Members of the public will receive an update on the Evington Community Meeting budget.
The following funding applications have been fast tracked and approved for payment:
Westmeath Avenue Jubilee Street Party
Submitted by Sahera Waka
Amount requested: £500
Details of the funding application:
Funding was requested for a Diamond Jubilee Street Party on 3 June, for the residents of Westmeath Avenue. The object of the party was to bring together as many residents together as possible to promote and strengthen community ties. It was estimated that there would be between 40 and 60 participants.
The residents of Ellwood Close – party for the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee.
Submitted by Harshad Solanki
Amount requested: £500
Details of the funding application:
Funding was requested for a Street Jubilee party to celebrate the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee. Ellwood Close is a cul-de-sac with about 15 houses; residents include a mixture of elderly people, parents and children. The street party would be a rare chance to meet all the neighbours and for the children to play together in a traffic free street. The party would include food and activities for children.
Evington Echo Advertising
Submitted by DPW Gillain
Amount requested:£234
Details of the funding application.
To publicise the Evington Community Meeting – six advertisements to be placed in the Evington Echo.
The following applications will be considered at the meeting:
Art in the Park (Craft and Chat)- Art and Craft cupboard and contents
Submitted by Miss Betty Hunter.
Amount requested: £160
Details of the funding application, as submitted by the applicant:
To put a procurement cupboard in the corner of the Beech Room in Evington Park House for the storage of craft materials. The cupboard is likely to be free but will need repairs.
Art in the Park has been established for 6 years and Craft and Chat is a sub group of Art in the Park, and started 4 months ago. We need shared materials to be viable as a group which can be sustainable after this initial input.
Funding is requested for the repair of the cupboard and for shared materials to include a kettle, cups and craft materials (including buttons, scissors and knitting needles).
The application states that the organisation does not have audited accounts, but it does have a constitution.
Pink Lizard Cohesion Project (Bring young people together).
Submitted by Pink Lizard developing youth / community/ Magpie
Amount requested £3225 between Evington, Freeman and Eyres Monsell Wards.
Details of the funding application, as submitted by the applicant.
Pink Lizard developing youth and community proposal is to deliver a community cohesion, Arts project. The project will work with young people from 3 different communities. Evington, Freemans and Eyres Monsell.
The young people have attended community ward meetings and have expressed their need for a project that support s their development, interest and passion in the Arts.
Through course of the the project the young people will gain an accreditaion qualification and take away skills in music production using pro logic music soft ware, tutored in singing, lyric/song writing and playing live instruments as guitar, drums, bass guitar and piano.
The project will also deliver a urban Hip Hop dance session which will be delivered to both male and females
who are interested in dance.
The young people will have the chance to showcase their new skills at the 2012 Saffron Summer Fete. In 2011 the Fete attracted a local audience of around 2,000 people. The major attraction is the ‘Stage Show’ which show cases the talents of local young people. The Saffron Fete for 2012 is in August, this would be a great opportunity for the young people to show their new skills and talent.
We will know it was successful when we see the young people on stage performing and showing their talent before those attending the fete, and also delivering peer mentoring music project in our youth centres, and see the same young people enroling on to performing arts college courses.
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Item |
Cost (£) |
Estimate/ Actual cost? |
Request to Ward Meeting (£) |
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Lead youth worker /Music tutor 15 Week project x 6 over 2 days
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£20hr |
A |
1800 |
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Music engineer 15 Weeks project 6 hrs over 2 days
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£10hr |
A |
900 |
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Travel 2 x times a week |
£10 a session |
A |
300 |
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Dance Tutor 1hr week |
£15hr |
A |
225 |
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Total |
£3225 |
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£3225 |
The application states that the organisation does not have audited accounts, but it does have a constitution.
Get Together Jubilee Event
Submitted by Sikh Community Centre
Amount requested: £1000 from the Evington Ward Budget. Funding also requested from Spinney Hill, Humberstone and Hamilton, Charnwood, Coleman and Stoneygate Wards (£5021 requested in total).
Details of the funding application, as submitted by the applicant:
On Saturday 2 June from, 1 – 6 pm we are proposing to host a street party for the community. This will be for 250 – 300 people – the community consists of BME and we have a large community which consists of different cultures. We will monitor the project by staff taking photographs, feedback forms and evaluation the ‘Get Together’ as well as income and expenditure receipts and a log will be kept.
