Agenda item

a.        Community Area Grants

The Wiltshire Councillors will consider six applications to the Community Area Grants Scheme 2010/11, as follows:

               i.     Chippenham Children’s Parliament

             ii.     Nettleton Parish Plan Committee

           iii.     YattonKeynell Parish Council

            iv.     New ChAPTER

              v.     Castle Combe Village Hall

            vi.     Kington St Michael Village Shop

Grant application packs for the Community Area Grants Scheme areavailable from the Community Area Manager or electronically at www.wiltshire.gov.uk/areaboardscommunitygrantsscheme.htm

b.        Community Area Partnership

JaneClark, Chippenham Area Partnership, will present the partnership’s work plan for the year and ask the Area Board councillors to consider a funding request.

a.     Community Area Grants

Area Board Councillors were asked to consider six requests to the Community Area Grants Scheme.

Judy Edwards addressed the meeting on behalf of the Chippenham Children’s Parliament.  She apologised that the children were unable to attend due to their SATs.  Mrs Edwards read two statements from local children regarding road safety and speed limits in the town centre

John Clark responded to questions on behalf of the New ChAPTER application.

Decision

Chippenham Children’s Parliament was awarded £1000 for a Road Safety Campaign.

Reason The application met the Community Area Grants criteria for 2010/11 and would support several Wiltshire Council priorities, including a link to the Local Agreement for Wiltshire to ‘Investigate ways to reduce rates of serious injury and fatal road accidents in Wiltshire’.

Decision

Nettleton Parish Plan Committee was awarded £650 towards the production of a parish plan.

Reason

The application met the Community Area Grants criteria for 2010/11 and would support several Wiltshire Council priorities, including a link to the Local Agreement for Wiltshire to ‘Help local communities to develop their own priorities and improvements’.

Decision

Yatton Keynell Parish Council was awarded £776 towards the erection of picket fence village gateways.

Reason

The application met the Community Area Grants criteria for 2010/11 and would support several Wiltshire Council priorities, including a link to the Local Agreement for Wiltshire to ‘Investigate ways to reduce rates of serious injury and fatal road accidents in Wiltshire’.

Decision

New ChAPTER was awarded £4000 towards the Chippenham River Festival.  This lower amount (original request was £8000) was proposed by councillors who felt that the Festival should seek to secure additional sponsorship.

Reason

The application met the Community Area Grants criteria for 2010/11 and would support several Wiltshire Council priorities, including links to the Local Agreement for Wiltshire, to create stronger and more inclusive communities ‘Improve community relations’ and ‘Encourage communities to take part in sporting and cultural activities and events that bring different age groups together’.

Decision

Castle Combe Village Hall was awarded £1,182 towards the installation of insulation and secondary double glazing in the village hall.

Reason

The application met the Community Area Grants criteria for 2010/11 and would support several Wiltshire Council priorities, including links to the Local Agreement for Wiltshire priority actions ‘To reduce Wiltshire’s carbon footprint’.

Decision

St Michael Village Shop was awarded £2,755 towards the upgrade of the freezer and shelving in the village shop.

Reason

The application met the Community Area Grants criteria for 2010/11 and would support several Wiltshire Council priorities, including links to the Local Agreement for Wiltshire priority actions ‘Help small businesses get better access to finance’.

b.     Community Area Partnership

This item was withdrawn as ChAP had advised that they would submit a funding application to the next area board meeting on 5July 2010.

c.      Performance Reward Grant Scheme

Biddestone Village Hall and Recreational Trust - it was noted that the bid would restore and convert the existing building to provide changing and storage facilities suitable to support growing adult and youth/junior sports teams (including girls).

Decision

The Chippenham Area Board supported the bid from Biddestone Village Hall and Recreational Trust to go forward for consideration by the Performance Reward Grant Panel.