Decision details

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

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.