Agenda item

To determine any applications for Community Area Grants.

The Area Board considered a number of application for Community Area Grant funding.  The Chairman invited the local Councillor to introduce each application, following which a representative of the applicant was given an opportunity to give a brief overview of their project to the Area Board.

Decision

Burbage Baby and Toddler Group was awarded £550 towards the purchase of soft play equipment.

Reason The application met the Community Area Grants criteria for 2010/11 and would support this not-for-profit organisation in providing a service for young families in an area with infrequent public transport.

Decision

POP (Participate, Overcome, Perform) Youth Dance was awarded £840 towards a dance workshop and performance.

Reason The application met the Community Area Grants criteria for 2010/11 and would help support this community event in its first year.

Decision

Pewsey Parish Council was awarded £1,700 towards starts up costs for running the Wiltshire Council-owned car parks in the village of Pewsey.

Reason The application met the Community Area Grants criteria for 2010/11 and would support the local economy, as well as the wider community of the Pewsey Vale by maintaining Pewsey as a service centre.

Decision

Rushall and Charlton Village Hall was awarded £400 towards purchasing five small tables and a storage trolley.

Reason The application met the Community Area Grants criteria for 2010/11 and would support this community facility.

Decision

Charlton St Peter and Wilsford Parish Council was awarded £265 towards the purchase and installation of a new parish notice board for Charlton St Peter.

Reason The application met the Community Area Grants criteria for 2010/11 and would help promote communications in this rural area.

Decision

Alton Barnes Parish Council was awarded £660 towards enhancing the boundary between the hard car park and the bridleway on Workway Drove.

Reason The application met the Community Area Grants criteria for 2010/11 and would support this project to maintain the visual appearance of the area.

Decision

Wilcot Village Hall was awarded £823 towards purchasing modern lighter tables and a trolley.

Reason The application met the Community Area Grants criteria for 2010/11 and help support this community facility.

Decision

Shalbourne Primary School was awarded £606 towards providing baby equipment to enable opportunities for social interaction, support and training for vulnerable low income parents with young babies.

Reason The application met the Community Area Grants criteria for 2010/11 and this project to go ahead, in providing a service for young families on low incomes in an area with infrequent public transport.

The Chairman noted that the Area Board had £3,831 left in the budget for 2010/11; the deadline for submission of grants to be considered at the Area Board meeting in March was Friday 21 January.