Agenda item

a.    Community Area Grants Scheme 2011/12

To consider the following applications to the Community Area Grant Scheme:

                      i.        Trowbridge Amateur Swimming Club – to organise an open swimming event - £5,000 requested.

                    ii.        West Ashton Parish Council – to purchase a laptop projector for parish and community use - £500 requested.

                   iii.        Trowbridge Arts Festival – towards the running of a Trowbridge Arts festival - £4,877 requested.

                   iv.        Wiltshire Islamic Cultural Centre – to run a pilot BME youth project - £2,660 requested.

                    v.        World Evangelism Bible Church – for a project to help address post-traumatic disorders relating to the terminally ill - £5,000 requested.

b.    2012 Olympics/Jubilee Grant Applications

To consider an application from Clarendon College to the youth funding budget of £2,754.67 ring-fenced by the Area Board to support the Olympic Torch Relay.

c.    To note those applications awarded funding from the Olympic/Jubilee small project fund agreed at the 26 January 2012 Area Board meeting.

The Chairman announced that five Community Area Grant applications had been received, and the total amount requested exceeded the Area Board’s remaining funds by £1,935. The Chairman proposed that each applicant would be given the opportunity to present their application, and following this the Area Board would then vote in turn on each application.

a.    Community Area Grant Scheme 2011/12

The Area Board considered the following applications to the Community Area Grant Scheme 2011/12:

               i.        Trowbridge Amateur Swimming Club

The sum of £5,000 was requested for an open swimming event.

Decision

The Area Board awarded the sum of £5,000 to Trowbridge Amateur Swimming Club to set up and organise a 2-day licensed open swimming meet, on condition that the other funding applied for was raised.

Reason: The application met the Community Area Grant Criteria 2011/12 and demonstrated a link to the Trowbridge Community Area Plan.

              ii.        West Ashton Parish Council

The sum of £500 was requested to purchase a laptop projector for parish and community use.

Decision

The Area Board refused the application from West Ashton Parish Council.

Reason: The Area Board felt that there were more appropriate alternative methods for a parish council to raise funds for this type of activity.

            iii.        Trowbridge Arts Festival

The sum of £4,877 was requested towards the running of a Trowbridge Arts festival.

Decision

The Area Board awarded the sum of £4,877 to Trowbridge Arts Festival towards the running of a Trowbridge Arts Festival.

Reason: The application met the Community Area Grant Criteria 2011/12 and demonstrated a link to the Trowbridge Community Area Plan.

            iv.        Wiltshire Islamic Cultural Centre

The sum of £2,660 was requested to run a pilot BME youth project.

Decision

The Area Board awarded the sum of £2,660 to Wiltshire Islamic Cultural Centre to run a pilot BME Youth Project, on the condition that the group engaged with the local Wiltshire Council youth service and joined the Wiltshire Youth Services Council, which could help support them with regards to training and funding for training..

Reason: The application met the Community Area Grant Criteria 2011/12 and demonstrated a link to the Trowbridge Community Area Plan.

              v.        World Evangelism Bible Church

The sum of £5,000 was requested for a project to help address post-traumatic disorders relating to the terminally ill.

Decision

The Area Board agreed to defer this application.

Reason: The Area Board wished to obtain further information from this applicant to understand the project in greater depth and to ensure there was no duplication of services. The applicant to arrange to meet with the Council’s CVS Department so that this information could be obtained.

Following the refusal of one application and the deferral of another, it was proposed that the remaining funds from the Area Board’s 2011/12 budget should be transferred to the Jubilee/Olympic Small Grants fund to enable the approved, but deferred, applications to be awarded their funding.

Decision

The Area Board agreed that the sum of £1,150 from the Area Board’s remaining 2011/12 budget should be transferred to the Jubilee/Olympic Small Grants fund.

b.    2012 Olympics/Jubilee Grant Applications

The Area Board considered an application from Clarendon College to the youth funding budget of £2,754.67 ring-fenced by the Area Board to support the Olympic Torch Relay.

Decision

The Area Board awarded the sum of £2,754.67 to Clarendon College on the condition that the College made reference to the  award from the Area Board in any publicity.

c.    2012 Olympics/Jubilee Small Projects

The Area Board noted the applications that had been awarded funding from the Olympics/Jubilee small project fund by the delegation agreed at the Area Board meeting on 26 January 2012.