Agenda item

The Board will consider applications for funding from the Community Area Grant Scheme and Performance Reward Grant Scheme (PRGS).

NB: Papers for the PRGS to follow.

Officer: Tom Bray, Community Area Manager

Community Area Grant Scheme

The Board considered four applications for funding from the Community Area Grant Scheme. The Chairman invited applicants present to speak in support of their project, after discussion the Board Members voted on each application in turn.

Decision

That Coombe Bissett & Homington Parish Plan Steering group was awarded a total of £260 towards their project in the initial stages of preparation of the Parish Plan, with £210 of the funds to be released this financial year of 2010/11 and the remaining £50 of funds to be released in 2011/12 as the printing aspect of the project would not be required until later in the year.

Reason

The application met the Community Area Grants criteria for 2010/11 and demonstrated a direct link to the Community Plan 2010-12.

Decision

That Winterslow Village Design Statement Group was awarded £869 towards resources for the VDS.

Reason

The application met the Community Area Grants criteria for 2010/11 and demonstrated a direct link to the Community Plan 2010-12.

Decision

That Whiteparish Village Hall Committee was awarded £950 towards their project to repair the hall roof.

Reason

The application met the Community Area Grants criteria for 2010/11 and demonstrated a direct link to the Community Plan 2010-12. The repair work would improve the facility for its users, helping to maintain a valuable community asset until the new one was built.

Decision

That Landford parish Council was awarded £350 towards their project to purchase and install a projector in the village hall.

Reason

The application met the Community Area Grants criteria for 2010/11 and demonstrated a direct link to the Community Plan 2010-12.

Action: Tom Bray

Performance Reward Grant Scheme

The Board considered one application to endorse an initiative for funding from the Performance Reward Grant Scheme. A report detailing the bid from the Old Sarum Community Room (OSCR) Management Committee was circulated by the Community Area Manager.

Councillor McLennan spoke in support of the project as the local member. He thanked Councillor Thomson for his recent visit to the Old Sarum Community Room, where he had taken part in discussions with others to find ways of Wiltshire Council making use of the facility. Councillor Thomson had suggested that WC could make use of some of the upstairs rooms and pay some of the rent to reduce the amount of rent the OSCR would be eligible for.

Councillor McLennan asked the Board to note its recognition and gratitude for his involvement in the project.

Decision

The Southern Wiltshire Area Board supported the bid for funding from the Performance Reward Grant Scheme for funds towards staffing and training at the Old Sarum Community Room.

Reason

The funds would cover 6 months part time staff costs, capacity building training for local volunteers, community events and initiatives in order to build a cohesive group who could then manage and improve the community facility.

Action: Tom Bray

Tom Bray, Community Area Manager, gave an update on the grant situation to date. The Southern Wiltshire Area Board had managed to award the entire grant budget for 2010/11, which was a great achievement.

He went on to say that it would be important to use the funds for 2011/12 in the best way available to make the money stretch and help as many projects within the community area as possible.