Agenda item

To determine any applications for Community Area Grants.

The Area Board considered a number of applications for Community Area Grant funding.  As each application was introduced, the Chairman invited a representative of the applicant to give a brief overview of their project to the Area Board.

Note: Having declared a prejudicial interest in the following item, the Chairman, Councillor Jerry Kunkler, left the room for consideration of the item.  In his absence, the Vice-Chairman, Councillor Stuart Wheeler, took the Chair.

Councillor Stuart Wheeler in the Chair

Decision

Burbage Cricket Club was awarded £3,934 towards purchasing a new storage shed.

Reason The application met the Community Area Grants criteria for 2010/11 and would support this community sports group.

Councillor Jerry Kunkler in the Chair

Decision

Burbage Village Hall was awarded £1,300 towards replacing the remaining single glazed external window.

Reason The application met the Community Area Grants criteria for 2010/11 and would help maintain this community facility.

Decision

Burbage News was awarded £1,000 towards reinventing the Burbage News, unifying all local newsletters.

Reason The application met the Community Area Grants criteria for 2010/11 and would help support communications within the community, developing an increased awareness of issues and events.

Decision

Burbage Parish Council was awarded £1,860 towards the construction of a footpath from the A338 Burbage Roundabout south to Marr Green Farm Shop.

Reason The application met the Community Area Grants criteria for 2010/11 and would help address this need, which has been identified by local people.

Decision

Shalbourne Village Hall Committee was awarded £1,382 towards repairing and replacing eroding stonework forming the entrance to the village hall.

Reason The application met the Community Area Grants criteria for 2010/11 and would help maintain this community facility.

Decision

Shalbourne Recreation Ground was awarded £2,843 towards refurbishing and updating the kitchen at the club pavilion.

Reason The application met the Community Area Grants criteria for 2010/11 and would help maintain this community facility.

Decision

Pewsey Vale Bowls Club was awarded £4,993 towards purchasing and installing an automated watering system for the bowling green.

Reason The application met the Community Area Grants criteria for 2010/11 and linked with the community plan, specifically the need to improve sports facilities.

Decision

Patney Parish Council was awarded £251 towards purchasing and installing a new hardwood noticeboard.

Reason The application met the Community Area Grants criteria for 2010/11 and would help promote communication in this rural area.

Decision

Alton Barnes Parish Council was awarded £75 towards a new parish council noticeboard

Reason The application met the Community Area Grants criteria for 2010/11 and would help promote communication in this rural area.

Decision

Alton Barnes Coronation Hall Committee was awarded £800 towards the refurbishment of the hall floor.

Reason The application met the Community Area Grants criteria for 2010/11 and would help maintain this community facility.

The Chairman announced that there was £9,275 left in the Pewsey Area Board’s budget for Community Area Grants in 2010/11; the deadline for submission of grants to be considered at the Area Board meeting in January was Friday 26 November.

Responding to a general comment that only two of the grants awarded demonstrated a direct link to the Community Plan, Caroline Brailey  (Pewsey Community Area Manager) commented that all the grants had demonstrated indirect links and supported the general priorities in the Community Plan.