Agenda item

To consider applications for Area Board Funding as detailed in the attached report.

 

2021/22 budgets available at the start of this meeting:

 

Community Area Grant	Health & Wellbeing	Youth
£25,366.88	£2,297.99	£12,144.03

 

 

Community Area Grants:

 

ABG369	Ct Michaels Community Centre – Bemerton Heath.   Replacement Roof Project £35,000 total project cost	£5,000
ABG434	Bemerton Heath IAG   Community Garden improvements. £15,000 total project cost	£5,000
ABG438	Families Out Loud   Fundraising & Communications Project £5,815 total project cost	£2,905
ABG440	The Honeybee Project   Purchase of Electronic Honey Extractor £950 total project cost	£950
ABG443	Salisbury City Boxing Club   Club Equipment £2,000 total project cost	£996.47
ABG466	Salisbury Rotary Club   Book Benches Project £22,040 total project cost	£5,000
ABG470	Salisbury Pride UK   Events and Support £21,960 total project cost	£5,730

 

 

 

 

 

 

Health & Wellbeing Grants:

A report detailing the Health & Wellbeing Group recommendations for funding is attached.

 

ABG413	Safer & Supportive Salisbury   Mental Health Showcase 5th April £1,300 total project cost	£590
ABG400	Silver Salisbury Group   Carer & Older Person events £659 total project cost	£659
ABG419	Wiltshire & Swindon Sport   Park Yoga £1,400 total project cost	£420
ABG422	Morning Star Salisbury   Hope Centre Life Recovery Course £1,947 total project cost	£963
ABG458	TEDx Salisbury   Event May 2022 £3,260 total project cost	£1,000

 

 

Youth Grants:

A report detailing the Youth Panel’s recommendations for funding is attached.

 

ABG280	Salisbury Live   Live in the Square Event £6,000 total project cost	£3,000
ABG417	The Bridge Youth Project   Youth Voice Forum £15,000 total project cost	£5,000
ABG465	Salisbury Museum   Changing places common ground – Intergenerational History project £10,477.70 total project cost	£5,000

 

Area Board Initiative:

 

ABG418

Street Nameplate repair and replacement program   Lead Member Cllr Hocking

£9,500

 

The Board considered the funding requests which had been set out within the grants report in the agenda. Applicants in attendance were invited to briefly speak in support of their projects, followed by an opportunity for questions.

 

Note: As mentioned under chairman’s Updates, due to the meeting being held online, the Area Board was not able to make any decisions during online meetings, due to current Legislation. The recommendations for funding would need to be taken through the Leader Delegated Decision process before being approved and confirmed.

 

Community Area Grant applications:

 

St Michaels Community Centre, replacement roof project – requested £5,000

The applicant, Howard Tranter spoke in support of the application.

 

Board members supported the project noting it was a well-used community facility and that a huge amount of funding had also been raised by the applicant towards the project.

 

Clarification on where the balance of funding would come from was given.

 

The Board voted on the motion of support in full.

 

Recommendation

St Michaels Community Centre was awarded £5,000 towards the replacement roof project.

Reason – The application met the Community Area Grants Criteria 2021/22

 

 

Bemerton Heath IAG, Community Garden Improvement – requested £5,000

Cllr Ricky Rogers spoke on behalf of the applicant, noting that he had been asked by them to withdraw the application from this round of funding as the project had already been awarded funding earlier in the financial year.

 

Recommendation

To Defer the application from Bemerton Heath IAG for the Community Garden Improvement project, until the next meeting.

Reason – The applicant wished to reapply in the new financial year.

 

Families Out Loud, Fundraising and Communications project – requested £2,905.

The applicant, Debra Hawley spoke in support of the project.

 

Board members supported the project noting it was very worthwhile and much needed by the community.

 

The Board voted on the motion of support in full.

 

Recommendation

Families Out Loud was awarded £2905 towards the Communications project.

Reason – The application met the Community Area Grants Criteria 2021/22 

 

The Honeybee Project, purchase of an electronic honey extractor – requested £950.

The applicant, Mark Sines spoke in support of the project.

 

Board members supported the project noting it’s support for projects which benefitted those with mental health issues. Clarification around the level of need for the piece of equipment was given, in that it would enable all participants to partake in the honey extraction process regardless of their physical ability.  

 

The Board voted on the motion of support in full.

 

Recommendation

The Honeybee Project was awarded £950 towards the purchase of an electronic honey extractor.

Reason – The application met the Community Area Grants Criteria 2021/22 

 

Salisbury City Boxing Club, purchase of equipment – requested £996.47.

Cllr Sample spoke in support of the project.

 

The Board voted on the motion of support in full.

 

Recommendation

Salisbury City Boxing Club was awarded £996.47 towards the purchase of new club equipment.

Reason – The application met the Community Area Grants Criteria 2021/22 

 

Salisbury Rotary Club, Book Benches project – requested £5,000.

The applicant, Nigel Brookes spoke in support of the project.

 

The Board discussed the application in detail. Clarification around the location of the finished benches was sought, it was noted that each bench would form part of an exhibition when completed, and then be gifted to the schools which had made them.

 

The criteria for funding projects involving schools was requested. It was noted that projects which operate outside normal services and activities were open to consideration by the Board.

 

Information on the additional funding sources applied for to complete the project was also provided.

 

The Board voted on the motion of support in full.

