Agenda item

Community Event Funding

In June 2012 it will be the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee.  In July 2012 the Olympic torch will be passing through the South West area of Wiltshire.  The aim of this project is to provide a simple process for awarding grants to support celebrations within the South West Wiltshire Community Areas.

The Board considered the recommendation to allocate £41,000 of funds to this project as detailed in the attached report.

Decision:

The South West Wiltshire Area Board agreed to set aside £41,000 of its 2011/12 budget for Jubilee and Olympic Community Event Funding, in line with the criteria as set out in the Officer’s report. Any funding unspent would revert back to the Area Board general funding pot.

A report detailing five applications which had already been received for this funding had been attached to the agenda. The Board members considered each application in turn.

Decision

Donhead St Andrew Parish Council was awarded £904 from the Area Board Diamond Jubilee & Olympic Torch Fund, towards a Jubilee event, which will include a barn dance, BBQ and the lighting of a beacon bonfire.

Decision

Tisbury Parish Council was awarded £1,990 from the Area Board Diamond Jubilee & Olympic Torch Fund, towards a Jubilee event, which will include entertainment, an evening show, a hog roast and the lighting of a beacon bonfire.

Decision

Berwick St John Parish Council was awarded £1,000 from the Area Board Diamond Jubilee & Olympic Torch Fund, towards a three day Jubilee event, which will include a community lunch, street party, BBQ and the lighting of a beacon bonfire.

Decision

Kilmington Parish Council was awarded £1,000 from the Area Board Diamond Jubilee & Olympic Torch Fund, towards a Jubilee event, which will include activities for children, a BBQ and a local band.

It was noted that the Kilmington PC event would be a joint celebration with neighbouring Stourton Parish Council, therefore Stourton would not be able to apply for a separate Jubilee Grant for the same event.

Decision

Wilton Town Council was awarded £2,000 from the Area Board Diamond Jubilee & Olympic Torch Fund, towards a four day Jubilee event which will include concerts and a street party and a carnival.

Medieval Tent Funding

All Area Boards had been invited to organise and host a jousting tent in the Cathedral Close in which to ‘showcase’ their history and provide examples of community initiatives which makes their area unique. Wiltshire Council had submitted an application to the Community Covenant Grant Scheme to assist with the cost of staging this event, however if this application is unsuccessful the Area Board would be asked to contribute to the funding of the event by providing the cost to hire a Jousting tent of their choice.

The Board members voted on the recommendation to set aside £1,400 of the Area Board budget for 2011/12, to cover the hire cost of a specific jousting style tent.

Decision

The South West Wiltshire Area Board agreed to allocate £1,400 from the 2011/12 Area Board budget, to fund the hire of an oblong medieval tent for the Event on 1^st May 2012.

Working Group

The Board aims to set up a Working Group to look at how the Area Board, the AONB and Parishes across the community areas could come together to present South West Wiltshire (SWW) at the event.

The Chairman added that the Board would be looking for some input from Parish Council’s as there is a wealth of historic, archaeological, topographical together with artistic talent reflected in literature and films  within the AONB and SWW Area Board area.

The Community Area Manager (CAM) would be emailing parishes with information, anyone interested in joining the working group could contact CAM,Stephen.harris@wiltshire.gov.uk