Agenda item

6.50pm

A summary of the current position and details of previous expenditure of the Committee’s budget is attached at appendix C.

Residents and groups are welcome to put forward requests for funding from the budget. However if requests are received at the meeting or just before, we cannot guarantee that we will be able to approve them at the meeting.

Details of the current budget requests are attached to the agenda papers as follows:-

D1 – Aylestone Park Residents Group – application for the cost of hall hire for Group meetings.

D2 – Southfields Library Boundary Gates Renovation – application to reinstate gates at the library to make it more difficult to gain casual access.

D3 – Linwood Centre Community Association – application to provide office and workroom equipment for community group

D4 – Saffron Community Website – funding to pay for an administrator of a website.

D5 – Saffron Community Food Workers – funding to pay for a training course for 10 – 15 people.

D6 – Linwood Community Luncheon Club – visit to another luncheon club.

Councillors will be asked to give their view on these applications at the meeting.

Jerry Connolly of the Chief Executive’s Office, Leicester City Council was in attendance to discuss four bids that had already been made.

1        Aylestone Park Residents Group – application for the cost of hall hire for Group meetings.

It was agreed to award funding of £102.00.

2        Southfields Library Boundary Gates Renovation – application to reinstate gates at the library to make it more difficult to gain casual access.

It was agreed to award funding of £2405.00.

3        Linwood Centre Community Association – application to provide office and workroom equipment for community group.

            It was agreed to award funding of £504.00.

4        Saffron Community Website – funding to pay for an administrator of a website.

It was agreed to defer this application as Members felt there was further work needed on the application.

5        Saffron Community Food Workers – funding to pay for a training course for 10 – 15 people.

It was agreed to defer this application as Members felt there was further work needed on the application.

6        Linwood Community Luncheon Club – visit to another luncheon club.

            It was agreed to award funding of £800.00.

7        Funding for a No Cold Calling Zone in Eyres Monsell

It was agreed to award funding of £900.00.

Councillor Farmer agreed to move the previously approved funding of £1,000 for a Skateboard Park Study from the general budget to the sports budget and to provide an additional £833 for this project.