Agenda item

The Board will consider applications for funding received by the deadline and detailed in the report attached to the agenda.

 

Officer: Karen Linaker, Community Engagement Manager

 

Application Ref	Applicant & Project	Requested
ABG201	AB Initiative - Health and Wellbeing Events involving interactive wellbeing activities and Silent Discos	£540
ABG200	AB Initiative - Funding assistance to support multi agency interventions into local ASB issues	£1,000
ABG163	Winterslow Scout Group - Grass sledges for Winterslow Scout Group and other youth organisations	£387.80 (CAG)
ABG169	Celebrating Voice CIC - Celebrate Voice Celebrating Age Gala	£500 (CAG)
ABG125	Redlynch PC - Community Defibrillators	£2195 (CAG)
ABG157	Alzheimer’s Support - Salisbury Dementia Centre Outreach Office Development	£2,500 (CAG)
ABG162	Coombe Bissett PC - Leg Press for Coombe Bissett Recreation Ground	£1242 (CAG)

 

The Board considered the applications for funding as set out in the funding report attached to the agenda.

 

Applicant’s present were invited to speak in support of their projects, followed by questions and debate.

 

Area Board Initiatives:

 

Health and Wellbeing Events involving interactive wellbeing activities and Silent Discos - £540

 

Karen Linaker outlined the project which aimed to put on two 2 hour events in October and January. 

 

Decision

The Southern Wiltshire Area Board agreed to award £540 towards the Health & Wellbeing Initiative.

Reason

The project met the Funding criteria for 2021/22.

 

 

 

Funding assistance to support multi agency interventions into local ASB issues - £1000

 

Karen Linaker outlined the Multi-agency project to tackle ASB in the Downton Area.

 

Members were in support the project which would focus on intervention work to tackle ASB in a specific area. It was noted that the PCC had been asked to contribute to the project.

 

Decision

The Southern Wiltshire Area Board agreed to award £1000 towards the ASB multi-agency Initiative for the Downton area.

Reason

The project met the Funding criteria for 2021/22.

 

Community Area Grants:

 

Winterslow Scout Group - Grass sledges for Winterslow Scout Group and

other youth organisations - £387.80

 

The applicant, Paul Hardiman presented the application.

 

Decision

The Southern Wiltshire Area Board agreed to award £387.80 to the Winterslow Scout Groups project for Grass Sledges. 

Reason

The project met the Funding criteria for 2021/22.

Celebrating Voice CIC - Celebrate Voice Celebrating Age Gala - £500

The applicant, Lynsey Docherty presented the application.

 

Decision

The Southern Wiltshire Area Board agreed to award £500 to Celebrating Voice CIC, for the Celebrate Voice Celebrating Age Gala.

Reason

The project met the Funding criteria for 2021/22.

 

 

Redlynch PC - Community Defibrillators – Application Withdrawn

 

 

Alzheimer’s Support - Salisbury Dementia Centre Outreach Office Development - £2,500

The applicant, Steph Bardzil presented the application, who noted that the Centre was based in Salisbury, however the catchment would cover south Wiltshire, people living in the city and southern Wiltshire. There had been 54 referrals from the Southern Wiltshire area. 

 

Questions and comments included:

 

·       Members asked for clarity on whether all three of the Area Boards covered by the remit of the project would be approached for funding.

 

·       The total project cost was £20k, however the applicant held £145k of reserves. 

Answer: As a charity we are supposed to have £3m for running costs,  we are slightly under that.

·       Was the Scotts Lane site rented?

Answer: Yes

·       How many places would you be offering at the centre during the day time for clients?

Answer: 40 a week (10 spaces a day for 4 days a week) with the option to increase if high demand.

·       What would a session cost?

Answer: £45 a day to attend a full day of care.

·       Is there a facility for anyone that cannot afford the £45/day?

There would be support available through means testing and WC.

·       Cllr McLennan noted that he understood the concerns, however until this year the Board had supported the Laverstock Memory group, which had since handed over its clients to Alzheimer’s, and questioned whether this was now the way forward to support outreach.

 

The Board voted on the proposal to award funding, this was not carried and the application was therefore refused.

 

Decision

The Southern Wiltshire Area Board refused the application from Alzheimer’s Support.

Reason

The Board felt that the provision would not be proportionate across the 3 community areas and that Salisbury area residents would be more dominantly provided for.

 

Coombe Bissett PC - Leg Press for Coombe Bissett Recreation Ground - £1242

The applicant Chris Chelu presented the application.

 

Comments and questions:

·       Your PC holds £20k in reserve, the guidance is that a PC should hold 6 months, and that £20k is over a years worth.

Answer: That is the figure the clerk has advised.

·       What usage was the existing machine getting and how did it get funded?

Answer: It was funded with a Tesco grant, which were no longer available. The other machine had not been used as much during lockdown but the wear on the grass is evidence it was used. Residents when surveyed approved of the additional machine.

·       Need to be careful when considering the reserves of small PCs with low precepts, it was not easy for them to address issues that come along and were supported in saving up larger reserves. 

 

 

Decision

The Southern Wiltshire Area Board agreed to award £1242 to Coombe Bissett PC for the Leg Press for Coombe Bissett Recreation Ground.

Reason

The project met the Funding criteria for 2021/22.