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 applications for funding have been received since the last meeting: -
i) Monday Advice Sessions £950
Application from Somali Advice and Information Services (SOMINFOS) to part fund 26 weekly Monday advice sessions for Somali people, in the Stoneygate, Spinney Hills and Beaumont Leys areas.The sessions to run betweem1st April 2013 and 30th September 2013.
ii) Saturday Youth Event £1577
Application received from Samatus International Development Organisationto part fund Saturday youth activities for Somali youths, to run for an initial 12 week period.
iii) Stoneygate 2 Youth Club £1710
Application received from the Highfield Association of Residents and Tenants (HART) as a one-off Start-up payment to pay rent for a new venue and for equipment and activities. Members may recall that the Club previously operated from the URC Church that has now closed.
iv) Mehmaan Lunch Club £1500
An application received from Mehmaan Lunch Club to part fund a Thursday Lunch Club for up to 50 elderly members of the Mehmaan Lunch Club. The costs include the hire of the venue, transport, supervision/volunteers and running costs.
v) Opportunities for Young People £2500
An application received from Rita Patel to fund a one night camp in Leicester for children at Medway and Sparkenhoe schools who have never attended a school residential. Parents would be invited for a couple of hours to see what activities are offered and where children sleep and how safe the camps are and of how much the children gain from the experience.
vi) ERNA Community Clean Up Project 2013 £1600
An application received from the Evington Road Neighbourhood Association (ERNA) to fund a Clean Up day in partnership with City Council Waste Management Team, City Warden Service and volunteer residents from ERNA.
vii) Highfields Late Lounge £1000
An application received from the Community Safety Team at Leicester City Council to part fund a continuation of the successful Highfields Late Lounge, a targeted youth engagement project providing positive activities for young people engaged in, or at risk of, engaging in anti-social behaviour and/or crime. The project had initially been set up using Police funding, for an initial 3 months, then by Leicester City Council Youth Services, with current funding due to finish at the end of March 2013.
Minutes:
Kalvaran Sandhu, Scrutiny Support Officer reported that the following applications had been received since the last meeting of the Community Meeting. The applications were being determined at this Special Meeting to enable them the successful bids to be processed before the end of the current financial year on 31st March 2013.
Applications received £
i) Monday Advice Sessions 950
An application received from Somali Advice and Information Services (SOMINFOS) to part fund 26 weekly Monday advice sessions for Somali people in the Stoneygate, Spinney Hills and Beaumont Leys areas. The sessions to run between 1st April 2013 and 30th September 2013.
Resolved:
that the application be supported - £500.
ii) Saturday Youth Event 1577
An application received from Samatus International Development Organisation to part fund Saturday youth activities for Somali youths, to run for an initial 12 week period.
Members suggested that the applicants be put in touch with other funding sources and requested that they also look to sharing resources with other youth projects operating in the area. The applicants could then submit a new bid in the new financial year 2013/14.
Resolved:
That the application be deferred for the reasons stated.
iii) Stoneygate 2 Youth Club 1710
An application received from the Highfield Association of Residents and Tenants (HART) as a one-off start-up payment to cover the rental cost of a new venue for the club, and for equipment and activities. Members were reminded that the Club previously operated from the URC Church that had recently closed.
Members were supportive of the bid but stated that they were aware of the funding that had previously been awarded to Project Y by this Community Meeting, and of the fact that this project had also recently received Near Neighbourhoods funding. The applicants were informed that the Community Meeting was reluctant to fund a second Youth Project in the same area as Project Y, particularly at this point in the financial year. The applicants were asked to assess whether any of the previously awarded funding to Project Y could be utilised and, in the meantime, officers would assess whether there were any other sources of funding that could be accessed by Stoneygate 2 Youth Club.
Resolved:
That the application be deferred.
iv) Mehmaan Lunch Club 1500
An application received from Mehmaan Lunch Club to part fund a Thursday Lunch Club for up to 50 elderly members of the Mehmaan Lunch Club. The costs include the hire of the venue, transport, supervision/volunteers and running costs.
Resolved:
That the application be supported - £500.
v) Opportunities for Young People 2500
An application received on behalf of Medway and Sparkenhoe schools to fund a one night camp for children who have never attended a school residential. Parents would be invited for a couple of hours to see for themselves what the residentials offered and assess safety measures in place. The equipment purchased would then be available for further use.
Members were supportive of the bid but suggested that the applicant submit applications to Spinney Hills and Castle Community Meetings for the balance of the funding requested. These meetings would meet in the new financial year.
Resolved:
that the application be supported - £1,200.
vi) ERNA Community Clean Up Project 2013 1600
An application received from Evington Road Neighbourhood Association (ERNA) to fund up to 4 Clean Up days during 2013 in partnership with the City Council Waste Management Team, City Warden Service and volunteer residents from ERNA.
Resolved:
That the application be supported - £,1250.
vii) Highfields Late Lounge 1000
An application received from the Community Safety Team at Leicester City Council to part fund a continuation of the successful Highfields Late Lounge that was a targeted youth engagement project providing positive activities for young people late on Fridays and Saturday evenings.
Members were generally supportive of the aims of the project bu expressed a view that the applicant should look at current youth provision in the area and assess when provision is actually required with the ultimate aim of achieving several separate days of provision locally rather than overlaps in provision. The applicant was asked to come back to the meeting at a later date should they still require funding.
Resolved:
that a sum of £500 be ring-fenced for this project should the applicant require it.
Late Item
viii) Alley Gate – 13 Normanton Road 400
This request was tabled by Councillor Kamal on behalf of local residents and Community Safety. The request was to install a metal alley gate at this location to prevent youths congregating and leading to incidents of ASB. Community Safety were to fund £300 of the total estimated £700 cost, leaving £400.
Resolved:
that the application be supported - £400.