Agenda item

Councillors to consider seven applications to the Community Area Grant budget, of which £ 271 remains unallocated in 2011/12 and £47,075 is available in 2012/13 from 1^st April:

i) Councillor-led grant from Cllr Rosemary Brown requesting

£ 2,500 to cover the costs of attendance of the Bradford on Avon community area at the Wiltshire Jubilee celebrations in Salisbury on 1^st May, as a contingency in the event of failure of a corporate bid from Wiltshire Council to the Armed Forces Community Covenant Grant Scheme.

ii) Bradford on Avon Olympic Torch and Jubilee Working Group requesting a supplementary grant of £4,000 towards the 2012 summer events programme, as a contingency in the event of the failure of a grant application to Sports England.

iii)Castle Gardens Pre-school, Bradford on Avon, requesting

 £619.75 to support children to  develop communication, spatial awareness, control and programming skills through the use of ICT.  

iv) Limpley Stoke Parish Council requesting £840 to provide entertainment and a variety of events to enable residents of Limpley Stoke to celebrate the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee.

v)St Mary the Virgin Church, Limpley Stoke, requesting £1,000 toward the installation of a cloakroom and kitchenette in the Church for the benefit of the community.

vi)South Wraxall Diamond Jubilee Group requesting £767.50 towards the costs of Jubilee celebrations in the village on 4 June.

vii)The Mead Community Primary School, Wingfield, requesting

£300 towards the creation of an Olympic and Diamond Jubilee Garden in the school grounds.

Copies of the completed application forms and grant application packs here:

http://www.wiltshire.gov.uk/areaboardscommunitygrantsscheme.htm

The Chairman thanked the former members of the Grants Advisory Board for their contribution in the community area grants process and advised that the Community Area Manager and Area Board members would sift the applications in the meantime. It was hoped that new members could be found to form a new Grants Advisory Group in due course.

Councillors considered seven applications to the Community Area Grant budget, of which £271 remained unallocated in 2011/12 and £47,075 was to be available in 2012/13 from 1st April 2012:

Councillor-led grant from Cllr Rosemary Brown awarded  £2,500 to cover the costs of a jousting tent and attendance of the Bradford on Avon community area at the Wiltshire Jubilee celebrations in Salisbury on 1st May, as a contingency in the event of failure of a corporate bid from Wiltshire Council to the Armed Forces Community Covenant Grant Scheme.

Note: This award to be rescinded in the event of resources being made available from a successful bid to the Armed Forces Community Covenant Grant Scheme. 

Bradford on Avon Olympic Torch and Jubilee Working Group awarded a supplementary grant of £4,000 towards the 2012 summer events programme, as a contingency in the event of the failure of a grant application to Sports England.

Note: This award to be rescinded in the event of a successful bid for extra resources by the applicant to Sport England.

Castle Gardens Pre-school, Bradford on Avon, awarded £619.75 to support children to develop communication, spatial awareness, control and programming skills through the use of ICT.

Reason

The application demonstrates a link to the Bradford on Avon Community

Plan and Wiltshire Local Area Agreement through its support for education and skills development in young people.  

Limpley Stoke Parish Council requesting £840 to provide entertainment and a variety of events to enable residents of Limpley Stoke to celebrate the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee.

Reason

 Wiltshire Council is promoting 2012 as ‘a year of celebration’ and had  invited communities to come together to celebrate in this way. Officers and Councillors were  therefore supportive of the application.     

St Mary the Virgin Church, Limpley Stoke, requesting £1,000 toward the installation of a cloakroom and kitchenette in the Church for the benefit of the community.

Reason

The application demonstrates a link to the Bradford on Avon Community

Plan and Wiltshire Local Area Agreement through its support for village communities and rural services. 

South Wraxall Diamond Jubilee Group requesting £767.50 towards the costs of Jubilee celebrations in the village on 4 June.

Reason

The application demonstrates a link to the Bradford on Avon Community

Plan and Wiltshire Local Area Agreement through its support for village communities and for community development and capacity building.

The Mead Community Primary School, Wingfield, requesting £300 towards the creation of an Olympic and Diamond Jubilee Garden in the school grounds.

Reason

The application demonstrates a link to the Bradford on Avon Community Plan and Wiltshire Local Area Agreement through its support for village communities and for community development and capacity building.