Agenda item
Area Board Funding
To note the remaining budgets and to consider any applications for funding, as detailed in the attached report and summarised below:
Remaining Budgets:
|
Community Area Grant |
Older & Vulnerable |
Young People |
|
£6,355.65 |
£2,202.22 |
£12,233.50 |
Area Board Initiatives:
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Ref/Link |
Grant Details |
Amount Requested |
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Warminster Area Board - Environment And Sustainability Exhibition |
£500 |
Community Area Grants:
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Ref/Link |
Grant Details |
Amount Requested |
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St Lawrence Chapel Warminster - St Lawrence Chapel Front Pillar |
£2000.00 |
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Selwood Housing - Westleigh Community CCTV Project |
£5000.00 |
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Heytesbury and SuttonVeny Cricket Club - SuttonVeny Cricket Pitch Ground Equipment and Rain Covers |
£4531.07 |
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Heytesbury and Codford Football club - Football goal nets and Aerator |
£486.00 |
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Warminster AthenaeumTrust - Building access control and security |
£4000.00 |
Older & Vulnerable Grants:
|
Ref/Link |
Grant Details |
Amount Requested |
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Alzheimers Support - Old Silk Works dementia day club supporting local people living with dementia |
£1260.00 |
Young People Grants:
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Ref/Link |
Grant Details |
Amount Requested |
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Warminster Town Council - Warminster Town Councils Youth Activities Programme |
£5000.00 |
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Horningsham Parish Council - Horningsham Youth Winter Play Provision |
£150.00 |
Further information on the Area Board Grant system can be found here.
Minutes:
The SEPM informed the Area Board of the opening balances for grant funding, after which the Area Board considered the following applications for funding:
Area Board Initiatives:
Warminster Area Board – £500 towards Environment and Sustainability Exhibition
Decision:
Warminster Area Board was awarded £500 towards Environment and Sustainability Exhibition.
Moved – Cllr Andrew Davis
Seconded – Cllr Christopher Newbury
Reason – The application met the Community Area Grants Criteria 2023/24.
Community Area Grants:
St Lawrence Chapel Warminster – £2,000 towards St Lawrence Chapel Front Pillar.
Decision:
The Area Board agreed to defer making a decision on the St Lawrence Chapel Warminster grant application due to not having a quorum due to the interests disclosed. It was agreed that this application would be brought to the next meeting of the Area Board on 21 March 2024.
Selwood Housing – £ 5,000 towards Westleigh Community CCTV Project.
Decision:
A motion was moved by the Area Board to reject the grant application from Selwood Housing and to refuse awarding funding on the basis of requiring supporting information. This motion was tied at two votes for and two votes against and was decided with a Chairman’s casting vote against the motion.
Moved – Cllr Christopher Newbury
Seconded – Cllr Andrew Davis
A second motion was then moved by the Area Board, which agreed to defer making a decision on the St Lawrence Chapel Warminster grant application for further information and investigation. It was agreed that this application would be brought to a meeting in the next financial year, after April 2024, with additional information regarding monitoring, charges and an expression of interest from Warminster Police requested. The motion was carried.
Moved – Cllr Pip Ridout
Seconded – Cllr Bill Parks
Heytesbury and Sutton Veny Cricket Club - £4,531.07 towards Sutton Veny Cricket Pitch Ground Equipment and Rain Covers.
Further clarity was provided by the applicant that Heytesbury and Sutton Veny Cricket Club had circa 150 under 18 members and 50 adult members.
Decision:
Heytesbury and Sutton Veny Cricket Club was awarded £4,531,07 towards Sutton Veny Cricket Pitch Ground Equipment and Rain Covers with half of the funding being taken from the Youth Grants budget and the remaining half taken from the Community Area Grants budget.
Moved – Cllr Christopher Newbury
Seconded – Cllr Pip Ridout
Reason – The application met the Community Area Grants Criteria 2023/24.
Heytesbury and Codford Football club - £486 towards Football goal nets and Aerator.
Decision:
Heytesbury and Codford Football club was awarded £486 towards Football goal nets and Aerator.
Moved – Cllr Christopher Newbury
Seconded – Cllr Bill Parks
Reason – The application met the Community Area Grants Criteria 2023/24.
Warminster Athenaeum Trust – £4,000 towards Building access control and security.
Decision:
Warminster Athenaeum Trust was awarded £1,000 towards Building access control and security.
Moved – Cllr Christopher Newbury
Seconded – Cllr Bill Parks
Reason – The application met the Community Area Grants Criteria 2023/24.
Older and Vulnerable Grants:
Alzheimers Support - £1,260 towards Old Silk Works Dementia day club supporting local people living with dementia
Decision:
Alzheimers Support was awarded £1,260 towards Old Silk Works Dementia day club supporting local people living with dementia.
Moved – Cllr Chrstopher Newbury
Seconded – Cllr Bill Parks
Reason – The application met the Community Area Grants Criteria 2023/24.
Youth Grants:
Warminster Town Council – £5,000 towards Warminster Town Councils Youth Activities Programme.
Decision:
Warminster Town Council was awarded £5,000 towards Warminster Town Councils Youth Activities Programme.
Moved – Cllr Andrew Davis
Seconded – Cllr Bill Parks
Reason – The application met the Community Area Grants Criteria 2023/24.
Horningsham Parish Council - £150 towards Horningsham Youth Winter Play Provision.
Decision:
Horningsham Parish Council was awarded £150 towards Horningsham Youth Winter Play Provision.
Moved – Cllr Bill Parks
Seconded – Cllr Pip Ridout
Reason – The application met the Community Area Grants Criteria 2023/24.
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