Agenda item

a.    Community Area Grants

To consider the following applications:

                      i.        £2528.40 for Hilperton Village Hall for a fire alarm system and emergency lighting (contribution towards a £5056.80 project).

                    ii.        £5000.00 for Avon Valley Runners for the creation of running track at the rugby club (contribution towards a £30k project).

                   iii.        £5000.00 for St Thomas Church for a kitchen refit and dishwasher (contribution towards a £15k project).

                   iv.        £813.59 for Trowbridge White Ensign Association for an exhibition tent.

                     v.        £310.00 for Friends of the Down Cemetery for maintenance equipment.

                   vi.        £2058.17 for The Mead Community Primary School for an art studio (contribution towards a £12.5k project).

b.    Youth Grants

To consider the following applications:

                      i.        £2736.00 for Duke of Edinburgh Awards

- LYN recommendation to award £2600.00

                    ii.        £5000.00 for the Moroccan Association

- LYN recommendation to award £3500.00

                   iii.        £2000.00 for Youth For Christ

- LYN recommendation to award £1864.00

                   iv.        £3200.00 for T-CAF

- LYN recommendation to award £3064.00

c.    Member-Led Projects

To consider the following applications:

                     i.        £1200.00 for the hire of access equipment for gull removal in Canal Rd, Trowbridge

- Cllr Nick Blakemore

                    ii.        £20,000 for the new build of Hilperton preschool (contribution towards the £242k project)

- Cllr Ernie Clark and Cllr Steve Oldrieve

d.    Health and Wellbeing Fund

To consider the following application:

                     i.        £1590.00 : Consultation project with older people and carers

                    ii.        £1500.00 : Cultural Age Partnership’s “Celebrating Age” arts project.

a. Community Area Grants

The Area Board considered six applications to the Community Area Grant Scheme. Applicants were in attendance to answer questions on their applications. After discussion around each application, it was

Resolved:

To award £2528.40 to Hilperton Village Hall towards the cost of a fire alarm system and emergency lighting.

Note: Cllr Clark abstained from this vote

To award £5000.00 to Avon Valley Runners towards the creation of a running track at Trowbridge Rugby Club.

To award £5000.00 to St Thomas Church towards a kitchen refit and dishwasher for Holy Trinity chapel of ease.

Cllr Graham Payne left the chair and Cllr Horace Prickett chaired.

The representative from Trowbridge White Ensign Association was invited to speak in support of their application and it was

Resolved:

To award £813.59 to Trowbridge White Ensign Association for an exhibition tent.

Cllr Graham Payne returned to the chair.

In response to a question it was confirmed that the Friends of the Down Cemetery had been established in January 2017 and that the equipment would be stored in an un-consecrated chapel already in use for other storage.

It was

Resolved:

To award £310.00 to the Friends of the Down Cemetery for the purchase on maintenance equipment.

To award £2058.17 to The Mead Community Primary School towards the construction of a new art studio.

b. Youth Grants

The Area Board considered four applications to the youth fund. Emma Drage, the locality youth facilitator, presented the Local Youth Network’s (LYN) recommendations for each application and explained that the recommended funding for each project had been reduced in order to allow all projects to be funded from the remaining 2016/17 funds. Applicants were in attendance to take questions.

After discussion, it was

Resolved:

To award £2600.00 to the Duke of Edinburgh Award for Trowbridge Open Award Centre.

To award £3500.00 to the Moroccan Association for their Youth Inspiration volunteering project

To award £2000.00 to Youth For Christ for an academic and personal mentoring project

To award £3200.00 to TCAF for a youth zone at the Trowbridge Active Festival.

c. Member-Led Projects

Two applications were presented under the Councillor-Led Initiative grant scheme: access equipment for the reduction of the gull population on Canal Rd Industrial Estate, Trowbridge; and a new-build for Hilperton Pre-school. Cllr Blakemore and Cllrs Clark and Oldrieve presented their projects and took questions.

The Chairman explained that both applications could be determined at the meeting but that due to insufficient funds in the Area Board’s 2016/17 budget, should members wish to grant the full amount, the remainder could be taken from the Area Board’s 2017/18 budget on 1 April 2017, subject to the funding being available. He advised that should the funding not be available, the decision would not be implemented.

Cllr Clark confirmed that the Department for Education would contribute £3 for every £1 raised locally for Hilperton pre-school and that because this scheme was due to finish, determination of the application was urgent.

It was

Resolved:

To award £1200.00 for the hire of access equipment to reduce the number of gulls on Canal Rd Industrial Estate, Trowbridge.

To award £20,0000 to Hilperton pre-school towards the construction of their new building, at least £17,623.66 of which to be awarded on or after 1 April 2017, subject to the funding being available in the 2017/18 financial year.

d. Health and Wellbeing Fund

Mary Cullen, Community Engagement Manager, presented two applications to the Health and Wellbeing Fund.

The officer explained that social isolation had been identified as an important issue at the Joint Strategic Assessment (JSA) event and that the projects would help to unpick this issue and support people at risk in the Trowbridge community area.

Resolved:

To award £1590.00 for a consultation project with older people and carers to find out more about the issue of social isolation and options for tackling it.

To award £1500.00 for the Cultural Age Partnership’s “Celebrating Age” arts project.