 

Recommendation

Salisbury Rotary Club was awarded £5,000 towards the Book Benches project.

Reason – The application met the Community Area Grants Criteria 2021/22

 

Salisbury Pride UK, Events and support – requested £3,400

The applicant, Cllr Caroline Corbin spoke in support of the project and did not take part in the discussion or vote on this application in her capacity as board Member.

 

It was noted that the project had received confirmation of other funding awards earlier in the day, and as such the amount requested was reduced to £3,400.

 

The Board voted on the motion of support in full.

 

Recommendation

Salisbury Pride UK was awarded £3,400 towards Events and support.

Reason – The application met the Community Area Grants Criteria 2021/22

 

Area Board Initiatives

The Board considered one bid for funding for the Area Board Initiative – Street Nameplates repair and replacement programme, for £9,500, put forward by Lead CATG Member Cllr Sven Hocking, and detailed in the agenda pack.

 

The Board discussed the funding request in detail. It was noted that the normal maximum amount of funding considered was £5,000, and that if higher amounts were to be considered it would need to be agreed by the board that there was an exceptional circumstance.

 

The remaining budget available to allocate was noted at £7,085.41

 

Cllr Sample asked the Board to start to give some thought and consider what the next initiative should be and suggested that a good contender was improved street lighting.

 

Cllr Hocking asked the Leader, Cllr Clewer for input on what could be considered exceptional circumstances to award over the standard £5,000.

 

The Leader, Cllr Clewer noted that to deviate from the standard maximum £5,000 award would require specific reasons and was usually supported with robust costings in advance.

 

It was noted that this was the last time that the project would come to the Board for funding as the list of street name plates awaiting repair or replacement had almost been completed.

 

Suggestions for exceptional circumstances were discussed. 

 

The Board voted on the motion to award the remaining budget amount of £7,085.41.

 

Recommendation

Area Board Initiative – Street Nameplate Repair/Replacement programme was awarded £7,085.41 from the Area Board Capital budget for 2021/22.

Reason

The Board noted that the project had been ongoing for several years due to there no longer being a central budget to carry out such work. The exceptional circumstances were noted as the importance of maintaining legible street name plates around the city, to benefit its residents and visitors and help to maintain a high quality of appearance of the historic city.

 

Note: Following this Area board initiative application being considered through the Leader Delegated Decision Process, the amount awarded was £5,000

 

 

Health & Wellbeing Grants

The Board considered five applications for funding from the Health & Wellbeing budget 2021/22, as detailed in the agenda pack. The Health & Wellbeing Group had met to consider the applications, a report detailing their recommendations for funding amounts was also provided within the agenda.

 

 

Safer & Supportive Salisbury, Mental Health Showcase – requested £590

Applicant, Anne Trevett.

 

Recommendation

Safer & Supportive Salisbury was awarded £390 of Health & Wellbeing funding for 2021/22, towards their Mental Health Showcase.

 

Silver Salisbury Group, Carer & Older Person Events – requested £659

Applicant, Irene Kohler.

 

Recommendation

Silver Salisbury Group, was awarded £657.99 of Health & Wellbeing funding for 2021/22, towards the Carer & Older Person Events.

 

Wiltshire & Swindon Sport, Park Yoga – requested £420

Applicant Dominique Oughton.

 

Recommendation

Wiltshire & Swindon Sport, was awarded £0 of Health & Wellbeing funding for 2021/22, towards Park Yoga.

 

Morning Star Salisbury - Hope Centre Life Recovery Course

Applicant Mike Badger.

 

Recommendation

Morning Star Salisbury was awarded £800 of Health & Wellbeing funding for 2021/22, towards the Hope Centre Life Recovery Course.

 

TEDx Salisbury, May 2022 Event – requested £1,000

Applicant Leigh Chalmers.

Recommendation

 

TEDx Salisbury was awarded £450 of Health & Wellbeing funding for 2021/22, towards the May 2022 Event.

 

 

Youth Funding Applications

The Board considered three applications for funding from the Youth Project Budget 2021/22, as detailed in the agenda pack. The Youth Group had met to consider the applications, a report detailing their recommendations for funding amounts was also provided within the agenda.

 

Lead Member for Youth, Cllr Rodgers noted that each of the applications had been scrutinised by the youth group, which had submitted recommendations for funding.

 

Cllr Hocking noted that the Salisbury Museum had received other general funding from Wiltshire Council and Salisbury City Council separately and noted that other smaller groups may not be as able to draw in such large amounts of funding. 

 

Irene Kohler noted that the application from Salisbury Museum was the second tranche of funding from an ongoing project and had been invited to return to the Board for funding, once the first tranche had been completed.

 

Salisbury Live, Live in the Square Event – requested £3,000

Applicant Colin Holton spoke in support of the application.

 

Recommendation

Salisbury Live, was awarded £3,000 of Youth Project Funding for 2021/22, towards the Live in the Square Event

 

The Bridge Youth Project, Youth Voice Forum – requested £5,000

Applicant Paul Cable spoke in support of the application

 

Recommendation

The Bridge Youth Project, was awarded £4,144.03 of Youth Project Funding for 2021/22, towards the Youth Voice Forum

 

Salisbury Museum - Changing places common ground – Intergenerational History project – requested £5,000

Applicant Amy Hammett spoke in support of the application.

 

Recommendation

The Salisbury Museum, was awarded £5,000 of Youth Project Funding for 2021/22, towards the Changing places common ground project