Agenda item

a)     Community Area Grants Scheme

To consider 5 applications to the Community Area Grants Scheme, as follows:

i)     Cricklade Town Festival - £1,240 match funding sought towards the cost of street entertainers for annual community event.

ii)    Wilts and Berks Canal Trust - £1,680 match funding sought to provide scalping for volunteers to spread on canal side.

iii)   Thames Pre School - £555 sought for metal tool shed to securely house garden tools to maintain newly created garden area.                                                                  

iv)   Lyneham Youth Club - £2,752 match funding sought towards summer activity programme for young people.

v)    Broad Town Village Show - £2,241 match funding sought to provide all weather blow up stage cover for the bands at the local annual community event.                                                                                                              

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)     Performance Reward Grant Scheme

To consider 2 bids to the scheme as follows:

i)     Cricklade Town Council

ii)    Cricklade Leisure Centre.

The Chairman gave an overview of the funding during the last financial year that included the following:

Cricklade and Community – nine grants totalling £16, 200

Wootton Bassett – five grants totalling £10, 827

Lyneham - £1000

Smaller parishes - £195

He encouraged all parishes and community groups to apply to the scheme.

Community Area Grants Scheme

Wiltshire Councillors were asked to consider five applications seeking funding from the 2010/11 community area grant budget.

The Area Board councillors stated that in future the priorities for funding would be more tightly applied.

John Bower addressed the meeting on behalf of the Wilts and Berks Canal Trust.

Andy Gatenby addressed the meeting on behalf of the Thames Pre-School.

Michelle Casey addressed the meeting on behalf of the Lyneham Youth Club.

James Harvey-Samuel addressed the meeting on behalf of the Broad Town Village Show.

Decision

Cricklade Town Festival was awarded £1240 towards the cost of street entertainers for annual community event.

Reason

The application met the grant criteria and demonstrated links to the area board priorities by encouraging lifestyle changes, improving the local area through community events and increasing the number of people who feel safe in their community. 

Decision

Wilts and Berks Canal Trust was refused the funding sought to provide scalping for volunteers to spread on canal side.

 Reason

The applicant had benefitted from previous grants, including one recently for grass cutting equipment; and, that the effects of limestone chippings on the biodiversity of the immediate environment were unknown.

Decision

Thames Pre School was awarded £555 for the cost of a metal tool shed to securely house garden tools to maintain newly created garden area.

Reason

The application met the grant criteria and demonstrated links to locally agreed priorities by increasing the number of people in regular volunteering, improving young people’s participation in positive activities, increasing the number of people who feel safe in the community, improving intergenerational activities and community events and increasing recycling and re- use of household waste and also fits with Ofsted recommendations, to provide outdoor learning spaces.

Decision

Lyneham Youth Club was awarded £2,752 unconditionally towards summer activity programme for young people.

Reason

The application met the grant criteria and demonstrated links to area board priorities by improving young people’s involvement in positive activities

Decision

Broad Town Village Show was awarded £2,241 towards the provision of an all weather blow up stage cover for the bands at the local annual community event.

Reason

The application met the grant criteria and demonstrated links to locally agreed priorities by increasing the number of people involved in regular volunteering , improving young people’s involvement in positive activities and improving the local area through community events.

Performance Related Grant Scheme

Wiltshire Councillors were asked to consider two bids to the scheme.

David Tetlow, Bob Jones and Sue Lett addressed the meeting on behalf of Cricklade Town Council.

Gary Walker addressed the meeting on behalf of the Cricklade Leisure Centre.

Decision

The Cricklade Town Council project was strongly endorsed by the Wiltshire Councillors who agreed that the bid should go forward to be considered by the Performance Reward Grants panel.

Decision

The Cricklade Leisure Centre project was strongly endorsed by the Wiltshire Councillors who agreed that the bid should go forward to be considered by the Performance Reward Grants panel.