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 |
|
£7,363.48 |
£5,600.28 |
£8,380.11 |
Area Board Initiatives:
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Ref/Link |
Grant Details |
Amount Requested |
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Melksham Area Board - Summer activities for those young people with SEND |
£1000.00 |
Community Area Grants:
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Ref/Link |
Grant Details |
Amount Requested |
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Bowerhill Village Hall Trust - Bowerhill Village Hall car park flooding |
£5000.00 |
|
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Great Hinton Ladies Club - Gazebo for outdoor activities |
£498.97 |
|
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Friends of Giffords Surgery - Stay Well Stay Well Informed |
£3400.00 |
Older & Vulnerable Grants:
|
Ref/Link |
Grant Details |
Amount Requested |
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Man Down - Man Down Melksham |
£500.00 |
|
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Read Easy North and West Wiltshire - Ten out of Ten adult literacy project |
£500.00 |
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Bowerhill Ladies Group - Bowerhill Ladies Group Annual Coach Outing |
£780.00 |
|
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The Steeple Ashton Recreation and Community Development Group - Steeple Ashton St Marys playing field development Petanque Terrain |
£2660.00 |
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Meadowbrook Wiltshire CIC - Meadowbrook CIC Comfort Break Provisions |
£500.00 |
Young People Grants:
|
Ref/Link |
Grant Details |
Amount Requested |
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Keevil Village Foundation - Keevil Roots Festival |
£5000.00 |
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Melksham Town Council - Positive Summer activities for young people in Melksham and the surrounding villages |
£2500.00 |
Further information on the Area Board Grant system can be found here.
Minutes:
The Area Board considered the following applications for funding:
Area Board Initiatives:
Melksham Area Board – £1,000 towards summer activities for those young people with SEND.
Decision
Melksham Area Board was awarded £1,000 towards summer activities for those young people with SEND. Subject to activities being open to all in the community area and not just those from the Canberra centre.
Moved – Cllr Phil Alford
Seconded – Cllr Nick Holder
Reason – The application met the Youth Grants Criteria 2024/25.
Community Area Grants:
Bowerhill Village Hall Trust – £5,000 towards Bowerhill Village Hall car park flooding.
Decision
Bowerhill Village Hall Trust was awarded £3,624.51 towards Bowerhill Village Hall car park flooding.
Moved – Cllr Nick Holder
Seconded – Cllr Jack Oatley
Reason – The application met the Community Area Grants Criteria 2024/25.
Great Hinton Ladies Club - £498.97 towards Gazebo for outdoor activities.
Decision
Great Hinton Ladies Club was awarded £498.97 towards Gazebo for outdoor activities.
Moved – Cllr Nick Holder
Seconded – Cllr Jack Oatley
Reason – The application met the Community Area Grants Criteria 2024/25.
Friends of Giffords Surgery - £3,400 Stay Well Stay Well Informed.
Decision
Friends of Giffords Surgery was awarded £3,400 towards Stay Well Stay Well Informed with the funding to be split with £580 taken from the Community Area Grants balance and £2,820 taken from the Older and Vulnerable Grants balance.
Moved – Cllr Nick Holder
Seconded – Cllr Jack Oatley
Reason – The application met the Community Area Grants Criteria 2024/25.
The Steeple Ashton Recreation and Community Development Group - £2,660 towards Steeple Ashton St Marys playing field development Pétanque Terrain.
Decision
The Steeple Ashton Recreation and Community Development Group was awarded £2,660 towards Steeple Ashton St Marys playing field development Pétanque Terrain.
Moved – Cllr Nick Holder
Seconded – Cllr Jack Oatley
Reason – The application met the Community Area Grants Criteria 2024/25.
Older & Vulnerable Grants:
Man Down - £500 towards Man Down Melksham.
Decision
Man Down was awarded £500 towards Man Down Melksham.
Moved – Cllr Jonathon Seed
Seconded – Cllr Jack Oatley
Reason – The application met the Older & Vulnerable Grants Criteria 2024/25.
Read Easy North and West Wiltshire - £500 towards Ten out of Ten adult literacy project.
Decision
Read Easy North and West Wiltshire was awarded £500 towards Ten out of Ten adult literacy project.
Moved – Cllr Jonathon Seed
Seconded – Cllr Jack Oatley
Reason – The application met the Older & Vulnerable Grants Criteria 2024/25.
Bowerhill Ladies Group – £780 towards Bowerhill Ladies Group Annual Coach Outing.
Decision
Bowerhill Ladies Group was awarded £780 towards Bowerhill Ladies Group Annual Coach Outing.
Moved – Cllr Jonathon Seed
Seconded – Cllr Jack Oatley
Reason – The application met the Older & Vulnerable Grants Criteria 2024/25.
Meadowbrook Wiltshire CIC - £500 Meadowbrook CIC Comfort Break Provisions
Decision
Meadowbrook Wiltshire CIC was awarded £500 towards Meadowbrook CIC Comfort Break Provisions.
Moved – Cllr Jonathon Seed
Seconded – Cllr Jack Oatley
Reason – The application met the Older & Vulnerable Grants Criteria 2024/25.
Young People Grants:
Keevil Village Foundation – £5,000 towards Keevil Roots Festival.
Decision
Keevil Village Foundation was awarded £3,500 towards Keevil Roots Festival.
Moved – Cllr Phil Alford
Seconded – Cllr Mike Sankey
Reason – The application met the Young People Grants Criteria 2024/25.
Melksham Town Council – £2,500 towards Positive Summer activities for young people in Melksham and the surrounding villages.
Decision
Melksham Town Council was awarded £2,500 towards Positive Summer activities for young people in Melksham and the surrounding villages.
Moved – Cllr Phil Alford
Seconded – Cllr Mike Sankey
Reason – The application met the Young People Grants Criteria 2024/25.
Other Funding:
Melksham Area Board agreed to earmark £1,000 with a view of funding being awarded to Melksham Girl Guides as a Strategic Engagement & Partnerships Manager (SEPM) delegated decision.
Moved – Cllr Phil Alford
Seconded – Cllr Mike Sankey
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