Agenda item
Area Board Funding 2022/23
Opening Balance for 2022/23:
|
Community Area Grants (CAG) |
Young People (YP) |
Health & Wellbeing (H&W) |
|
£22,642 |
£19,321 |
£7,700 |
The Board will consider applications for funding as set out in the report attached to the agenda and summarised below:
|
Link |
Grant Applicant & project |
Amount requested |
|
CAG |
Downton Bowling Club Club Mower – total cost = £6940 |
£3470 |
|
CAG |
Alderbury Village Hall Management cmmtt Hall Dishwasher – total cost = £3000 |
£1500 |
|
H&W |
Alabare Christian Care & Support ‘Somewhere to go Salisbury’ project Total cost = £38,032.80 |
£1000 |
|
H&W |
Silver Salisbury Group 2022 Downton & Surrounding villages – project Total cost = £1,000 |
£900 |
|
H&W |
West Dean PC River Dun & Wildlife Project Total cost = £5980 |
£2980 |
|
YP |
Alderbury Explorer Scout Unit Tents & External Provider of adventurous activities Total cost = £670 |
£670 |
Officer: Karen Linaker, Community Engagement Manager
Minutes:
The Area Board noted the funding budgets for 2022/23, shown on the presentation as:
· Community Area Grants (CAG) - £22,642
· Young People (YP) - £19,321
· Health & Wellbeing (H&W) - £7,700
The new rules for funding, as set out in the previous agenda item on the Area Board Review were noted.
Applications were set out in the report attached to the agenda and applicants present were invited to speak in support of their projects, followed by an opportunity for any questions.
Downton Bowling Club
Chris Parry & Alan Walters introduced the application for £3470 (CAG) towards a club mower.
The applicant confirmed they would provide 50% of the total project cost and that any additional parts for the mower would be purchased by the club.
The club membership included players from 8 – 92 years old and promoted the ‘We stay active’ element of the council’s Business Plan.
The club promoted engagement with residents who may not otherwise be going out or partaking in activities of engagement.
Decision
Downton Bowling Club was awarded £3470 from the CAG budget for 2022/23.
Reason
The application met the Grants criteria 2022/23
Alderbury Village Hall Management Committee
Michael Huntley introduced the application for £1500 (CAG) towards an industrial dishwasher for the hall.
The Hall had received a high standard of refurb and had started to receive enquiries for larger events. The lack of a suitable dishwasher would restrict hire of events/weddings.
The Parish Council was contributing £750.
The demands on the reserves due to additional projects and extensive further works were explained.
The applicant was a registered charity, the parish council owned the hall.
The application met the ‘Supporting thriving communities’ element of the Council’s Business Plan and the hall supported the local vulnerable and elderly.
Decision
Alderbury VHMC was awarded £1500 from the CAG budget for 2022/23.
Reason
The application met the Grants criteria 2022/23
Alabare Christian Care & Support
Nicky Cushing introduced the application for £1000 (H&W) towards the ‘Somewhere to go Salisbury’ project.
The application had been deferred at the last meeting to allow time to clarify the position on double funding. It had been confirmed that the applicant was able to apply for funding.
The other point raised, had been whether the community area would benefit specifically from the project, the applicant noted that whilst it was difficult to predict who would use the service over the next 12 months, it was open to all.
Cllr Richard Clewer noted that there was undoubtedly demand for the service across the area, and on balance it was a benefit and in line with the criteria
Decision
Alabare Christian Care & Support was awarded £1,000 from the CAG budget for 2022/23.
Reason
The application met the Grants criteria 2022/23
Silver Salisbury Group
Irene Kohler introduced the application for £900 (H&W) towards the 2022 Downton & Surrounding villages project.
This was a continuation of a project which ran in the autumn and aimed to alleviate isolation and loneliness of older people. The project now aimed to extended programmes in outlying villages to Salisbury and would include a spring newsletter, sample activities free or low cost, taster sessions of ongoing activities and publication in the Downton Newsletter.
The project aligned with the AB priority number 4, however as it was a revenue grant, the process had changed since 2021/22.
The CEM explained that some applications had been received prior 16 May 2022, when the decision had been made on the changes of the rules for Area Board funding and asked whether this application could be considered under the old rules.
Cllr Richard Clewer clarified that the new rules for Area Board funding would need to be adhered to from the start of the 2022/23 cycle of Area Board across the county, therefore this application and all others on the agenda would need to be subject to those new rules, regardless to when they were received.
The application did not meet the criteria on a maximum of 25% of payment in kind and as such the recommendation for funding should only be a maximum of £500.
The Board voted on the motion to award in full. The motion failed.
The Board then voted on the motion to award £500 in line with the new funding criteria.
Decision
Silver Salisbury Group was awarded £500 from the CAG budget for 2022/23.
Reason
The application met the Grants criteria 2022/23
West Dean PC
Melanie Camilleri introduced the application for £2980 (H&W) towards the River Dun & Wildlife project.
The applicant confirmed that the parish council would contribute £1500, and the neighbouring parish of West Titherley (Hampshire) had been approached to match that contribution of £1500.
Cllr Richard Clewer noted that the project had applied for Health & Wellbeing funding, which was revenue, yet the project included capital elements, and the new rules prevented a parish council from applying for capital funds.
The applicant explained that they had not been aware of a change to the rules, noting that the demographic of the village, was that it had an aging population which was why it was voluntary work, some of them had failing health and so the project required using professional people.
Cllr Zoe Clewer drew attention to the grant funding directory and suggested that there may me some other avenues for funding through that.
With regards to the flooding issues, the application was advised to make contact with the Environment Agency, as they had the ability to help with flooding schemes.
As a council we needed to make sure that monies spent on capital was actually capital spend, if there was a way of structuring it as flood works then that would be capital, please work with Karen to see a way forward
The motion of refusal was voted on.
Decision
The application from West Dean PC was Refused
Reason
The application did not meet the criteria for revenue funding.
Alderbury Explorer Scout Unit
Adrian Baker introduced the application for £670 (YP) towards the purchase of tents and for an external provider of adventure activities.
The Board noted that it would only be able to consider up to £500 due to the new rules.
The applicant asked whether he would be able to split the application in to 2 tranches, one for funding for the 4 tents and a separate one later in the year for the activities. This was confirmed as acceptable and so the board then considered the request for the tent aspect only, which totalled £420.
Decision
Explorer Scouts was awarded £420 from the purchase of 4 Tents for 2022/23.
Reason
The application met the Grants criteria 2022/23.
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