Agenda item

To consider applications for funding from the Community Area Grants Scheme including,

 

·       Westbury Town Council – Diamond Jubilee Celebrations - £5000

 

·       Dilton Marsh Leisure Development Group – To help fund leisure facilities in the village - £5000

 

·       Area Board Project Bid

Community Area Transport Group (CATG) - To help fund the construction of bus stops serving the routes to the primary care centre - £5000

 

·       Westbury Town Council – To help fund the White Horse clean up - £5000

 

·       Dilton Marsh Memorial Hall – To help fund replacement windows - £482

 

·       Bratton Recreation Ground Committee - Funding towards improvement of access to the facilities - £850

 

·       Dilton Marsh Flower and Handicraft Show  - Funding towards staging of show including judge fees, schedules, hall hire and purchase of tables - £392 

 

 

Cllr Hawker explained that the new Primary Care Centre off Mane Way at Leigh Park is expected to be complete by August 2012. Concerns have been raised by local residents about access to the new centre. Meetings have taken place between Wiltshire Council passenger transport officers, the Westbury Group practice and the area board as a result of which it is hoped a bus route will be diverted that can serve the centre. As a result of this, four new bus stops will be needed at a cost of £2,500 each. There is no funding available through passenger transport for this so area board councillors have mooted the idea of funding from three sources, namely the area board transport group (CATG), the community area boards grants fund, and the Westbury Town Council.

 

Decision

Westbury Area Board awarded the sum of £5000.

Reason        

This application demonstrates links to the needs of the Westbury community and was also raised at the recent Westbury Forward community planning event. It will benefit the whole community.   

 

Community Area Grants

 

Westbury Town Council application for £5,000 towards community celebrations for the Diamond Jubilee (Match funded)

 

Decision

Westbury Area Board awarded the sum of £5000.

 

Reason

The town council is planning a packed programme of events to celebrate the Jubilee with events for all ages. This application reflects just a small proportion of the overall costings on the celebrations which will include children’s party, entertainments, concert, beacon lighting, tea dance and a commemorative booklet. The project demonstrates links to the Local Agreement for Wiltshire ambition "Building Resilient Communities”.

 

 

Dilton Marsh Leisure Development Group application for £5,000 towards the development of a range of community leisure facilities in the village including trim trail.(Match funded)

 

Decision

Westbury Area Board awarded the sum of £5000.

 

Reason

Dilton Marsh currently has limited leisure facilities - a very outdated play area for under 12s and a football field, otherwise there are no facilities which support leisure of a physical nature for all age groups and individuals. With the approval (and match funding) of the Parish Council, this long term project aims to establish a hard surface Multi Use Games Area (MUGA), a fitness trail for all ages and an up to date young people's play area.  A shelter for youth socialising and for use by the wider community is also planned.  The project demonstrates links to the Local Agreement for Wiltshire ambition "Building Resilient Communities”.

 

 

Community Area Transport Group application for £5,000 towards the cost of construction of bus stops for route serving the new primary care centre. Note this is an area board led application.

 

Decision

Westbury Area Board awarded the sum of £5000.

 

Reason

Detailed within the CATG update – minute number item x.

 

Westbury Town Council application for £5,000 towards the cleaning of the Westbury White Horse in preparation for the Jubilee celebrations (match funded)

 

Decision

Westbury Area Board awarded the sum of £5000.

 

Reason

The horse is a famous local landmark, a tourist attraction, popular and well used by locals and visitors alike. It will also play a part in the Jubilee celebrations when it is planned the hill figure will be illuminated by searchlight and there will be a commemorative beacon lit on  top of the hill.   The area board and the town council have been working together to try and find a solution to the current state of the hill figure and have proposed to EH that it should be cleaned rather than repainted with funding provided jointly by the area board and the town council.

 

 

Dilton Marsh Memorial Hall application for £482 towards the replacement of windows.

 

Decision

Westbury Area Board awarded the sum of £482.

 

Reason

This funding will help replace the three old wooden single-glazed windows in the rear wall of the hall with modern double-glazed windows, and to replace the old wooden door at the back of the hall with a modern insulated emergency door. This would complete the installation of thermally efficient doors and windows around the hall, to reduce heat loss in the winter months. The hall is well used by the local community and provides a popular venue for a variety of activities. The project demonstrates links to the Local Agreement for Wiltshire ambition "Building Resilient Communities”

 

 

Bratton Recreation Ground Committee application for £850 towards the cost of resurfacing the entrance road to the facility.

 

Decision

Westbury Area Board awarded the sum of £850.

 

Reason

The funding would be used to improve the access road inside the recreation ground and extend the car parking area. Recent improvements to the ground has attracted more teams to the facility, increasing the number of vehicles and the need for more car parking to avoid damage to the grass at the edge of the playing areas.

 

 

Dilton Marsh Flower and Handicraft show application for £392 towards staging of show and purchase of tables.

 

Decision

Westbury Area Board awarded the sum of £360.

 

Reason

Under the community area grant criteria, the area board was not able to fund the staging of the show as it had agreed a start up grant for this last year.  However, councillors agreed to fund part of the requested amount – namely £360 for the one off purchase of tables with proviso that these would have community use (ref “Building Resilient Communities”). 

 

Cllr Hawker requested a financial breakdown of all that grants given since the formation of the board.  Sally informed the meeting that all grants were available via

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps/ms?msa=0&msid=206642948348490339237.0004a64a0133d7e54b948&hl=en&ie=UTF8&z=12

 

 and that she would bring a report detailing the grants to the area board in April.