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Item |
Cost (£) |
Estimate cost |
Request to Ward Meeting (£) |
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Tables and chairs hire |
£500 |
Humberstone and Hamilton |
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Staff on the day and security |
£1000 |
Evington |
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Food, drink, decorations and disposables |
£3000 |
Spinney Hill/ Humberstone and Hamilton |
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Entertainment |
£500 |
Charnwood |
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Road closure |
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£21 |
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Total |
£5021 |
The application states that the organisation has audited accounts and a constitution.
Indian Music and Dance Group
Submitted by Shanti Chauhan
Amount requested: £2500
Details of the funding application as submitted by the applicant:
The project is to create opportunities to engage the Indian youths and the women to learn as well enhance their interest in Music &/ Dance.
Presently no facilities exist due to closure of evening classes at our local schools. There are a lot of individuals who would like to engage in such activities to achieve the following:
Raise their profile and self-esteem within the local community in Evington area.
Regular dance and music workshops would benefit the participants in social interaction across communities to establish networks to improve their chances of employment.
The participants would benefit in terms of enjoying improved health due to regular physical and mental exercises.
Community Cohesion would be enhanced as music and dance have no religious or cultural barriers.
The workshops would be hosted in a local facility with professional tutors coaching the participants preparing them for a celebratory concert/event whereby VIPs and local members of the community would see and appreciate the diversity of music and dance and also see the members of their own community integrating with others at a working level. This would further boost the community integration and higher level of participation if Ethnic Minorities in the mainstream organisations.
The success indicators of the project would be:
No of participants involved in the project.
The social interaction and integration of diverse members of Ethnic Minority groups to extend to some of these members integrating with mainstream organisations in Evington and Leicester.
The project aims to advertise and recruit participants in Jan/Feb 2012.
Regular workshops on weekly / fortnightly basis start in Feb 2012.
A celebratory event in form of a concert in Summer 2012.
The concert may be repeated at local schools to motivate and engage future participants thereby ensuring that this project becomes a permanent feature within the activities of the community of Evington.
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Item |
Cost (£) |
Estimate/ Actual cost? |
Request to Ward Meeting (£) |
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Tutor fees X2 Qualified Music/Dance Teachers |
22 sessions X £50 |
1100 |
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Hire of venue for workshop |
22 sessions X 40 |
880 |
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Equipment |
500 |
500 |
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Costumes etc
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400 |
400 |
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Misc administration costs
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420 |
420 |
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Total |
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3300 |
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The application states that the organisation does not have audited accounts but it does have a constitution.
Evington Asian Gardeners Group
Submitted by Shanti Chauhan
Amount requested £1500.
Details of the funding application, as submitted by the applicant.
The project is to create opportunities to engage the Asian men and the women to learn to create vegetable gardens as well as enhance their appreciation of the green environment.
Presently no facilities exist due to closure of evening classes at our land language barrier. There are a lot of individuals who would like to engage in such activities to achieve the following:
Raise their profile and self-esteem within the local community in Evington area.
Regular practical workshops would benefit the participants in social interaction across communities to establish networks to improve their chances of employment.
The participants would benefit in terms of enjoying improved health due to regular physical and mental exercises.
Community Cohesion would be enhanced as gardening has no religious or cultural barriers.
The workshops would be hosted in a local facility with professional tutors coaching the participants preparing them for a celebratory concert/event whereby VIPs and local members of the community would see and appreciate the diversity of Indian vegetables and also see the members of their own community integrating with others at a working level. This would further boost the community integration and higher level of participation of Ethnic Minorities in the mainstream organisations.
The success indicators of the project would be:
No of participants involved in the project.
The social interaction and integration of diverse members of Ethnic Minority groups to extend to some of these members integrating with mainstream organisations in Evington and Leicester.
Regular workshops on weekly / fortnightly basis start in Spring 2012.
A celebratory event in form of a concert in Summer/Autumn 2012.
The project may be repeated at locally to motivate and engage future participants thereby ensuring that this project becomes a permanent feature within the activities of the community of Evington.
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Item |
Cost (£) |
Estimate/ Actual cost? |
Request to Ward Meeting (£) |
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Tutor fees |
10 sessions X £25 |
250 |
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Hire of Allotment |
12 months X £15 |
180 |
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Equipment,seeds,fertiliseretc |
500 |
500 |
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Celebratory event/ visits
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400 |
400 |
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Misc administration costs
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170 |
170 |
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Total |
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£1500 |
£1500 |
The application states that the organisation does not have audited accounts but it does have a constitution.
