Agenda item

Councillors will be asked to consider the Community Area Grants report and make recommendations on the applications received. The following applications for funding have been received:

1.     Luckington pre-school: £2,550 capital towards the installation of a sand and water play area, conditional on the balance of funding being in place.

2.     Malmesbury Abbey Guild of Change Ringers: £1,000 capital towards major repairs, conditional on the balance of funding being in place.

3.     Charlton Village Hall: £1,500 capital towards the cost of re-surfacing the car park, conditional on the balance of funding being in place.

4.     Walter Powell Pre-school: £1,590 capital towards the fitting out of the interior of the new building, conditional on the balance of funding being in place.

5.     Riverside Angling Club: £1,000 capital towards river habitat improvements, conditional on the balance of funding being in place.

6.     Crudwell Village Hall: £500 capital digital literacy grant towards the installation of an internet hotspot system and two tablets for community use.

7.     Bristol Avon River Trust: £2,213 towards the establishment of a River Fly Monitoring Initiative, conditional on the balance of funding being in place

8.     Malmesbury Mind Peer Support: £519 capital towards the provision of a laptop, software, printer and broadband dongle, £500 from the Digital Literacy Grant plus £19 from area board capital budget. 

9.     Ashton Keynes Village Hall: £2,748 capital towards the cost of major roof repairs, conditional on the balance of funding being in place.

10.White Walls Way/MVCAP project: £1,233 capital towards signs and information boards, conditional on the balance of funding being in place.

11.Malmesbury Victoria Football Club: £1,200 capital towards a storage container, conditional on the balance of funding being in place.

12.Sustrans on behalf of the Cowbridge Footpath Group: £5,000 capital towards the cost of installation of a footpath between Cowbridge and Malmesbury, conditional on licence agreements being signed and the balance of funding being in place.

13.Malmesbury Living History project: £5,000 towards funding a living history weekend.

14.To accept the decisions made by local people attending the area board in respect to the distribution of a ring-fenced inter-generational budget of £5,000. 

15.To allocate the remaining Area Board balance to a flood mitigation project around the river/bank maintenance in the vicinity of the Flying Monk Ground and the weir.

Miranda Gilmour, Community Area Manager, outlined the Area Board funding report, noting a number of funding applications that had been received.

Dave Sheppard spoke in support of the Ashton Keynes Village Hall application.

Victoria Allman spoke in support of the Luckington Pre-School application.

Phil Exton spoke in support of the Malmesbury Victoria Football Club application.

Dick Gray spoke in support of the Malmesbury Abbey Guild of Change ringers application.

Julia Bowen spoke in support of the Malmesbury Living Histories application. Miranda stated that the application did not meet the criteria for funding as the items claimed for were all revenue and not capital funding. Julia stated that capital funding was needed to provide a lasting legacy from the project.

Toby commented on the favourable applications for Charlton Village Hall and Walter Powell Pre-School applications, whilst Chuck welcomed the application from Crudwell Village Hall.

Decision:

The Area Board agreed:

1. To award Luckington pre-school: £2,550 capital towards the installation of a sand and water play area, conditional on the balance of funding being in place.

REASON: The application met the core funding criteria for 2013/14 and would provide excellent facilities for young children to enjoy.

 2. To award Malmesbury Abbey Guild of Change Ringers: £1,000 capital towards major repairs, conditional on the balance of funding being in place.

REASON: The application met the core funding criteria for 2013/14 and would safeguard the future of bell ringing in the abbey.

 3. To award Charlton Village Hall: £1,500 capital towards the cost of re-surfacing the car park, conditional on the balance of funding being in place.

REASON: The application met the core funding criteria for 2013/14 and would improve accessibility to the Village Hall.

4. To award Walter Powell Pre-school: £1,590 capital towards the fitting out of the interior of the new building, conditional on the balance of funding being in place.

REASON: The application met the core funding criteria for 2013/14 and would provide an excellent space for the enjoyment of families.

5. To award Riverside Angling Club: £1,000 capital towards river habitat improvements, conditional on the balance of funding being in place.

REASON: The application met the core funding criteria for 2013/14 and would improve the local amenity and wildlife habitat.

6. To award Crudwell Village Hall: £500 capital digital literacy grant towards the installation of an internet hotspot system and two tablets for community use.

REASON: The application met the core funding criteria for 2013/14 and would provide excellent community facilities.

7. To award Bristol Avon River Trust: £2,213 towards the establishment of a River Fly Monitoring Initiative, conditional on the balance of funding being in place

REASON: The application met the core funding criteria for 2013/14 and would support local amenity.

8. To award Malmesbury Mind Peer Support: £519 capital towards the provision of a laptop, software, printer and broadband dongle, £500 from the Digital Literacy Grant plus £19 from area board capital budget. 

REASON: The application met the core funding criteria for 2013/14 and would provide excellent equipment for local people to utilise.

 9. To award Ashton Keynes Village Hall: £2,748 capital towards the cost of major roof repairs, conditional on the balance of funding being in place.

REASON: The application met the core funding criteria for 2013/14 and would secure the Village Halls viability as a community space, and would provide excellent facilities for local people to use.

 10. To award White Walls Way/MVCAP project: £1,233 capital towards signs and information boards, conditional on the balance of funding being in place.

REASON: The application met the core funding criteria for 2013/14 and would provide useful information to local people.

 11. To award Malmesbury Victoria Football Club: £1,200 capital towards a storage container, conditional on the balance of funding being in place.

REASON: The application met the core funding criteria for 2013/14 and would support the safe and secure storage of the team’s sporting equipment.

 12. To award Sustrans on behalf of the Cowbridge Footpath Group: £5,000 capital towards the cost of installation of a footpath between Cowbridge and Malmesbury, conditional on licence agreements being signed and the balance of funding being in place.

REASON: The application met the core funding criteria for 2013/14 and would provide additional facilities and access for local people to enjoy.

 13. To defer the Malmesbury Living History project application for £5,000 towards funding a living history weekend to the next Area Board Meeting.

REASON: The application did not meet the core funding criteria for 2013/14, but the Area Board supported the project and would like to provide some support to an excellent community project if at all possible. The deferral was to allow for the Living History group to develop some proposals that could be funded by the Area Board.

14. To accept the decisions made by local people attending the area board in respect to the distribution of a ring-fenced inter-generational budget of £5,000. 

REASON: The applications met the core funding criteria for 2013/14 and would provide excellent facilities for the wider community to enjoy.

 15. To Ring Fence the remaining Area Board balance of £3,179 (including transfer of revenue to the capital budget) to support flood mitigation projects in Malmesbury and the surrounding Community Area.

REASON: The application met the core funding criteria for 2013/14 and would support local residents in preventing future flooding disasters.