Francis Connolly, the Member Support Officer for the Evington Community Meeting will present the Evington Community Meeting budget.
The following budget applications have been received:
1) 9/11 FOOTBALL MATCH: Community Football Academy (CFA)
Amount requested: £740 between the Evington, Spinney Hill and Coleman Wards.
Details of the proposal (as submitted by the applicant)
The proposal is for a football match in memory of the 10 Anniversary of 9 / 11. It will be a 11 a side match consisting of Leicestershire Constabulary, members of the armed forces, faith / religious leaders and high profile members of the community. It will take place on Sunday 11 September at Judgemeadow Community College, Marydene Drive, Evington.
The target audience will be mainly from the inner city area of Leicester, i.e. Evington, Coleman and Spinney Hill and also the surrounding areas of Leicester due to the day the event will take place.
The event will be a success with the amount of parties that have confirmed that they are interested in participating in the event and also the media interest it will generate. It will also promote a sense of unity from the community and give some recognition to the inner city area of Leicester.
Items of expenditure
Pitch and Room Hire £130
Referee and Assistants £ 75
Refreshments £285
Advertising and promotion £250
Total £740
2) CHAMPION BOXING CLUB: Champion Boxing Club, Mazhar Ali Boxing Tutor
Amount requested: £2240 between Spinney Hills and Evington Wards.
Details of the proposal (as submitted by the applicant)
The Boxing club is based in Spinney Hills on Gwendolen Road and has been operating for the last 12 months.
The proposal is to buy necessary equipment such as a boxing ring, awards, medals, certificates and extra boxing gloves. Young people aged 7 years plus from Spinney Hills and Evington will be targeted to attend. This will help them with their health and fitness, confidence building and discipline. Nutritional advice will also be provided as part of the boxing sessions they attend.
Young people are charged between £2 and £3.50 per session, however this helps pay for rent, insurance and running costs.
Items of Expenditure
Coaching booklets, certificates, medals for 40 students £ 640
Boxing Ring (second hand) £1400
Boxing Gloves (estimate cost) £ 200
Total £2240
3) TO RESTORE THE BOWLING GREEN SURROUND: Evington Park Bowling Club
Amount requested: £721
The proposal is a request for funds to assist in the return to normal growth and surround of the hedge at the bowling green which has been damaged by arsonists.
Items of Expenditure
The funding is for 46 bushes at £13.50 and a mechanical digger at £100.
4) CROCUS BULBS IN EVINGTON PARK AND ALONG GOODWOOD ROAD MIXED BULBS ON EVINGTON VILLAGE GREEN: Friends of Evington Park and Village Green
Amount requested: £1000
Description of the proposal (as submitted by the applicant)
We are proposing to purchase 40,000 mixed crocus bulbs to be planted 1) around the edge of the island perimeter bed in front of Evington Park house and 2) along Goodwood Road. This Evington Park site was the suggestion of the Gujerat group. The Gujerat group are an informal group of people who meet regularly in the park to play cards.
With encouragement they could become more involved with gardening projects with the ‘Friends of’ and other volunteers who work in the park.
The other site for crocus bulbs is along Goodwood Road. Residents have been asking for something to happen here. The area does need the local community to get more active and come up with proposals, but crocus bulbs along the verges here would make a start.
The area for mixed bulbs is on the Village Green. The bulbs could enhance the mound and give early colour. Later when the bulbs die down the mound is popular with young people for play.
Many local residents are concerned with the publicity about the loss of bumblebees generally. Crocuses do give an early supply of pollen and nectar for bees, so beside looking good for residents they have a ‘wildlife’ value.
The bulbs are numerous so would take too long for volunteers to plant. I am informed by Park Services that they have already hired a bulb planter for the day that is being use in other areas too, so there is no cost to the ward for the hire of the machine. The bulbs on the mound of the Village Green may be planted by volunteers.
The project will be successful when the bulbs are planted and come up next Spring.
Items of expenditure
40,000 mixed crocus bulbs £800
Selection of mixed bulbs (estimate cost) £200
Total £1000
5) SPRING COLOUR IN EVINGTON FOR EVINGTON IN BLOOM: Friends of Evington Park and Village Green – Helen Pettman for Evington in Bloom
Amount requested: £400
Description of the proposal (as submitted by the applicant)
‘Evington in Bloom’ is a project that was explained at the last Ward meeting and has been written about in your last minutes. The aim is to involve many different local groups in Evington to make a difference and showcase Evington for when the Royal Horticultural Society and East Midlands in Bloom judges come along to see what we have done in July 2012. The three criteria are horticultural excellence, environmental responsibility and community involvement.