Opening Evening and Presentation
Submitted by Community Football Academy
Amount requested: £250 - £275 from each Ward. (Funding requested from Coleman, Evington, Humberstone and Hamilton, Spinney Hill and Stoneygate
Details of the funding application as submitted by the applicant:
We are proposing an open evening/awards presentation on Saturday 30th June 2012 at Judgemeadow Community College, Marydene Drive, Evington.
This is to recognise the commitment and hard work of the children (4-13) years old, that we train and the volunteers that help out in coaching or just give up their time for the children.
We also aim to invite the parents so there can see what the children have been up to over the past 12 months in training and the workshops.
The majority of the children are from the Coleman, Evington, Hamilton, Humberstone and Spinney Hill areas of Leicester. Also to attend will be various partnership organisations ie Leicestershire Constabulary, Leicestershire County F.A. etc.
The aim of the event is promotion and awareness of the organisation to existing members and to recruit new members. Also to show the hard work of the children and volunteers in the past 12 months by engaging community cohesion thru football in the various tournaments that were held.
The most important thing is to build friendship, relationships and trust.
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Item |
Cost (£) |
Estimate/ Actual cost? |
Request to Ward Meeting (£) |
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VENUE HIRE
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325.00 |
A |
325.00 |
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EQUIPMENT
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225.00 |
E |
225.00 |
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TROPHIES/CERTIFICATES |
275.00 |
E |
275.00 |
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ADVERTISING/PROMOTIONAL |
200.00 |
E |
200.00 |
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BUFFET
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850.00 |
E |
225.00
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Total |
1875.00 |
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1250.00 |
The application states that the organisation has audited accounts and a consititution.
Education Research Project for Somali Youths in Leicester and area
Submitted by Samia Ahmed Elmi
Amount requested: £500 from each of the Evington, Spinney Hill and Charnwood Wards; £1500 in total.
Details of the funding application as submitted by the applicant:
We know from first-hand experience that a group of Somali youngsters are not attending higher and further education.
We are researching the reasons, and why newly arrived young people from Somali communities in Leicester and the surrounding area do not enrol in higher and further education and so are therefore not proportionately represented in colleges and universities.
In addition we wish to research why a disproportionately high number of Somali young people fail to complete their courses and drop out of college and university.
We would like to develop a provision to address the barriers that
young Somali people face and intend to approach the issues in
the most appropriate way by involving educational institutions and
parents.
According to an IMO’s (International Organisation for Migration)
mapping report the Somali population living in Leicester and
surrounding areas was estimated at 15,000 persons in 2006.
Most are migrants who moved to the UK from EU countries
such as The Netherlands, Denmark and Sweden. We have not
been able to obtain the latest figures (census will be released first July 2112) but we believe that the
census figures will show continued growth and therefore continued
need for the services that we plan to provide.
Despite having such a huge group in Leicester and area we
realise that there is no statistics about Somali youths and how
they perform in higher education. And presently no one knows the
scope of this problem, the reasons behind it, and no facilities exist due to assist those who could not enrol or achieve.
We aim to undertake a comprehensive and analytical survey to
accurately research the scope of this problem and to identify the
challenges that young Somali people face. We will then work with
providers in local authorities, schools, colleges and universities to
devise strategies to address these issues. We will also work closely
with parents.
The feedback that we receive will also be the basis for a communication platform – a web portal, that we aim to set up for these groups. It is intended to be a communication platform which assists young people to express themselves, obtain information and promote involvement.
The results we are expecting are that young people will be
assisted to achieve their maximum potential and will be enabled to
contribute positively to society.
The ramifications of young people falling outside of the system can be severe as failure to complete education can lead to many issues. For instance people without qualifications occupy lower paid jobs and pay less tax into the system.
They are also more likely to become involved in crime or
to become homeless. All of this has a negative impact on society,
especially if, instead of paying tax through working, the person is
incarcerated, suffers from mental ill health or becomes homeless,
thus using public resources instead of contributing to them.
We understand that there are times when these situations may occur amongst any sector of the population and any income group but we are concerned to reduce the incidence of these circumstances amongst Somali people.
We also wish to enhance community cohesion; the Somali
community is relatively new in Leicester and as such still face
the barriers of misconceptions and preconceptions that most
newly arrived groups face.
Our project will enhance education and contribute to collaboration between different communities by building human interaction and removing religious or cultural barriers.
