Agenda item

There will be an update on the Evington Community Meeting Budget.

Previous Funding Application for Pedestrian Lighting Columns at Evington Park House.

The pedestrian lighting columns at Evington Park House have been installed and feedback relating to this is attached for information.

The following funding applications have been received:

Ref: 2080: Notice Board

Submitted by: Downing Drive Friends and Neighbours

Amount Requested: to be confirmed.

Details of the application:

An application has been requested for a community noticeboard to be erected near to the Downing Drive shopping area. It would be used to publicise local events and give updates and news of the community gardening scheme (The “It’s Your Neighbourhood” Royal Horticultural Society Scheme) for the area.

Amount requested: Details relating to the cost of this item are to be confirmed.

Ref: 2081: Cycling Proficiency

Submitted by: Susan Massey, Organise – “Come Bike With Me”

Amount Requested: £500

Details of the application:

The project is for Cycling Proficiency for the young people of Evington. Sessions will be held at the weekends on Evington Park and most of the young people that attend live in the area. About 20 -30 young people will attend per session.

£500 is requested for equipment to facilitate the course.

The aim of the course is to help the young cyclist to be both confident and able to understand the highway code for cyclists.

Ref:2082  Cooking for Young People

Submitted by: Evington Youth Club

Amount Requested: £350

Details of the application

To give club members the opportunity to try basic skills in cooking. The club would like to see this as a beginning of skills which can be taken further at a later date.  A lot of members do not get the opportunity to cook at home and this activity has been requested by members. A trial run was carried out by simple cooking (i.e. pizza and cakes); this was very successful. The members would like to take the project further and if possible to make a career of cooking. The interest in the club is from both boys and girls.

£350 requested for a food mixer, mixing bowls, scales, electric whisk, aprons, a storage bin and tea towels.

Ref: 2083. Resurfacing of the Kitchen and Store area floor – Evington Village Hall.

Submitted by: Robert Esterbrook, Honarary Treasurer – Evington Village Hall

Amount Requested: £1400

Details of the application (as submitted by the applicant)

The kitchen and storeroom floor at the village hall has been of concern to the Management Committee for some time, given the regular use by many varied community groups. There has been effective short term repair work undertaken by Committee members but the general wearing of the surface will result in a less than safe environment. It is also becoming less easy to keep the surface clean due to the surface breaking down. The Committee has taken guidance from a local (Excelsior Carpets) supplier of vinyl sheet flooring and quote received for preparing a latex screed and laying of Polysafe Vinyl Sheet. To ensure a high level of health provision, Excelsior have advised the moving of the gas stove and dishwasher in order to cover all flooring. An amount has been estimated for removing / re-fixing of these units.

The Chair presented the community meeting budget. The following funding applications had been received:

Ref: 2080: Notice Board

Submitted by: Downing Drive Friends and Neighbours

Amount Requested: up to £800

It was agreed to support this funding application up to a maximum of £800.

RESOLVED:

that the funding application be supported up to a maximum of £800.

Ref: 2081: Cycling Proficiency

Submitted by Sue Massey, Come Bike With Me

Amount Requested: £500

It was agreed to support the funding application to a value of £500

RESOLVED:

                        that the funding application be supported to the value of £500

Ref 2082: Cooking for Young People

Submitted by: Evington Youth Club

Amount Requested: £350

It was agreed to support the funding application to a value of £350

RESOLVED:

                        that the funding application be supported to the value of £350.

Ref: 2083: Resurfacing of the kitchen and store area floor – Evington Village hall.

Submitted by Robert Esterbrook, Honorary Treasurer, Evington Village Hall

Amount Requested: £1400

The Chair commented that the village hall was a valued building that belonged to the whole community. It was agreed to support the funding application to the value of £1400.

RESOLVED:

                        that the funding application be supported to the value of £1400.

Late funding application

Councillors agreed to accept this funding bid which had been submitted after the agenda had been finalised.

Evington Village Fete and Show

Submitted by: John Sloan, Chair Person, Evington Village Fete and Show

Amount Requested: £2500

Funding was requested to part fund the running costs of the Evington Village Fete and Show 2013. This would be held on the village green on 10 August 2013.

The fete and show was an open multicultural event that the whole community was encouraged to participate in. the cost of the canvas to host the ‘show’ was the main expense and had in recent years become prohibitive. The show tent was an integral part of the day and it encouraged the local community to exhibit locally grown produce, photography, arts and crafts etc.   The funding requested was to help pay for the show tent hire and also for a contribution towards the cost of the road closure that was required by law.

Canvas for Show     £2200 (estimated cost)

Road Closure           £600 (estimated total cost) -  £300 requested from the Ward

Total request to the Ward Meeting of £2500.

Councillors agreed to support the funding application to the value of £2500.

RESOLVED:

                        that the funding application be supported to the value of £2500.

Councillors also advised that some of the unspent community meeting budget may be ringfenced towards the cost of parking improvements as discussed earlier in the meeting.