When the judges come, besides seeing what Evington looks like in July, we will get an opportunity to show pictures of all year work. We would like Evington to look good in the Spring too, so request £400 for bulbs. This will be the start of our horticultural infrastructure. There is an opportunity (through Parks Services) to purchase these bulbs at 2p each, which is a huge saving, as the normal retail price is 8p each. Number of bulbs to be purchased will be about 20,000 – a large number of bulbs for a small outlay.
The ‘Evington in Bloom’ group, in consultation with their advisers, will decide on the best location for these bulbs once they have completed their own survey in the ward to identify the best area(s).
They will inform the ward of their decision as soon as possible.
The project will be successful when the bulbs flower in the Spring and secondly it will be successful when the Judges view pictures of our spring flowers.
Items of expenditure
20,000 bulbs - estimate cost of £400.
Minutes:
Francis Connolly, Member Support Officer to the Evington Community Meeting gave an update on the Community Meeting budget.
Francis reported that the budget for the year was £17,000 and £300 had been previously agreed for the Beacon Site for Tennis funding application.
Francis explained that five funding applications had been received and had been included on the agenda. Councillors had considered the applications in detail prior to the meeting.
1) 9 / 11 FOOTBALL MATCH – Community Football Academy (CFA)
Amount requested: £740 between the Evington, Spinney Hill and Coleman Wards.
The meeting was informed that the football match had already taken place and that the funding bid had been supported by the Spinney Hill Community Meeting. Evington Councillors also agreed to partly support the project.
RESOLVED:
that the funding application be supported to the value of £150.
2) CHAMPION BOXING CLUB – Champion Boxing Club, Mazhar Ali Boxing Tutor.
Amount requested: £2240 between Spinney Hills and Evington Wards.
The meeting heard that the Spinney Hills Ward had partly supported the funding application. Francis explained that the Evington Councillors had decided to defer the application as they wished to ascertain the project’s benefit to the Evington Community. They had therefore requested further information on the numbers of members or users of the club who actually lived in the Evington Ward.
RESOLVED:
that the application be deferred and information be requested on the numbers of club members or users who actually lived in the Evington Ward.
3) TO RESTORE THE BOWLING GREEN SURROUND: Evington Park Bowling Club.
Amount requested: £721
Mr Newbold was present from the Evington Park Bowling Club and explained that the funding application had been submitted to replace a 60 year old hedge that had been burned down. It was hoped that the replacement would encourage more people to play in peaceful surroundings. Approximately 3000 people played on the Bowling Green each season and there were numerous visitors to the club. The Bowling Club had previously received £500 from the Evington Ward Community Meeting budget. Councillors agreed to partly support the funding application and suggested that Parks Services should be approached to ascertain if they might be able to provide any assistance for the project.
RESOLVED:
that the funding application be supported to the value of £300.
4) CROCUS BULBS IN EVINGTON PARK AND ALONG GOODWOOD ROAD, MIXED BULBS ON EVINGTON VILLAGE GREEN – Friends of Evington Park and Village Green.
Amount requested: £1000
Francis explained that Councillors had agreed to partly support the funding application.
RESOLVED:
that the funding application be supported to the value of £400.
5) SPRING COLOUR IN EVINGTON FOR EVINGTON IN BLOOM – Friends of Evington Park and Village Green – Helen Pettman for Evington in Bloom.
Amount requested: £400
Francis informed the meeting that Councillors had agreed to support the funding bid in full.
RESOLVED:
that the funding application be supported in full, to the value of £400.
A Member of the public informed the meeting that last year, Parks Services staff had dug up the bulbs after they had finished flowering and they had been left on one side and eventually rotted. She questioned whether they bulbs could be given out and reused by members of the community. The meeting heard that crocus bulbs were small and could remain in the ground but larger bulbs needed to be removed. Councillors responded that the possibility of re-using the bulbs by the local community would be raised with Parks Services.
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Action to be taken |
Officer identified |
Deadline |
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That the funding applications that Councillors had supported, be submitted to the Cabinet Lead for approval. |
Francis Connolly Member Support Officer |
By the end of September |