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.

The following funding applications have been received:

Ref 2869. Easter play scheme / activities session

Applicant: Mr Vijay Patel, Activities co-ordinator and founder of Live Sport

Amount requested: £1000

The applicant has submitted the following information in support of their funding application:

PROPOSAL

To organise an ‘Easter Playscheme’ with sports activities sessions for young people in the Rushey Mead area.  These sessions will take place during the Easter holiday over 2 weeks, 10 sessions are planned and each session is 3 hours duration. We will be using qualified coaches who currently coach for livesport and also activity leaders who will be supporting the running of the playscheme. 

DATES & VENUE

25^th March to 6^th April 2013, Mon-Fri, 9am to 12pm each day.

To take place at the Sports Hall at Soar Valley College

TARGET AUDIENCE

To encourage young people aged 13 plus to participate in multi-sports sessions. These sessions will help young people to keep active and healthy.  These sessions will bring young people in the area together and keep them off the streets.  The sessions will encourage team building through fun sporting activities.  Publicity planned via Rushey Mead and Soar Valley secondary schools and livesport website www.livesportuk.co.uk.

FEEDBACK

I received positive feedback from the children and their parents from my Easter 2012 play scheme. As well as the children having fun and keeping active they learn valuable lessons about team work and social skills. Both children and parents have contacted me asking if I would be running a similar scheme this year and if so, could the scheme be held over the 2 weeks rather than the 1 like last year.

Funding is requested as follows:

Ref 2870. Proposal: Painting of Rushey Mead Recreation Centre

Applicant: Kirit Vaja – Facility Manager

The applicant has submitted the following information in support of their funding application:

PROPOSAL

The Rusheymead Recreation Centre is a well used centre in the heart of Rusheymead.

Due to budget limitations, it has not been possible to maintain the standard of the building. The building is badly in need of painting both internal and external in order to enhance and bring it up to standard and make it more welcoming.

The grant applied for will cover the painting of internal/ external areas by property services.

This will not only benefit the centre users but it will encourage more usage by the local community.

Ref 2871. Proposal Cleaning the river of litter and flotsam

Applicant: Leicester City Council, Parks Services, Riverside Team

Amount requested: £800 from the Rushey Mead Ward.

(Funding has also been requested from Abbey, Belgrave,Latimer, Castle, Fosse, Freeman and Westcotes

The applicant has submitted the following information in support of their funding application:

PROPOSAL

Litter and flotsam are a significant eyesore on the watercourses throughout the city and including the Rushey Mead Ward from the city boundary to Loughborough Road. The responsibility for removing it falls outside of all official agencies remits and so the Riverside Ranger Team run a successful project to manage volunteers cleaning the mess up.

Much of the equipment is reaching the end of its life expectancy and we need to replace this for the volunteers to have the means to carry the task out.

With the equipment we also issue personal protection equipment such as gloves etc and use welfare resources such as hand washing materials, this obviously is a consumer item and requires replenishing on a regular basis.

Without these resources the tasks cannot happen.

Adrian Lane, Senior Riverside Officer will be at the meeting to present this funding application.

The Chair presented the community meeting budget and explained that the following applications had been received. The Councillors would make the final decision on whether or not to support the funding applications, although they welcomed comments on the bids from members of the public. The Chair explained that there was a balance of £6966 remaining in the community meeting budget, and the total sum of the bids to be considered at the meeting exceeded this amount.

Ref 2869 Easter play scheme / activities session

Applicant: Mr Vijay Patel, Activities co-ordinator and founder of Live Sport

Amount requested: £1064

The meeting was advised that the original bid was for £1000, but a subsequent bid had been submitted for £1064.

Mr Patel explained that the scheme would provide sports activity sessions for young people in Rushey Mead. Soar Valley College were very supportive of the scheme and offered the use of the sports hall and their equipment. The aim was to promote an active lifestyle and to keep the children and young people off the streets during the Easter holiday.

Councillors indicated that they were in support of the funding application and the Chair added that it was good to hear that the school was benefiting the community in this way.

RESOLVED:

that the funding application be supported in full to the value of £1064.

Ref 2871 Cleaning the river of litter and flotsam

Applicant: Leicester City Council, Parks Services, Riverside Team

Amount requested: £800 (from Rushey Mead Ward – bid also submitted to other wards.

Councillors indicated that they were in support of this funding application.

RESOLVED:

                        that the funding application be supported in full to the value of                    £800

Ref 2872 Dance Workout (this funding application was submitted too late for inclusion on the agenda)

Applicant: Lucy Bailey

Amount requested: £1000

The project was to offer two free dance workout sessions per week for a year at the Rushey Mead Recreation Centre. Funding was requested to pay for the hire of the centre. The meeting heard that the sessions were proving to be very popular.

Councillors indicated that they were in support of the funding application.

RESOLVED:

that the funding application be supported in full to the value of £1000.

Ref: Highfields Rangers Community Family Fun Day (this application was submitted to late to be included on the agenda

Applicant: Highfields Rangers

Amount requested: £1052.98

Samira and Tony from the Highfields Rangers were present and explained that there had been a bit of a ‘shake up’ of the committee and old ideas. They intended was to become more of a presence both to the local and wider community. They added that their venue was generally under used by the community.

They would be holding a community family fun day on 27 May from 12.00 noon to 5.00pm at the Highfield Rangers on 443 Gleneagles Avenue to which everyone was welcome.  Samira explained that the fun day would be similar to a school fete but bigger and with an international flavour. There would also be a dance competition and mini tournaments.

Councillors indicated that they were in support of the funding application.

RESOLVED:

that the funding application be supported in full to the value of £1053.

Ref 2870: Painting of Rushey Mead Recreation Centre

Applicant: Kirit Vaja

Amount requested £4200

Councillors indicated that they were in support of the funding application. However only one estimate had been received and a further estimate was required. They agreed that as there was insufficient money left in the budget to meet this funding request in full, the balance of the budget could be committed towards this funding application subject to the submission of a second estimate. A further funding application could be submitted in the new financial year if necessary.

RESOLVED:

that the funding application be supported to the value of £3049,  subject to the submission of a second estimate.