressed the Area Board on behalf of Extended Services.

The three applications were:

Community Payback - to extend the scheme in terms of the range of services offered and also the reach of the scheme into more rural parts of the county.

Decision

The Trowbridge Area Board endorsed the Performance Reward Grant application for Community Payback of £73,000.

Active Trowbridge – to provide gym equipment and monitors, a vehicle, and coaching discount to include parishes’ and nutritionist’s costs.

Decision

The Trowbridge Area Board endorsed the Performance Reward Grant application for Active Trowbridge of £32,740.

Extended Services – to provide a counsellor for Extended Services to all 23 schools in the Trowbridge Community Area.

Decision

The Trowbridge Area Board endorsed the Performance Reward Grant application for Extended Services of £20,000.

Note

Hope Nature Centre – this application was withdrawn.

The Chairman will lead a discussion to decide the way in which monies will be distributed over the 2010-11 funding period.

The Chairman had requested that Board Members consider the way in which monies would be distributed over the 2010-11 funding period.

Points made included:

• Potential applicants for funding should be made aware at the beginning of the funding period that monies are approved on a first come first basis.

• Monies should be split into either two or four tranches which would be made available during the funding period.

Decision

The Trowbridge Area Board would continue to award funding on a meeting by meeting basis, as per the 2009-10 funding period.

The Wiltshire Councillors will consider 3 applications to the Community Area Grants Scheme, as follows:

i)    North Bradley Peace Memorial Hall – request £993 for energy saving and security equipment

ii)  Friends of Trowbridge in Bloom – request £5000 for a participatory programme of events

iii) Hilperton Village Hall - request £3253 to upgrade toilets to include fitting of disabled toilet.

Total requested: £9246

TrowbridgeArea Board has been allocated a 2010/2011 budget of £77,592for community grants, community partnership core funding and councillor led initiatives. 

Grant application packs for the Community Area Grants Scheme areavailable from the Community Area Manager or electronically at www.wiltshire.gov.uk/areaboardscommunitygrantsscheme.htm.

Councillors were asked to consider three applications seeking 2009/10 Community Area Grant Funding:

Jan Williams addressed the Area Board on behalf of the North Bradley Peace Memorial Hall.

Jennifer Polledri addressed the Area Board on behalf of Friends of Trowbridge in Bloom.

Roger Hammond addressed the Area Board on behalf of the Hilperton Village Hall.

Decision

North Bradley Peace Memorial Hall was awarded £993 for energy saving and security equipment.

Reason

The applicant met the grant criteria 2010/11and the application demonstrated links to the Local Agreement for Wiltshire ambitions ‘Building Resilient Communities’ and ‘Protecting the Environment’.

Decision

Friends of Trowbridge in Bloom were awarded £5,000 for a participatory programme of events.

Reason

The applicant met the grant criteria 2010/11and the application demonstrated links to the Local Agreement for Wiltshire ambitions ‘Building Resilient Communities’.

Decision

Hilperton Village Hall was awarded £3,253 to upgrade the toilets to include fitting of disabled toilet.

Reason

The applicant met the grant criteria 2010/11and the application demonstrated links to the Local Agreement for Wiltshire ambitions ‘Building Resilient Communities’.

Note

Cllr Clark had declared a prejudicial interest, he left the chamber and took no part in the debate or vote on this application, Cllr Knight was elected Chairman in Cllr Clarks absence.

Doug Ross, Trowbridge Community Area Future, will present the partnership’s work plan for the year and ask the Area Board councillors to consider a funding request.

Doug Ross, Trowbridge Community Area Future, presented the partnership’s work plan for the year and asked the Area Board councillors to consider a funding request.

Decision

Trowbridge Area Board members agreed to allocate £20,022 of funding to Trowbridge Community Area Future, the monies would be allocated in two tranches of funding, each of £10,011.

Note

Cllr Clark resumed the chair, Councillors James MBE and Knight left the chamber and took no part in the debate or vote on this application.

The meeting is reminded that the arrangements for future meetings are set out below:

6.30pm for 7pm, Thursday 13 May – The Atrium, Wiltshire Council Offices, Bradley Road, Trowbridge.

6.30pm for 7pm, Thursday 1 July – The Atrium, Wiltshire Council Offices, Bradley Road, Trowbridge.

The Chairman thanked everybody for their attendance and advised that the arrangements for future meetings would be:

6.30pm for 7pm, Thursday 13 May – The Atrium, Wiltshire Council Offices, Bradley Road, Trowbridge.

6.30pm for 7pm, Thursday 1 July – The Atrium, Wiltshire Council Offices, Bradley Road, Trowbridge.