Issue - meetings

Kalvaran Sandhu, Scrutiny Support Officer, reported that the current balance remaining in the Ward Community Meeting budget was £14,557.

The following applications had been received since the last meeting and, following advice received the decision on all three applications is set out below: -

                                                                                                                           £

i)          Somali Advice and Information Services (SOMINFOS)        1,424

Application received to enable the empowerment of inexperienced Somali male and females who are unemployed.

ii)         Somali Advice and Information Services (SOMINFOS)        1,395

Application received to enable empowerment of inexperienced Somali male and females who are unemployed.

iii)        Leicestershire Somali Women and Families Association   1,670

Application to part fund 26 sessions to enable Somali women and families to meet and to socialise.

RESOLVED:

                        that the 3 applications be Refused for the following reasons:-

·         The Community Meeting has previously funded advice sessions that were similar to the applications received

·         There needs to be greater collaboration of all of these projects

·         The project lasts 26 weeks which goes against the criteria that this fund is used for one-off projects and it does not seem sustainable

·         All the other Wards have turned down the applications therefore the project may not be viable with just Stoneygate Ward funding

·         The applications have been referred to our advice services in the Council to see how they can work with the applicants.

The following applications were tabled at the meeting: -

iv)        Exotics 60 Plus Group – Building Renovation                       3000

Application received  to part fund the renovation of a building on the Ajani Centre site to provide meeting, event and general space for several groups.

RESOLVED:

that the application be deferred to enable further information to be obtained from the applicant around the actual use of the funding applied for.

v)         Stoneygate 2 Youth Club                                                             710

Application received to fund the purchase of some keyboards, board games and to help provide additional craft activities and female boxing.

RESOLVED:

That the application be supported to a maximum of £1000.

Councillor Chaplin suggested that £1,500 was being ‘ring fenced’to provide larger litterbins on Evington Road and £500 to fund a poster campaign for shops in the area, regarding the disposal of litter.

RESOLVED:

                        That the ‘ring fencing’ of £2,000 as outlined above be                                    agreed.