Agenda item

a)  The Wiltshire Councillors will consider 9 applications to the Community Area Grants Scheme, as follows:

 

i)      Corsham Town Council – to purchase shelters, tables and chairs and to enable community groups’ free use of the equipment for outside functions and community events.

 

ii)     Box Parish Council – to refurbish tennis courts and to create a multi use games area for use by users of the centre, tennis club and local school pupils.

 

iii)    Corsham Cricket Club – to install external staircase leading to the changing rooms on the first floor of the Cricket Club.

 

iv)   Kandu Arts – to facilitate consultation with young people in Potley and Pockeridge about problems, root causes and possible solutions to anti social behaviour.

 

v)    Transition Community Corsham – for development of website and publicity material to allow the organisation to reach more people in the community area.

 

vi)   Pound Arts Centre – to purchase a new high definition projector to enable them to attract a wider audience to cinema screenings.

 

vii)  Potley and Pockeridge Youth Group – to purchase tools, seeds and plants for a gardening project and a half term activity to promote and recruit new people to the centre.

 

viii)Corsham Community Centre – to purchase equipment to enhance and develop a snooker room.

 

ix)   Mansion House Playgroup – to purchase a shed to provide adequate storage facilities.

 

Grant application packs for the Community Area Grants Scheme are available from the Community Area Manager or electronically at:

www.wiltshire.gov.uk/areaboardscommunitygrantsscheme.htm.

 

b)  The Wiltshire Councillors will consider one Expression of Interest to the Performance Reward Grant Scheme, as follows:

 

Colerne Parish Council - To extend the pavement along from Silver Street to the Recreation Ground entrance.  This is in order to provide a safe access to the Recreation Ground and the doctors’ surgery in The Firs and Colerne Primary School and to allow a direct pedestrian route from the Firs to the Primary School.

(a)       Community Area Grant Funding

 

The Area Board considered nine applications seeking 2009/10 Community Area Grant funding.

 

(i)         Corsham Town Council

 

Decision

To award £1,503 to purchase shelters, tables and chairs and to enable community groups free use of the equipment for outside functions and community events.

 

Reason

The application met the Community Area Grant Criteria for 2009/10 and will benefit a number of community groups in Corsham and the surrounding area.

 

(ii)        Box Parish Council

 

Decision

To award £5,000 to Box Parish Council to refurbish tennis courts and to create a multi use games area for use by users of the centre, tennis club and local school pupils.

 

Reason

The application met the Community Area Grant Criteria for 2009/10 and will increase participation in sport and create a healthier lifestyle for all ages.

 

(iii)       Corsham Cricket Club

 

Decision

To award £1,750 to Corsham Cricket Club to install an external staircase leading to the changing rooms on the first floor of the Cricket Club.

 

Reason

The application met the Community Area Grant Criteria for 2009/10 and will improve the safety of those using the Cricket Club facilities.

 

(iv)       Kandu Arts

 

Decision

To award £1,250 to Kandu Arts to facilitate consultation with young people in Potley and Pockeridge about problems, root causes and possible solutions to anti social behaviour.

 

Reason

The application met the Community Area Grant Criteria for 2009/10 and will involve young people in dialogue to address the root causes of anti-social behaviour.

 

(v)        Transition Community Corsham

 

Decision

To award Transition Community Corsham £995 for the development of a website and publicity material to allow the organisation to reach more people in the community area.

 

Reason

The application met the Community Area Grant Criteria for 2009/10 and will work towards creating a sustainable solution to address climate change.

 

(vi)       The Pound Arts Centre

 

Decision

To award £2,721 to purchase a new high definition projector to attract a wider audience to cinema screenings.

 

Reason

The application met the Community Area Grant Criteria for 2009/10 and will enable the organisation to show presentations more clearly and to extend its provision for young people.

 

(vii)      Potley Young Group

 

Decision

To award £594 to purchase tools, seeds and plants for a gardening project and a half term activity to promote and recruit new people to the centre.

 

Reason

The application met the Community Area Grant Criteria for 2009/10 and will provide an opportunity for young people and their parents to engage with the garden project.

 

(viii)     Corsham Community Centre

 

Decision

To award £903 to Corsham Community Centre to purchase equipment to enhance and develop a snooker room.

 

Reason

The application met the Community Area Grant Criteria for 2009/10 and will develop and enhance the facilities and environment of the Community Centre.

 

(ix)       Mansion House Playgroup

 

Decision

To award £975 to the Mansion House Playgroup to purchase a suitable storage shed.

 

Reason

The application met the Community Area Grant Criteria for 2009/10 and will improve the outdoor facilities available to the children.

 

(b)       Remaining Funding

 

The Community Area Manager explained that having agreed the above grant funding there was a balance of £4,332.  There were three options available to the Area Board:

 

·        To request the Cabinet that the balance be carried into next year.  The Corsham Area Board had only had three funding cycles in the year and potentially had two projects of £5,000 each who were not in a position to apply for funding in this round but should be able to in the next financial year.

·        To try to publicise again and ask for grants of £1,000 or less and hold an extraordinary meeting specifically for funding bids.

·        To do nothing and allow the underspend to be drawn back to central funds.

 

Decision

To recommend to the Cabinet that the balance of £4,332 be rolled forward to next year.

 

(Note: The Chairman, Cllr R Tonge declared a prejudicial interest in the following item and Cllr P Davis, Vice Chairman, took the Chair).

 

(c)        Performance Reward Grant

 

The Area Board considered an expression of interest to the Performance Reward Grant Scheme.  The application was from Colerne Parish Council to extend the pavement along from Silver Street to the Recreation Ground entrance.  This was in order to provide a safe access to the Recreation Ground and the doctors’ surgery in The Firs and Colerne Primary School and to allow a direct pedestrian route from the Firs to the Primary School.

 

Decision

To support the bid for performance reward grant funding from Colerne Parish Council to go forward for consideration.

 

(Note:  Cllr R Tonge resumed the Chair).