Agenda and minutes

The Chair will introduce those present and make any necessary announcements.

The Chair and any other Councillors who are present will make any declarations as required by the Councillors’ Code of Conduct.

Attached for information and dsicussion

An update will be given on progress with the UK City of Culture bid, along with details of how residents and groups can be involved.

An update on planning and development issues in the Westcotes Ward not covered elsewhere on the agenda will be given at the meeting.

The City Warden will give an update on issues in the Westcotes Ward.

Officers from Leicestershire Police will be at the meeting to provide an update on police issues in Westcotes Ward.

Councillors are reminded that under the Council’s Code of Conduct they should declare any interest they may have in budget applications

a)    An update on the 2013/14 Community Meeting budget will be given

b)   The following grant applications are submitted for consideration:-

Application 1

Project:           Carnival Inspired Fitness

Applicant:      Cecily Henry and Angela Parkes

Amount requested: 

This is a joint application to Westcotes Community Meeting, Freemen Community Meeting and Coleman Community Meeting

£500 is requested from each Ward.

Summary:

Funding is requested for a pilot project to encourage people who are not used to physical activity to want to move more using a new fun type of carnival inspired fitness programme.  It is hoped the sessions will take place in the autumn of 2013.

The aims of the project are to increase physical activity, promote increased positive mental wellbeing / happiness in people’s lives and help people to meet people from different communities who they would not have ordinarily met before.

Participants will set initial opening goals, with general statements as to what they hope to gain from attending the classes.  Feedback will be taken at the end of the block period, to see if these goals have been achieved, or are on the way to being achieved.

Application 2

Project:           The Can Man

Applicant:      Mr Ablett

Amount requested: 

This is a joint application to Westcotes Community Meeting and Fosse Community Meeting

£700 is requested from each Ward.

Summary:

Since 2010 drinks cans that were discarded in the street have been removed on a voluntary basis.  This has helped reduce litter and improve recycling rates.

Funding is requested for the purchase of essential equipment, to enable this work to be done more efficiently and safely around Westcotes Ward and Fosse Ward.  Some items have already been sourced for free from various areas and organisations, keeping funding costs down.

As this work is completely voluntarily, no wage is received. 

As this work is ongoing and will be continued there are no actual times and dates that can be shown as an event being staged.  This funding will help in the quest to reach the target of 100,000 recycled cans.

This work engages the community, as people are interested in the work being done.  It therefore is hoped that, with funding, other people can be inspired to go out and do something like this.  The City Wardens and other City Council services are also helped in any way possible.