Agenda item

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 current position with regard to the Community Meeting budgets and will introduce applications for funding that have been received as follows:

·        Warriors Basketball - £1,345                                             Appendix B1

·        Prem Group - £2,600                                                          Appendix B2

·        Medway Playground - £2,000                                             Appendix B3

·        London Coach Trip - £858                                                  Appendix B4

·        The Big Tidy Up  - £390                                                      Appendix B5

·        Children and Parent Alliance- £1,375                  Appendix B6

·        Girls Boxing Classes - £227                                               Appendix B7

Steve Letten, Members Support Officer, stated that the following applications had been received.  He also explained that the Councillors had met prior to the meeting to indicate their views on each application.

B1)            Community Fund Basketball Sessions – request for £1,345 from Karl     Brown.

            To pay for equipment, t-shirts, publicity and tuition.

            AGREED:     that a sum of £1,345 be awarded from the Ward                                            Action Plan  Fund

B2)              Transport– request for £2,600 from the Prem Group

            To pay for the cost of transporting members of the group to Mayflower             Church to learn English.  Many of the attendees are elderly and/or             disabled.      

AGREED:that a sum of £2,600 be awarded from the Ward Action Plan Fund with the proviso that Steve Letten is to check whether the Council can provide transport from other sources before the grant is paid.

B3)            Playground and Roof Garden Improvements – request for £2,000 from              Medway Community Primary School

             To pay for improvements to the playground and roof garden, which would be made available to the public during out of school hours. 

AGREED:            that a sum of £2,000 be awarded from the Action Plan Fund. 

B4)            London Day Trip– request for £858 from Punjab Charitable Society –             Leicester UK

            To pay for a sight-seeing say trip to London for members of the society.

            The applicant for this bid was in attendance and stated that many of             the society’s members would not normally be given an opportunity to             go on such a trip due to age, affordability or disability.

AGREED:that a sum of £858 be awarded from the Ward Community Fund.

B5)      The Big Tidy Up– request for £390 from the St Philips Centre –             Leicester Inter-Faith Youth Hub

            To pay retrospectively to cover the costs of a lunch and refreshments             for the volunteers and residents that took part in the Big Tidy Up.

            AGREED:     that a sum of £390 be awarded from the Ward                                                   Community Fund.

B6)      Community Cultural Event– request for £1,375 from the Children and     Parent Alliance

To pay for the planning, coordination and conduction of two             interactive, intercultural social events by involving people from the             community to contribute and take part

AGREED:that a sum of £1,065 be awarded from the Ward Community Cohesion Fund to pay for all elements of the bid with the exception of room hire, and with the proviso that the event could be promoted as one that is ‘Sponsored by the Stoneygate Community Meeting’ and Steve Letten to investigate with the applicant the lease to establish whether the room hire element has to be paid.

B7)      Girls Boxing – request for £227 from Anisha Karolia

             To pay for various pieces of boxing equipment to be used for the girls boxing classes.

            AGREED:     that a sum of £227 be awarded from the Ward                                       Community Fund. 

B8)      Public Noticeboards Project – request for £1,000 from the Evington             Road Neighbourhood Association

            To pay for the erection of two community noticeboards in prominent             positions in the main thoroughfare of Evington Road.

AGREED:that a sum of £1,000 be provisionally ring fenced from the Action Plan Fund subject to receipt of further information on planning and maintenance issues, as well as proposed locations for the Boards

B9)      ECO Faith– request for £7,790 from the St Philips Centre –             Leicester        Inter-Faith Youth Hub

            To pay for a large programme of events scheduled for the Spring and             Summer months.

AGREED:that the application be rejected, but that sum of £2,566 be ring fenced from the Action Plan Fund to deliver the ward environmental priorities identified by the councillors which may or may not be delivered through ECO Faith.