Agenda

The first part of the agenda covers formal items, which the Councillors need to deal with to ensure that regulations on holding meetings are kept to.

Councillors will elect a Chair for the meeting.

The first main item on theagenda is Declarations of Interest where Councillors have to say if there is anything on the agenda they have a personal interest in. For example if a meeting was due to discuss a budget application put forward by a community group and one of the Councillors was a member of that group, they would not be able to take part in the decision on that budget application.

Councillors are asked to declare any interest they may have in the business on the agenda, and/or indicate that Section 106 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992 applies to them.

The minutes of the previous Abbey Community Meeting, held on 6 October 2010, are attached and Members are asked to confirm them as a correct record.

This next part of the agenda covers items where input from you on issues that affect your community is welcomed.

Sergeant Michelle Zakoscielny will be in attendance to provide an overview of the policing priorities for the Abbey Ward.

Sergeant Michelle Zakoscielny will provide an overview of recent positive developments in respect of community safety.

Officers from the Home Energy Office will be present to provide advice on how the Health Through Warmth Scheme can help those vulnerable to the cold due to ill health.

Representatives from Biffa Leicester will be present to provide an update on services within the Abbey Ward.

John Thomson, Area Housing Manager for Beaumont Leys and Mowmacre will be in attendance to provide an update on Housing Services in the Abbey Ward.

Kimberley Stones, City Warden, will be present to inform residents of the recent work of the City Warden’s team in Abbey.

Councillors are reminded that they will need to declare any interest they may have in budget applications, and/or indicate that Section 106 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992 applies to them.

Steve Letten, Members Support Officer, will give an update on the latest position with the Community Meeting budget.  The latest budget statement is attached.

The following applications for grants have been submitted for consideration:

Application 1          

Applicant:       St Margaret’s Church Leicester City Council

Amount:          £4,284

Proposal:       Renewing the Central Heating Boiler in the Vestry Hall

Summary:       The central heating boiler that serves the Vestry Hall has failed and a new boiler was urgently required.  The Hall is used bythe church for social occasions (i:e coffee mornings, choir rehearsals, and in January 2011 as a refuge for 8 homeless men once a week).  It also has toilets and these are heated by the same system.  The Vestry Hall is used nearly every day, as it’s the kitchen, which is also part of the hall.  The failure of the existing heating boiler has caused a lot of problems, especially in the cold weather we have been experiencing.

Application 2

Applicant:       UR Choice Young People’s Project

Amount:          £4,843

Proposal:       UR Choice Young People’s Project Start-Up in Abbey

Summary:

We are looking for funds to support us in setting up a new youth lead project within the Leicester North west area.  we have already started work over the summer with support from the Beaumont leys ward and would like to ask for some support to start delivering services within the Mowmacre hill, stocking farm and abbey rise areas. We want to start with carrying out a community profile (including identifying current priority issues through statistics, mapping provision currently available and consulting with young people themselves). As well as working with local young people to develop ideas and run activities and sessions throughout the year. (we intend to use detached and outreach as our main methods, working closely with the city detached youth work team and stocking farm youth centre).

The money would be spent on establishing our selves as a project we need to extend our insurance, support young volunteers with training opportunities and expenses (travel and child care for young parents), to get internet and phone connection for the project along with other resources to support the project local room hire, printing, copying and stationery and sessional workers where needed (the majority of workers involved in the project work voluntary).  Along with new and up to date CRB’s and id. As well as a leaflet produced after the community profile and consultation with young people to advertise the project and get young people involved, promote understanding of young people and their issues, and promote other facilities for young people and services they can be supported by.

The project will be aimed at local young people 13 to 19 (up to 25 with support needs) we will start engaging with young people to develop new projects  ...  view the full agenda text for item 11.