Issue - meetings

To consider recommendations from the Grants Panel for allocation of funds remaining for voluntary and community sector grants in 2017-18.

Members considered the Notes and recommendations of the Grants Panel Meeting held on 14th March 2017.

The Panel considered nine resubmitted major grant applications which had been received from a variety of Voluntary Sector Organisations in line with the Council’s five themed Strategic Purposes, for a number of unallocated sums of money that had been re-advertised in parallel with the Stronger Communities Grants applications.  Each of the applications was scored in accordance with the Council’s Grants Programme requirements, with recommendations made to either approve or reject each of the applications.

The Panel were informed that the remaining budget of £1,000 under the “Keep my place safe and looking good” Theme remained unallocated as no new or re-submitted applications had been received under this Theme.  The Panel agreed that it be recommended to the Executive Committee that the unallocated budget be incorporated into the Stronger Communities grants funding theme for 2017/18.

RESOLVED that

1)          the following grants for the unallocated budgets for 2017/18 be awarded:

2)          the unallocated sum of £1,000 relating to the Theme “Keep my place safe and looking good” be included in the Stronger Communities grants funding theme for 2017/18.