Agenda item

Funding

a.    Community Area Grants Scheme

To consider five applications to the Community Area Grants Scheme 2010/11 as follows:

                      i.        Cricklade Pre-School – request £3,000 to clad and insulate wall of pre-school.

                    ii.        Broad Town Parish Council request £387 for the provision of football nets and posts.

                   iii.        Thames Pre School – request £1,419 to enhance the outdoor learning area.

                   iv.        Lyneham reshaping – Primary School – request £1,000 to create a remembrance garden.

                    v.        Lyneham Primary School – request £2,996 to refurbish two community rooms.

 

Grant application packs for the Community Area Grants Scheme are available from the Community Area Manager or electronically at

www.wiltshire.gov.uk/areaboardscommunitygrantsscheme.htm

 

b.    Performance Reward Grant Scheme

 

Having received a detailed response (attached) to previous concerns raised, the Area Board will reconsider one application to the Performance Reward Grant Scheme, as follows:

 

                      i.        Wiltshire is Saving Energy (Wiltshire Libraries) – request £12,566 for the provision of energy monitors in all libraries across the county for households to hire free of charge.

 

c.    Area Board Projects

 

To consider two applications under the Area Board Projects Scheme, as follows:

 

                      i.        Fire Cadets – request £712.

                    ii.        Hire of Meeting Rooms – request £500.

Minutes:

a)    Community Area Grant Scheme

The Area Board considered five applications for funding from this scheme, as follows:

 

                      i.        Cricklade Pre-School

The sum of £3,000 was requested to clad and insulate the wall of the pre-school.

 

Decision

The Area Board awarded the sum of £3,000 to Cricklade Pre-School.

Reason: The application met the Community Area Grants Criteria 2011/12 and would support the vitality of village schools and pre-schools.

 

                    ii.        Broad Town Parish Council

The sum of £387 was requested for the provision of football nets and posts.

 

Decision

The Area Board awarded the sum of £387 to Broad Town Parish Council.

Reason: The application met the Community Area Grants Criteria 2011/12 and would provide enhanced recreation and sporting facilities.

 

                   iii.        Thames Pre-School

The sum of £1,419 was requested to enhance the outdoor learning centre.

 

Decision

The Area Board awarded the sum of £1,419 to Thames Pre-School.

Reason: The application met the Community Area Grants Criteria 2011/12 and would support the vitality of village schools.

 

                   iv.        Lyneham Reshaping Group / Primary School

The sum of £1,000 was requested for the creation of a remembrance garden.

 

Decision

The Area Board awarded the sum of £1,000 to Lyneham Reshaping Group/Primary School.

Reason: The application met the Community Area Grants Criteria 2011/12 and demonstrated links to the Community Plan.

 

                    v.        Lyneham Primary School

The sum of £2,996 was requested for the refurbishment of two community rooms.

 

Decision

The Area Board awarded the sum of £2,996 to Lyneham Primary School.

Reason: The application met the Community Area Grants Criteria 2011/12 and would provide public open recreational space.

 

b)   Performance Reward Grant Scheme

The Area Board reconsidered one application for funding from this scheme, as follows:

 

                      i.        Wiltshire is Saving Energy (WiSE): Energy Monitors in Libraries

This application had been considered by the Area Board at its previous meeting, when the Area Board took the decision to research the provision of free energy monitors before deciding whether to support this application.

 

Since the previous meeting, confirmation had been received that the energy monitors could not be supplied free of charge from private companies in any large quantities, and a full report with further information was included within the agenda at pages 51 and 52.

 

Decision

The Area Board supported the funding bid from Wiltshire is Saving Energy.

 

c)    Area Board Projects

The Area Board considered two applications for funding under this scheme, as follows:

 

                      i.        Fire Cadets

An updated version of the report was distributed, with the actual figure being requested at £709. This funding would enable the Cricklade unit of the Wiltshire Fire Cadets to continue operating for the remainder of the financial year, since the Fire Authority announced it would be ceasing its funding of the fire cadets.

 

Decision

The Area Board awarded the sum of £709 to the Cricklade unit of the Wiltshire Fire Cadets, conditional upon the unit securing its own operational costs in subsequent years.

 

                    ii.        Hire of Meeting Rooms

The Area Board considered a proposal to allocate £500 for the provision of meeting room hire for community meetings. Without a Wiltshire Council hub in the Community Area, accessing free meeting space was currently a barrier to holding local meetings in the local community.

 

Some discussion took place regarding the possibility of negotiating free meeting space within the Community Area, and it was felt that this should be pursued before deciding whether to ring-fence the money in this way.

 

Decision

The Area Board decided to defer this item to the next meeting, pending investigations into whether the provision of free meeting space could be negotiated.

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