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.
a) An update on the 2013/14 Community Meeting budget will be provided
b) The meeting is asked to note the following grant applications, which have been approved under the Council’s fast track procedure:-
Application 1
Project: St Peter’s Braunstone Flower Festival
Amount approved: £500
Applicant: Revd Chris Burch
Summary:
St Peter’s holds a summer festival each year. This is a social event and not aimed at finding new members for the church.
The two most successful events have been the Flower Festivals held in 2004 and 2008. This year the Kingsway Flower Club has offered to mount a flower festival called “Time Out (hobbies and leisure)” on Saturday 15 and Sunday 16 June 2013. This will be held at St Peter’s Church Hall, Woodshawe Rise and admission will be free.
Local residents will be encouraged to attend through things such as posters, the Braunstone Alert, events slots in the local media and word of mouth. A number of community organisations are being encouraged to have a stall at the festival.
Application 2
Project: International Food Festival
Amount requested:
Applications for funding for this event have been made to this meeting and the Westcotes Community Meeting. (Westcotes Community Meeting has agreed a grant of £500.)
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Item |
Cost (£) |
Estimate/ Actual cost? |
Request to Ward Meeting (£) |
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Food for Community Groups – 6 x £150 |
£900 |
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0 |
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Live Music |
£2,000 |
|
£500 |
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Dance and Entertainment |
£1,000 |
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£500 |
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Sundries (plates, cups, etc) |
£200 |
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0 |
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Total |
£4,100 |
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£500 from each Meeting (£1,000 in total) |
Applicant: Manor House Community Association
Summary:
The International Food Festival will take place on Saturday 6 July 2013, between 12.00 noon and 5.00 pm. There will be free food tasters from the Polish, Russian, Philippine, Asian Indian and African-Caribbean and British communities.
The event aims to enable local people learn about some of the diverse communities in the local area through their traditional foods. It will include music, dance performances and a range of fun activities and entertainment in the building and grounds of the Manor House.
The event will be advertised across local wards and amongst the communities whose food will be featured.
Funding has also been received from Near Neighbours (£1,200), Westcotes Community First (£1,000) and Braunstone Park and Rowley Fields Community First (£1,000).
Application 3
Project: Manor House Holiday Club
Amount requested:
Applications for funding for this event have been made to this meeting and the Westcotes Community Meeting. (Westcotes Community Meeting has agreed a grant of £500.)
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Item |
Cost (£) |
Estimate/ Actual cost? |
Request to Ward Meeting (£) |
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Sports Equipment |
£200 |
Estimate |
|
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Art Equipment |
£200 |
Estimate |
|
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Music Equipment |
£600 |
Estimate |
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Total |
£1,000 |
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£500 from each meeting (£1,000 in total) |
Applicant: Arthur Manger
Summary:
The aim is to run a holiday club for children aged 8 – 11 years old, where they could take part in sports, art and musical activities. Children likely to attend are likely to be from Westcotes Ward and Braunstone Park and Rowley Fields Ward.
The Police at Enderby have given £500 towards the Manor House’s work.
Application 4
Project: Workshops for young Parents under 20
Practical Parenting
Introduction to Hair & Beauty
Getting Ready for Employment
Amount requested:
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Item |
Cost (£) |
Estimate/ Actual cost? |
Request to Ward Meeting (£) |
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Beauty equipment, eg facial products, waxing products, colours for tinting |
£200 |
Actual |
£200 |
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Stationery, eg folders, pens, dividers, paper, card |
£50 |
Actual |
£50 |
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Craft materials, eg glue, paint, paintbrushes, glitter |
£100 |
Actual |
£100 |
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Total |
£ |
|
£ |
Applicant: Angels & Monsters
Summary:
Workshops aimed at young parents will be run at Angels & monsters’ at our centre. The first of these, Practical Parenting, is aimed at building confidence, providing peer support and advice, holding sessions with local professionals on areas such as, behaviour management, healthy cook and eat sessions, weaning advice, active tots, budgeting, craft sessions to make presents for birthdays/festivals etc.
The hair & beauty workshops will begin early summer, once refurbishments to the building have been completed. This will be a confidence and skills building based workshop, aimed at giving learners a taster of the different aspects of the hair and beauty industry. There will be the opportunity for practical and theory based learning under the supervision of qualified instructors.
The Getting Ready for Employment workshops will be informal sessions, looking at things such as CV writing, interview skills and advice and benefits available. Links with other local organisations will be used to provide support and advice to learners, with the aim of progressing into more formal education and possible apprenticeships and employment.
There already is a group of young parents on a waiting list ready to start the sessions. Workshops will be run on a rolling basis over the coming 12 months, and most likely the following year too. It is estimated that work will be done with at least 30 young parents over the first 12 months.
c) The following grant application is submitted for consideration:-
Application 5
Project: Financial Healthcheck Service
Amount requested:
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Item |
Cost (£) |
Estimate/ Actual cost? |
Request to Ward Meeting (£) |
|
Advice worker (includes wages/ supervision/overheads) for 13 weeks |
£20 per hour for 5.5 hours per week |
Actual |
£1,430 |
|
Posters x 10, Flyers x 500 & advert in Braunstone Alert |
£350 |
Actual |
£350 |
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Total |
£1,780 |
|
£1,780 |
The same amount has also been requested from the Beaumont Leys Community Meeting.
