Agenda item

To consider applications for funding, as detailed in the attached report and summarised below:

 

Type	Applicant	Project	Requested
CAG	Milford Preservation Group	Milford Hollow rewilding project	£800
CAG	Underground Studios CIC	The Underground Studios Music	£5000
CAG	Parochial Church Council of Harnham St George and All Saints	Green Heating for Harnham Hub	£5000
HWG	Harnham Day Centre	Keep fit at Harnham Day Centre	£720
Youth	Wessex Archaeology Ltd	Well City Salisbury Youth courses	£4994
HWG	Safer & Supportive Salisbury   The Board is asked to note the following project which received funding under CEM delegated Powers, due to urgency, in consultation with the Chairman and a unanimous vote in support by Board Members.	Community Conference on Women's Safety	£640 Agreed under CEM delegated Powers (14/10/21)

 

Officer: Jacqui Abbott, Community Engagament Manager

The Board considered funding requests as set out in the agenda. Applicants in attendance were invited to briefly present their projects, followed by an opportunity for questions.

 

Community Area Grants:

 

Milford Preservation Group – Milford Hollow Rewilding Project - £800

Applicant David Lovibond presented the application.

The Group had been going for over 40 years, the last 3 years had been very active. The 1^st phase had already been completed, phase 2 would take place in the spring.

 

Cllr McGrath refrained from voting due to his earlier declaration but urge the Board to support the project.

 

The full amount was moved by Cllr Hocking and seconded by Cllr Corbin.

 

Decision

The Milford Preservation Group was awarded £800 towards the Milford Hollow Rewilding Project.

Reason

The application met the grants criteria for 2021/22.

 

Underground Studios CIC – Studios Music project- £4,987.12

Applicant Alexander Mobaraki presented the application for fun, safe and accessible professional musical activities with tutors and instruments.

 

The marketing of the service and the approach in comparison with that of the  previous tenants was discussed.

 

The full amount was moved by Cllr Rogers and seconded by Cllr Hocking.

 

Decision

The Underground Studios CIC was awarded £4,987.12 towards the Studios Music project

Reason

The application met the grants criteria for 2021/22.

 

Parochial Church Council of Harnham St George and All Saints – Green Heating for Harnham Hub - £5,000

Applicant Charles Wood presented the application.

 

This was a multi-phase project, working with Harnham Community Network. Hall owned by the parish.

 

The first stage of the project was to replace an ineffective heating system with an under-floor heat system with heat pumps and the replacement of a new kitchen in an alternative location of the building.

 

Questions around the option of knocking the old building down and starting again arose, where it was clarified that although that option had been considered, as the structure of the building was still in good condition, the preferred and cheaper option was to re-cycle and improve.

 

Whether the proposed heat pumps would be adequate to warm the building was asked, where the Board was assured that as the second phase included re-roofing and re-insulating, the combined works as a whole would be adequate.  

 

The Board invited the applicant to return and provide an update once the works were complete.

 

The full amount was moved by Cllr Sample and seconded by Cllr Rogers.

 

Decision

The Parochial Church Council of Harnham St George and All Saints was awarded £5000 towards Green Heating for Harnham Hub

Reason

The application met the grants criteria for 2021/22.

 

Health & Wellbeing Grants:

 

Harnham Day Centre – Keep Fit Classes £720

Applicant David Paterson presented the application which would provide 25 elderly people in their 80s with chair based keep fit classes for 2 sessions a month for 30 min workout.

 

The full amount was moved by Cllr Corbin and seconded by Cllr Sample.

 

Decision

Harnham Day Centre was awarded £720 towards Keep Fit Classes Reason

The application met the grants criteria for 2021/22.

 

 

Youth Funding:

 

Wessex Archaeology Ltd – Well City Salisbury Youth Classes - £4994

Applicant Leigh Chalmers presented the application.

 

This was a partnership project between Wessex Archaeology, Wiltshire Creative, Art Care and Salisbury Museum which had been worked towards for 3 years. In May the project had been awarded £216k of Lottery Community funding.

 

Each aspect delivered would be 8 weeks long, with 24 creative, and 8 volunteer mentoring courses.

 

Wiltshire creative had been developing the project for a number of years.

 

The full amount was moved by Cllr Corbin and seconded by Cllr McGrath.

 

The Board noted that on this occasion, its panel of young people had not been able to consider the funding proposal, which would usually be the case for all Youth funding application, where possible. Cllr Rogers, youth Lead Cllr asked that the CEM feedback to the young people at the next meeting the outcome of the application.

 

Decision

Wessex Archaeology Ltd was awarded £4994 towards Well City Salisbury Youth Classes

Reason

The application met the grants criteria for 2021/22.

 

Community Engagement Manager (CEM) Delegated Authority Funding

The Board was asked to formally note an award made under CEM Delegated powers, as detailed in the agenda.

 

Decision

The Board noted the award of £640 to Safer & Supportive Salisbury which had been made under CEM Delegated Authority in October 2021, due to urgency.

 

Anne Trevett – noted that the event was in partnership with Salisbury Soroptimists and would take place on November 18^th, adding that the end result would be the production of an action plan.

 

Anne was invited to provide an update at the next Area Board meeting following the conference.