Decision details

To update and provide clarity to the 2013/14 Area Board funding process.

These proposals seek to ensure the smooth delivery of Area Boards grants through the adoption of clear and simple funding policy, criteria and guidance to ensure an easily accessible and transparent process for both the community and voluntary sector and members of the Area Boards and that greater emphasis is put on activities and projects led by the community and voluntary groups.

To improve the application process for members of community, voluntary groups and councillors through adoption on a common on-line process and in so doing make council administrative efficiencies.

Various including:

No change to a multi-option down loadable application process; which sometimes caused confusion for applicants or embrace digital access and formulate a single process for all applicants to ensure ease of use and greater clarity.

To retain the amount of un-matched funding available at £1,000 or to reduce it to £500 to ensure funding could be more widely spread across the community.

To retain a special small grants process awarding up to £350, which had not been fully utilised in 2012/13 or to ensure groups could access up to £500 unmatched funding from an area board.   

Undertaken through joint Community Area Manager and Councillor Working Group.