Agenda item

Remaining budgets:

·       Community Area Grants: £6,324

·       Youth Grants: £27

·       Health & Wellbeing Grants: £7,500

·       Earmarked 2019/20 Older People’s Isolation Fund: £3,700

The Board will consider applications for funding as detailed in the reports attached to the agenda and listed below.

Officer: Karen Linaker, Community Engagement Manager

Health & Wellbeing proposed allocations

CEM recommendation:

That councillors approve the list of proposed allocations from the 2020/21 Health & Wellbeing Budget, noting that detailed bids will be submitted in due course for the board to consider and approve, before these funds are released:

The Board noted the remaining budgets available at this meeting, these were:

·       Community Area Grants: £6,324

·       Youth Grants: £27

·       Health & Wellbeing (HW) Grants: £7,500

·       Earmarked 2019/20 Older People’s Isolation Fund: £3,700

The Board considered the funding requests detailed in the agenda pack. Applicants in attendance were invited to speak in support of their applications and answer any questions.

The Bridge Youth Project

The application from the Bridge Youth Project had been withdrawn as the applicant had been gifted a laptop through a charitable organisation.

Music for Wellbeing CIC – requested £1500 (HW)

The applicant Olivia McLennan spoke in support of the Moving Music Southern and SWW project.

Questions included:

·       What other funding had been confirmed?

Answer: £700 from SWW not yet been confirmed as that meeting was next week, and £4,000 from Comic Relief Chair moved – 2^nd by RC approved.

The Chairman Subject to the award of funding from SWWAB.

Decision

Music for Wellbeing CIC was awarded £1500 from the HW budget, towards the Moving Music Southern and SWW project, subject to an award from SWWAB.

Reason

The application met the grants criteria for 2020/21

Clarendon Juniors Football Club – requested £5000 (CAG)

The applicant Richard Pearce spoke in support of the Football Club facilities improvement project.

Questions included:

·       What would the £5k buy along with other funding?

Answer: 5 x sets of permanent goal posts the total cost of those was £8900. In addition, the project includes, £3000 for the sit on lawnmower, £3k for grounds sitter and facilities for field maintenance, and the carpark element would cost £9700 which the PC approved and was working towards. Pitch aeration £2500.

Decision

Clarendon Juniors Football Club was awarded £5000 from the CAG budget towards the club improvement project.

Reason

The application met the grants criteria for 2020/21

St Francis Church – requested £400

The applicant Will Burditt spoke in support of the Old Sarum and Longhedge Community Fayre project.

We would set a weekly rhythm of opening to coincide with the offers of food we receive.

Decision

St Francis Church was awarded £400 from the CAG budget towards the Old Sarum and Longhedge Community Fayre project.

Reason

The application met the grants criteria for 2020/21

Health & Wellbeing proposed allocations

The Board considered the CEM recommendations for allocation of remaining Health & Wellbeing funds, set out in the report attached to the agenda.

As detailed in the Area Board work plan there were a number of initiatives that to move forward would require funding.

It was noted that detailed bids would be submitted in due course for the Board to consider and approve, before the funds were released.

Decision

The Board allocated the remaining Health & Wellbeing funds as follows:

1.     Strengthening village/area board communications (printing of flyers / distribution volunteers expenses) - £500

2.     New village Silver Sunday champions (to work closely with Irene) (printing / travel expenses) - £500

3.     Maximising engagement of vulnerable families in Rural Outreach Youth project and Family Fun Days (a parenting support fund) - £1000

4.     Local Cultural Partnership Hub – social prescribing Initiative - £1500

5.     Getting the new/enhanced Directory of Support/Activities from the Sarum Wellbeing Hub printed and distributed to the most vulnerable - £1000

6.     Responding to the needs identified from the local assessment of people living with dementia in 2021 - £3000