Agenda item

a.    Community Area Grants

To consider the following applications to the Community Area Grant fund:

                      i.        £1000.00 for Bratton Recreation Ground for maintenance equipment

                    ii.        £900.00 for Gloucester Road Allotment Association for two new raised beds

                   iii.        £500.00 for Friends of Southwick Country Park for a replacement entrance gate

                   iv.        £958.99 for Light and Lark CIC for a young people’s language project

                    v.        £839.00 for Wiltshire Rural Music School for a portable piano

                   vi.        £990.00 for The Friends of North Bradley School for a large storage shed

                  vii.        £5000.00 for Paxcroft School Association towards an adventure trail and play equipment for the school

                 viii.        £4901.00 for Trowbridge Town Football Club for new equipment

                   ix.        £605.00 for Trowbridge Cultural Festival of Food for food preparation equipment

                    x.        £5000.00 for St Michael and All Angels Church towards the cost of replacing the central heating system

b.    Youth Grants

To consider the following applications to the youth fund.

i.              £4750.00 for Wiltshire Youth Arts Partnership (WYAP) for a “Fabric of Life in Trowbridge” project

ii.            £526.00 for Characters Stage Company for their REACT project

iii.           £3245.00 for Trowbridge Arts for the “Unsigned – Inside and Out” project

iv.           £4976.00 for TCAF for Brighter Aspirations Youth Club

Community Area Grants

The Area Board considered 10 applications to the Community Area Grant Scheme 2017/18.

Applicants were present to answer questions on their applications.

Cllr Steve Oldrieve moved that £1000.00 be awarded to Bratton Recreation Ground for the purchase of maintenance equipment. Upon failure to secure a seconder, the motion fell.

Cllr Stewart Palmen, seconded by Cllr Oldrieve, moved that £900.00 be awarded to Gloucester Road Allotment Association for two new raised beds.

Resolved:

To award £900.00 to Gloucester Road Allotment Association for two new raised beds.

Cllr Horace Prickett, seconded by Cllr Edward Kirk, moved that £500.00 be awarded to the Friends of Southwick Country Park for a replacement entrance gate. Cllr Prickett stated that the Country Park had become an outstanding success with wide community use and many well attended events.

Resolved:

To award £500.00 to the Friends of Southwick Country Park for a replacement entrance gate.

Cllr Steve Oldrieve, seconded by Stewart Palmen, moved that £958.99 be awarded to Light and Lark CiC for a young people’s language project. In response to questions, the applicant explained that Light and Lark was a youth theatre company with a remit to improve mental health and that this project would support young polish people in the Trowbridge community.

Resolved:

To award £958.99 to Light and Lark CiC for a young people’s language project.

Cllr Stewart Palmen, seconded by Cllr Steve Oldrieve, moved that £839.00 be awarded to Wiltshire Rural Music School for a portable piano.

Resolved:

To award £839.00 to Wiltshire Rural Music School for a portable piano.

Cllr Horace Prickett, seconded by Cllr Edward Kirk, moved that £990.00 be awarded to the Friends of North Bradley School for a large storage shed. Cllr Prickett reported that the Friends had a lot of equipment which was currently stored around the community in private storage facilities and that this was creating problems with access.

Resolved:

To award £990.00 to the Friends of North Bradley School for a large storage shed.

Cllr Steve Oldrieve, seconded by Cllr Peter Fuller, moved that £5000.00 be awarded by Paxcroft School Association towards an adventure trail and play equipment.

Resolved:

To award £5000.00 to Paxcroft School Association towards an adventure trail and play equipment for Paxcroft School.

Cllr Horace Prickett, seconded by Cllr Edward Kirk, moved that £4901.00 be awarded to Trowbridge Town Football Club for new equipment. The applicant spoke to the application and explained that the grant would be spent on replacing the club’s equipment that needed replacing every five to ten years.

Resolved:

To award £4901.00 to Trowbridge Town Football club for new equipment.

Cllr Steve Oldrieve, seconded by Cllr David Halik, moved that £605.00 be awarded to Trowbridge Cultural Festival for food preparation equipment. Cllr Oldrieve reported that the festival was well received and popular within the area.

Resolved:

To award £605.00 to Trowbridge Cultural Festival of Food for food preparation equipment.

Cllr Edward Kirk, seconded by Cllr David Halik, moved that £5000.00 be awarded to St Michael and All Angels Church towards the cost of replacing their central heating system. A representative from the church spoke to the application. A query was raised by members regarding the community benefit of the application, and it was reported that the church was a focal part of the community and that it was used by a wide range of secular groups for social and community activities. Following a debate, it was

Resolved:

To award £5000.00 to St Michael and All Angels Church towards the cost of replacing the central heating system.

Youth Grants

The Area Board considered four applications to the Youth Grant Scheme 2017/18. In the absence of the locality youth facilitator, Lyndsey Millen provided an overview of each of the applications

Cllr Steve Oldrieve, seconded by Cllr Stewart Palmen, moved that £4750.00 be awarded to Wiltshire Youth Arts Partnership for a “Fabric of Life in Trowbridge” project.

Cllr David Halik, seconded by Cllr Steve Oldrieve, moved that £526.00 be awarded to Characters Stage Company for their REACT project.

Cllr Steve Oldrieve, seconded by Cllr Stewart Palmen, moved that £3245.00 be awarded to Trowbridge Arts for their “Unsigned – Inside and Out” project.

Cllr David Halik, seconded by Cllr Steve Oldrieve, moved that £4976.00 be awarded to TCAF for their Brighter Aspirations youth club.

After a brief discussion around each of the applications, it was

Resolved:

To award £4750.00 to Wiltshire Youth Arts Partnership for a “Fabric of Life in Trowbridge” project.

To award £526.00 to Characters Stage Company for their REACT project.

To award £3245.00 to Trowbridge Arts for their “Unsigned – Inside and Out” project.

To award £4976.00 to TCAF for their Brighter Aspirations Youth Club