Agenda item

Community Area Grants

The Board will consider applications for funding from the Community Area Grants Scheme as detailed in the report and below:

 

Applicant	Amount requested
Applicant: Chilmark Horticultural Society Project Title: Chilmark 400th Anniversary Fayre View full application	£1000.00
Applicant: Wilton Town Council Project Title: Wilton ecoTown Project - solar scheme Castle Meadow View full application	£3000.00

 

Health & Wellbeing Funding

To note the report and consider the funding bids to the Heath & Wellbeing budget for 2018/19.

 

Applicant	Amount requested
Bigger Bottom Walk event, Mere	£362
Moving Music: Tisbury	£2570
Sheltered Housing Schemes Gardening Club Project	£3180

 

Fingerpost Funding

To consider bids for Fingerpost Funding for 2018/19, as detailed in the attached report.

 

The Board considered two applications for funding from the Community Area Grant Scheme for 2018/19, as detailed in the report attached to the agenda.

 

Chilmark Horticultural Society

Chilmark 400^th Anniversary Fayre – requested £1000

 

Applicant Mike Scott outlined the event. This year marked the 400^th anniversary of the first recoding of the fayre. This year many of the participants would be in period traditional dress. The Parish Council had also put £300 of funding towards the event.

 

Cllr Jeans – what would the £1000 be spent on specifically? Answer: We need to hire a big tent for the activities to be under cover should the weather not be good. Making more provision for the expected numbers of visitors, by putting toilets in and costumes.

 

The event would be held on 20^th July.

 

Cllr Deane - Any one of the villages could come to us for the same thing. In the past they have all been run without subsidies. The Tisbury PC has a large tent they might hire out to you. Answer: This is a community activity, and special this year as 400^th anniversary, we are putting on more than we have ion the past as it is a special celebration. Somehow, we need to fund an event that will benefit the community as a whole. It brings people together when they rarely do get that opportunity.

 

Cllr Church - This is a community village event. We should be supporting. I support this as it’s the 400^th anniversary. I propose £500.

 

Chairman of the PC – When we looked at the detailed budget, showing what was required in terms of the costume hire and the tent hire etc. We were happy to support the event.

 

Decision

The South West Wiltshire Area Board awarded £500 of funding to the Chilmark 400^th Anniversary Fayre.

Reason

The application met the community area grant criteria for 2018/19.

 

Wilton Town Council (WTC)

Wilton ecoTown Project - solar scheme Castle Meadow – requested £1500

 

WTC had been trying to become greener in what they do and were trying to put a solar installation on to the pavilion. It has cost approximately £6k to put the system up.

 

Plans also included installing an electric charging point for cars in the town and a milk refill point from a vending machine in the town.

 

Cllr Church – I thought the work had been done today? Answer: I am not sure whether it has been. I know we want to get the panels in before the end of the month.

 

Cllr Wayman – Would the electricity consumption benefit users? Answer: We built it a few years ago after taking a public works loan. It is not available for public use, with that use increasing. The rental tariff could be reduced for users.

 

The CEM confirmed that the announcement that day on Facebook was a trailer to the completed works which were hoped to be complete by L – when the 29^th March. 

 

Cllr Deane proposed £1000 towards the green project moving forward.

 

Decision

The South West Wiltshire Area Board awarded £1000 to Wilton Town Council

Reason

The application met the community area grant criteria for 2018/19.

 

Health & Wellbeing Funding

The Board considered the report of the Community Engagement Manager, detailing the funding bids to the Health & Wellbeing Fund.

 

The first bid had been awarded under delegated powers to the CEM in line with Area Board decision taken at the meeting on 21^st November 2018.

 

Decision

The South West Wiltshire Area Board ratified the delegated decision to award Mere Parish Council £362 towards the Bigger Bottom Walk Event.

 

Moving Music, Tisbury – requested £2,570

Applicant Olivia McLennan, Co-director for this community interest company outlined the project. The Group would meet every 2 weeks, with a total of 11 sessions.

 

Cllr Deane - You are linked to the Memory Group. I feel these sessions should be held here if available, so if we award the we need to add a condition.

 

Decision

The Area Board awarded £2570 to the Moving Music Tisbury project, with the condition that the project was held at Nadder Centre if there was availability to do so.

 

Sheltered Housing Schemes Gardening Club Project in Donhead St Mary, Tisbury, Zeals, Fovant, Wilton and Mere – requested £3,180

Eamon McClelland - Resident Engagement Officer (REO) working for WC, worked with community groups. Foragers Farm was a social enterprise, not for profit, working at reclaiming sites, making gardens accessible and getting rid of obstacles for Social Housing residents. 

Questions:

·       What evidence of support have you got from the residents? Answer: The scheme meetings are held every 2 months.

 

·       Cllr Jeans – Which scheme in Mere? Answer: Both, and we work with Jaki Farrell on both schemes.

 

·       Cllr Deane - Lets ask Simon Hendy, the Council houses must give a good return to the council, could the Housing Team provide any money towards this? Answer: There is a small-scale improvement budget. This would be the sort of scheme that could apply for that.

 

·       Do the residents pay service charges? Answer: General upkeep, not specific gardening schemes.

 

·       What evidence was there the residents would support the scheme? Answer: We hold scheme meetings every 2 months.

 

·       Could we have an update at the end of the Summer? Answer: Yes, we can feedback on the scheme at a later Area Board.

 

Decision

The South West Wiltshire Area Board awarded £3180 towards the Sheltered Housing Garden Scheme.

 

Fingerpost Funding

The Board considered the bids for Fingerpost Funding as detailed in the report circulated at the meeting.

 

Decision

The South West Wiltshire Area Board allocated up to a maximum of £800 to West Tisbury to refurbish/replace 2 x fingerposts (£400 max each), with the condition:

 

·       That no funds are released until the required quotes were provided to the CEM confirming the cost for each post, along with photos of the posts, before and after.

 

Note: The Area Board will fund up to 50% of the cost to a maximum of £400 per post.