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.

 

a)      The Members Support Officer will give an update on the latest position with the Community Meeting budget.  A copy of the Spinney Hills Ward Meeting Budget is attached for information.

 

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

 

Application 1          

 

Applicant:       Taylor Road Basketball Development CIC

 

Amount:          £1,200

 

Proposal:       Taylor Road Year 6 Development Day

 

Summary:       The application is to provide an outing to a professional basketball game, with an opportunity to interact with professional sports people.

 

                        We identify a need for this sort of programme due to the fact that a development day for year 6 children and their families is an opportunity that they could not otherwise afford.  We want the programme to give a lift to people in the most deprived areas of the city.

 

                        A Leicester Tigers Development Day begins with the children and their family members being collected and transported to the home of the Leicester Riders.  When they arrive they will be introduced to the game through a 90 minute fun basketball camp in which they will have an opportunity to learn the fundamentals of the game.

 

                        After the camp they will be given a healthy meal and settle down to watch a Leicester Riders game and see role models in action.  Once the game is over there will an opportunity for the children to speak to the players and get autographs.  Everyone will then be transported home. 

 

Application 2          

 

Applicant:       Leicester United Sports and Culture

 

Amount:          £500

 

Proposal:       Super Cup Tournament

 

Summary:       This year we are staging an event in Leicester which will cater for ten teams across the City and the outer estates. 

 

                        It is anticipated that 160 young people will participate in the tournament, which will be held between 26-28 April 2011.  It aims to bring young people from across Leicester together.  The event is expected to attract no less than 2500 Leicester residents including family and friends of participants. 

 

                        We expect that new friendships among the young people will ensue, leading to less gang related crime of post code wars.  We hope to bring peace to the streets and a healthy growing up environment for all young people in Leicester. 

 

Application 3          

 

Applicant:       Community Football Association

 

Amount:          £945

 

Proposal:       Community Football

 

Summary:       We are proposing to have an Open Evening/Awards Ceremony on Saturday 14^th May at Judgemeadow Community College.  Our audience will be made up of children between the ages of 5-18 years of age, parents, adults and various organisations within the diverse local communities of Leicester within the inner city areas.  The aim of the event is promotion and awareness of our organisation and its activities which engages community cohesion through sport which is enjoyed by all.  It will give us an opportunity to reflect on the past year and hopefully attract newcomers and volunteers as well as giving us a chance to thank existing members, volunteers and partnership activities whom we have worked in partnership with and built fantastic relationships over the years. 

 

Application 4          

 

Applicant:       Love Hoops Foundation

 

Amount:          £600

 

Proposal:       Active Women Basketball

 

Summary:       We are part of the StreetGames consortium that successfully bid to Spotr England for funding from their Active Women programme that targets disadvantaged young women.

 

The project offers free coaching and playing opportunities to over 360 young women in Leicester and gives the opportunity to take coaching and refereeing qualifications aiming to establish six new basketball clubs in Leicester.

 

We project hopes to overcome a number of barriers including access to sports facilities for young women and will hope to address young women’s perceptions for Sport. 

 

The project targets to put 12 level 1 coaches and 6 level 3 coaches through the programme.

 

Application 5          

 

Applicant:       Kidmah Organisation

 

Amount:          £4950

 

Proposal:       One Community – One Leicester

 

Summary:       This application is for community based arts, leisure , sports and social activity days.

 

We will hold two events in June 2011 at Crown Hills College and one specifically targeting women and children and the other targeting men and children .  Volunteers on the day will number over 350 and will represent the diverse communities of Leicester.

 

The events will consist of four zones (Culture, Sports, information and Family).

 

The organisation feels that the events will bring different communities together, and will help to build bridges and promote a better understanding and respect for each other at the same time allowing the community to have an enjoyable day. 

 

The success of the events will be determined by attendance and by carrying out face-to-face evaluations with members of the public as well as a post event evaluation through our website and partnership organisations. 

 

Application 6          

 

Applicant:       St Matthews Community Solutions Centre

 

Amount:          £1000

 

Proposal:       Volunteering Project

 

Summary:       We are establishing a new volunteering project for residents of the area and homeless people across the City. We have managed to find enough money to employ a coordinator part time to develop and organise the project .What we are short of is tools, equipment and plants.

 

The idea of the scheme is to renovate the courtyards and public areas in St Matthews and Highfields.This will be done by recruiting volunteers, offering them a wide variety of training and life based skills (paid by the MAC who along with housing and the Dawn centre are one of our key partners).

 

People who will benefit will be almost exclusively unemployed and very often homeless. We know they will benefit by the number of qualifications volunteers gain, the improved appearance of the courtyards and public areas as well improved community cohesion(gained as many people from different backgrounds will work collaboratively together)

 

The project plans to become a social enterprise, trading so that the project is sustainable.

 

Application 7          

 

Applicant:       Leicestershire Netball

 

Amount:          £745

 

Proposal:       Back to Netball

 

Summary:       Working in partnership with various organisations, we want to pilot a ten week course for women to get back into Netball at a local venue near them.  We want to target mums at the SureStart group and also open these sessions up to the local community to attend.  The sessions link in with the council’s 3x30 pledge campaign.

 

The money will go towards a venue and a Netball Coach to deliver the sessions.  Free child-care will also be offered for parents with young children.

 

An introductory offer for the first 10 weeks will be £1 per person.  The charge will then increase to £2 if the sessions have been successful.

 

Application 8          

 

Applicant:       Grove Road Residents (Safer Leicester Partnership)

 

Amount:          £2575

 

Proposal:       Grove Road Alleygates and Fencing proposals

 

Summary:       This application is for wrought iron gates and fencing to curb problems of anti-social behaviour at the alleyway on Grove Road.

 

Application 9          

 

Applicant:       Mr Andrew Roberts – Sequence Carnival Troop

 

Amount:          £2,000

 

Proposal:       Caribbean Carnival 2011

 

Summary:       The carnival is celebrated annually to coincide with the Emancipation of Slavery, and is a celebration of freedom for all ages, gender, religions and race groups.  The Troop bring different communities together to build positive relationships.  The Carnival usually attracts 60,000 spectators and businesses.

 

                        This year we are looking to raise the performance, costumes and participation.

 

                        Sequence Carnival Troop has been running for five years now and in that time we have attended 35 carnivals across the country. 

 

                        The application is for materials for making costumes.

 

Application 10        

 

Applicant:       Highfields Community Association

 

Amount:          £6,000

 

Proposal:       Caribbean Carnival 2011

 

 

Summary:  please see overleaf.