Agenda item

Area Board Funding

To note the remaining budgets and to consider any applications for funding, as detailed in the attached report and summarised below:

 

Remaining Budgets:

 

Community Area Grant

Older & Vulnerable

Young People

£4,889.00

£5,468.46

£2,375.00

 

Area Board Initiatives:

 

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Grant Details

Amount Requested

ABG1571

Westbury Area Board - Westbury Public Living Room

£1000.00

 

ABG1572

Westbury Area Board - Dementia Friendly
Westbury

£500.00

 

 

Community Area Grants:

 

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Grant Details

Amount Requested

ABG1480

West Wilts Ramblers Work Party - Work Party Equipment

£678.80

 

ABG1558

Bratton Recreation Ground Management
Committee - Bratton Recreation Ground New Storerooms

£5000.00

ABG1559

Westbury Shed - Westbury Workshop facility repair and upgrade

£3448.00

 

ABG1561

Westbury Youth FC - Westbury Youth FC
equipment and facilities improvement

£4450.00

 

ABG1565

Blue Circle Bowls Club -  Blue Circle Bowls Club new external seating area

£2000.00

 

ABG1573

 

White Horse Short Mat Bowls Club – New Short Mat Bowls carpet for White Horse Short Mat Bowls club

£550.00

 

ABG1575

 

Westbury Leigh community project - Westbury Leigh community project
improvements

£3000.00

 

 

Young People Grants:

 

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Grant Details

Amount Requested

ABG1320

 

Leigh Park Community Centre - Skills for personal development and employment 2023

£5000.00

 

ABG1525

Westbury Parochial Church Council All Saints Church - Youth Cafe Westbury

£1820.00

 

ABG1569

Westbury Town Council - Soapbox Derby
Workshops Wind turbines

£500.00

 

 

Further information on the Area Board Grant system can be found here.

Minutes:

The Chairman informed the Area Board of the opening balances for grant funding. The Area Board considered the following applications for funding:

 

Area Board Initiatives:

 

Westbury Area Board – £1,000 towards Westbury Public Living Room.

 

Decision

 

Westbury Area Board was awarded an amended amount of £500 towards Westbury Public Living Room.

 

Moved – Cllr Gordon King

Seconded – Cllr Carole King

 

Reason – The application met the Community Area Grants Criteria 2023/24.

 

Westbury Area Board – £500 towards Dementia Friendly Westbury.

 

Decision

 

Westbury Area Board agreed to defer making a decision on awarding the application until the next financial year.

 

Community Area Grants:

 

West Wilts Ramblers Work Party - £678.80 towards Work Party Equipment.

 

Decision

 

Westbury Area Board agreed to defer making a decision on awarding the application from theWest Wilts Ramblers Work Party until the next financial year.

 

Moved – Cllr Gordon King

Seconded – Cllr Suzanne Wickham

 

It was then proposed that this grant be awarded in between via SEPM delegated powers for the full amount of £678.80.

 

Moved – Cllr Suzanne Wickham

Seconded – Cllr Matt Dean

 

Bratton Recreation Ground Management Committee - £5,000 towards Bratton Recreation Ground New Storerooms.

 

Decision

 

Westbury Area Board agreed to defer making a decision on awarding the application from theBratton Recreation Ground Management Committee until the next financial year.

 

Moved – Cllr Gordon King

Seconded – Cllr Suzanne Wickham

 

Westbury Shed - £3,448 towards Westbury Workshop facility repair and upgrade.

 

Decision

 

Westbury Shed was awarded £2,418 towards Westbury Workshop facility repair and upgrade and the Area Board agreed to defer making a decision on the awarding of a further £1,030 pounds until the next financial year.

 

Moved – Cllr Gordon King

Seconded – Cllr Matt Dean

 

Reason – The application met the Community Area Grants Criteria 2023/24.

 

Westbury Youth FC - £4,4450 towards Westbury Youth FC equipment and facilities improvement.

 

Decision

 

Westbury Youth FC was awarded £2150 towards Westbury Youth FC equipment and facilities improvement and the Area Board agreed to defer making a decision on the awarding of a further £2,300 pounds until the next financial year.

 

Moved – Cllr Gordon King

Seconded – Cllr Suzanne Wickham

 

Reason – The application met the Community Area Grants Criteria 2023/24.

 

Blue Circle Bowls Club - £2,000 towards Blue Circle Bowls Club new external seating area.

 

Decision

 

Blue Circle Bowls Club was awarded £2,000 towards Blue Circle Bowls Club new external seating area from the Health and Wellbeing Fund.

 

Moved – Cllr Gordon King

Seconded – Cllr Carole King

 

Reason – The application met the Community Area Grants Criteria 2023/24.

 

White Horse Short Mat Bowls Club – £550 towards New Short Mat Bowls carpet for White Horse Short Mat Bowls club.

 

Decision

 

White Horse Short Mat Bowls Club was awarded £550 towards New Short Mat Bowls carpet for White Horse Short Mat Bowls club from the Health and Wellbeing Fund.

 

Moved – Cllr Gordon King

Seconded – Cllr Matt Dean

 

Reason – The application met the Community Area Grants Criteria 2023/24.

 

Westbury Leigh community project - £3,000 towards Westbury Leigh community project improvements.

 

Decision

 

Westbury Leigh community project was awarded £2839 towards Westbury Leigh community project improvements and the Area Board agreed to defer making a decision on the awarding of a further £161 pounds until the next financial year.

 

Moved – Cllr Gordon King

Seconded – Cllr Carole King

 

Reason – The application met the Community Area Grants Criteria 2023/24.

 

Youth Grants:

 

Leigh Park Community Centre - £5,000 towards Skills for personal development and employment 2023.

 

Decision

 

Westbury Area Board agreed to defer awarding the application until the next financial year.

 

Westbury Parochial Church Council All Saints Church - £1,820 towards Youth Cafe Westbury.

 

Decision

 

Westbury Parochial Church Council All Saints Church was awarded £1,820 towards Youth Cafe Westbury.

 

Moved – Cllr Gordon King

Seconded – Cllr Suzanne Wickham

 

Reason – The application met the Community Area Grants Criteria 2023/24.

 

Westbury Town Council – £500 towards Soapbox Derby Workshops Wind turbines

 

Decision

 

Westbury Town Council was awarded £500 towards Soapbox Derby Workshops Wind turbines.

 

Moved – Cllr Carole King

Seconded – Cllr Gordon King

 

Reason – The application met the Community Area Grants Criteria 2023/24.

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