The success of the project will be demonstrated by:
The research document will provide in-depth insight and accurate analysis specific to Somali young people.
Highfields and the surrounding wards
The research project will take place Oct
2012. It is envisaged that the web portal will be set up following the completion of the research project. The work will be undertaken in Highfields and surrounding areas but primarily within Highfields as this is the area a great amount of Somalis live. We aim that all the Somali youths living in Leicester and area (all wards) should benefit from this activity.
However we are starting with seeking grants with the above three mentioned wards – each £500, which have all Somali communities.
Similar related projects where representatives from the educational
department will be invited may be arranged for the future.
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Item |
Cost (£) |
Estimate/ Actual cost? |
Request to Ward Meeting (£) |
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Venue hire |
2 X events |
E180 |
|
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Equipment and set up |
2X 100 |
200 |
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Small refreshment |
200 X3.5 |
700 |
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Data collection, reports, print and stationery |
|
350 |
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Temporary staffing and cleaning |
|
200 |
|
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Total |
|
E1630 |
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The application states that he organisation does not have audited accounts or a constitution.
Minutes:
The Chair presented the Community Meeting budget.
The following funding applications had been fast tracked and approved prior to the meeting:
Westmeath Avenue Jubilee Street Party
Submitted by Sahera Waka
Amount requested and supported: £500
The residents of Ellwood Close – party for the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee.
Submitted by Harshad Solanki
Amount requested and supported £500
Evington Echo Advertising
Submitted by DPW Gillain
Amount requested and supported £234.
RESOLVED:
that it be noted that the above funding applications had been fast tracked and approved for payment.
The following applications were considered at the meeting:
Art in the Park (Craft and Chat)- Art and Craft cupboard and contents
Submitted by Miss Betty Hunter.
Amount requested: £160
The Chair explained that funding application was deferred at the request of the applicant.
RESOLVED:
that the funding application for Art in the Park (Craft and Chat) be deferred at the request of the applicant.
Pink Lizard Cohesion Project (Bring young people together).
Submitted by Pink Lizard developing youth / community/ Magpie
Amount requested £3225 between Evington, Freeman and Eyres Monsell Wards.
The applicant, Adrian Hinds and representatives from Pink Lizard were present and Adrian explained that the Pink Lizard project had been set up in response to a request from Dave Budd (Community Safety) who had stated that the young people needed more support. Councillors expressed some concern about supporting the bid as the project was based outside the Evington Ward. Adrian explained that there were approximately 12 – 14 young people from Evington who participated in the project.
The Chair asked that feedback as to how the project was progressing was provided to the Community Meeting and it was suggested that the young people in Pink Lizard could stage a show in Evington Village. Councillors and Adrian agreed that this was a good idea. Councillors agreed to partially support the funding application to the value of £500.
RESOLVED:
that the application be partially supported to the value of £500
Get Together Jubilee Event
Submitted by Sikh Community Centre
Amount requested: £1000 from the Evington Ward Budget. Funding also requested from Spinney Hill, Humberstone and Hamilton, Charnwood, Coleman and Stoneygate Wards (£5021 requested in total).
The Chair explained that the councillors had agreed not to support this bid because they felt that it was outside the criteria they believed appropriate for a Jubilee Street Party celebration.
RESOLVED:
that the funding application be not supported.
Funding bids submitted by Shanti Chauhan:
Indian Music and Dance Group
Amount requested: £2500
Evington Asian Gardeners Group
Amount requested: £1500
The Chair explained that Shanti Chauhan was a magistrate who had applied for funds for two projects as a way of supporting minority groups in the local community. Councillors agreed that there was a need for such projects and agreed to support both funding applications in full.
RESOLVED:
that the funding applications be supported in full to the value of £2500 and £1500 respectively
Opening Evening and Presentation
Submitted by Community Football Academy
Amount requested: £275 from various wards.
Representatives from the Community Football Academy were present at the meeting and the Chair explained that Councillors had agreed to support the funding application to the value of £275.
RESOLVED:
that the application be supported to the value of £275
Education Research Project for Somali Youths in Leicester and area
Submitted by Samia Ahmed Elmi
Amount requested: £500 from each of the Evington, Spinney Hill and Charnwood Wards; £1500 in total.
The Chair explained that the Councillors had agreed to support the funding application as it would help to meet the needs of the Somali community.
RESOLVED:
that the funding application be supported to the value of £500.