Agenda item

To consider support for the following applications for funding from the Performance Reward Grant Scheme:

a)    Wiltshire Voices - £54,000 for a two-year initiative which will challenge Area Boards to develop new and innovative approaches to community engagement and empowerment particularly focused on engaging with hard to reach and traditionally excluded groups.

b)    Wiltshire Libraries: Energy Monitors – £12,566 for a supply of energy monitors to be available for free hire in all libraries across Wiltshire.

c)      Warminster and Villages Community Partnership: Health and Social Care Group - £8,000 for a Warminster Directory of Services for Older People.

Consideration was given to three Performance Reward Grant applications, as follows:

a)    Wiltshire Voices - £54,000 for a two-year initiative which would challenge Area Boards to develop new and innovative approaches to community engagement and empowerment particularly focused on engaging with hard to reach and traditionally excluded groups.

Decision

The Area Board was in support of the application from Wiltshire Voices and recommended it go forward to the Performance Reward Grant Panel.

b)    Wiltshire Libraries: Energy Monitors – £12,566 for a supply of energy monitors to be available for free hire in all libraries across Wiltshire.

Decision

The Area Board was in support of the application from Wiltshire Libraries and recommended it go forward to the Performance Reward Grant Panel.

c)    Warminster and Villages Community Partnership: Health and Social Care Group - £8,000 for a Warminster Directory of Services for Older People.

Councillor Humphries commented that, although he supported the principal behind the project, there was a risk of duplication. He also suggested that the printing costs could be reduced to make the booklet more affordable, with a view to applying for a Community Area Grant at a future meeting.

Decision

The Area Board did not support the application from Warminster and Villages Community Partnership Health and Social Care Group.

Reason

More work was required to investigate ways of reducing costs and ensuring that the project did not duplicate work already underway in the county. It was also important for the booklet to contain relevant local information.

A comment was made that the production of any such directory should also include services for people with complex needs and learning disabilities.