Applicant: Checkpoint Advice and Support
Summary:
As a result of recent changes to benefits, welfare law advice services in the city have seen a large increase in demand and this is expected to continue.
Checkpoint Advice and support is a newly registered Charitable Incorporated Organisation. It is concerned that, during the transition period, many residents will suffer hardship and distress, but there currently is no locally available face-to-face welfare benefit or money advice service for the working age population of the ward.
It therefore is proposed to deliver weekly advice sessions at Braunstone Working, Gallards Hill. By increasing access to individually tailored advice and practical help with welfare benefits and everyday financial matters, residents will be helped to increase their knowledge and confidence, and improve their long-term financial and social inclusion.
Residents will be helped to:
· Manage the welfare reform changes
· Maximise income by identifying welfare benefit entitlement
· Improve budgeting skills
· Relieve fuel poverty by reviewing tariffs or changing supplier
· Access bank accounts and affordable credit
· Review debts and repayment schedules
It is anticipated that an average of your people will be advised during each session, making a total of 52 people helped during a three-month period.
Volunteering opportunities will be available to local residents, who will receive training to complete welfare benefit application forms and carry out “better off” calculations to support people in to work.
The project will be supported by a qualified advice worker, who will keep full records of people helped and results achieved. All casework will be supervised and audited in accordance with AQS standards.
A project evaluation report will be compiled at the end of the three month pilot. If successful, this will be used to support applications to Charitable Trusts and Foundations for continuation funding.
Minutes:
The Chair presented the community meeting budget.
The following funding applications had been fast tracked for payment:
Project ref 1677 : St Peter’s Braunstone Flower Festival
Amount approved: £500
Applicant: Rev’d Chris Burch
Project ref 1678 : International Food Festival
Amount approved: £500
Applicant: Manor House Community Association
Project ref: 1679 Manor House Holiday Club
Amount approved: £500
Applicant: Manor House Community Association
Project 1681: Workshops for young parents under 20
Amount approved: £350
Applicant: Angels and Monsters
RESOLVED:
that it be noted that the following items had been fast tracked for payment
The Chair then presented the following funding applications:
Project ref: 1682 Financial Healthcheck Service
Amount requested: £1780
Applicant: Checkpoint Advice and Support
The meeting heard that Checkpoint Advice and Support would be holding weekly sessions and running benefit checks to ensure that people were receiving the benefits they were entitled too.
RESOLVED:
that the application be supported to the value of £1780
The following funding applications had been received after the agenda had been finalised:
Project ref 1676: Fitness Classes, Health Screening and Fitness Testing
Amount requested: £500
Applicant: Sanchez Allen-Coltman, the Braunstone Grove
Funding was requested to deliver fitness bases classes in the form of circuit classes for women in Braunstone. Nutritional advice and fitness tests would be offered to track the participant’s well-being and progress. The funding would enable the applicant to get the necessary equipment to support the programme and to develop and extend it from the focussed women’s sessions to also providing generic fitness screening, offering one to one personal training and small group sessions, to the general public.
Fitness testing/health screening would also be available to the general public by prior arrangement. This would also be free of charge and would include blood pressure and body fat reading/weight and height measurements / BM1 / resting heart rate and a 3 minute step box fitness test to measure aerobic (cardiovascular) fitness levels.
Funding to pay for a variety of equipment including a blood pressure monitoring kit, body fat monitor, first aid box (sports) height measure standing, medicine ball set, barbells kettle bells, air dome and also publicity and materials.
RESOLVED:
that the application be supported in full to the value of £500.
Project ref 1680: Splash Disco
Amount requested: £1800 - joint bid to Braunstone Park and Rowley Fields/ New Parks and Western Park
Applicant: Splash Disco / Steve Smedley
Funding was requested for new inflatables for the Splash Discos that take place at New Parks Leisure Centre and the Braunstone Leisure Centre throughout the school holidays. They have been running for 15 years and the inflatables are starting to become unsafe for the children to use. The events attract parents, toddlers and children of all ages - a typical Splash Disco day will attract around 100 people. Of the 100 people who attend the sessions at Braunstone Leisure Centre, approximately 80% will come from Braunstone Park and Rowley Fields.
Funding is requested for a space ship inflatable, speakers, blower and music.
RESOLVED:
that the application be supported to the value of £600
Project ref 1683: Big Spring Clean on Braunstone Park
Amount requested: £250
Applicant: Braunstone Clean Up Group - Anita Robinson in conjunction with the Braunstone Residents’ Network Committee (part of b-inspired).
Funding was requested for a Big Spring Clean on Braunstone Park to take place on 8 May 2013. The group intend to freshen up some of the furniture such as bollards, the pent stock chamber and height barriers to give a fresh look. A general litter pick will take place and the brook along Braunstone Avenue will be cleared of any debris.
The Probation Team will also come onto the park the day before to prepare the bridge opposite Gallards Hill on Cort Crescent for painting.
It is hoped to offer all the volunteers a small buffet at the end of the session as a thank you for their efforts.
RESOLVED:
that the funding application be supported in full to the value of £250
The Chair explained that after the above funding applications had been supported there would be approximately £14000 remaining in the Community Meeting budget for 2013/14.
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Action to be taken |
Officer identified |
Deadline |
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For the funding applications that had been supported, be submitted to the Assistant City Mayor for Community Involvement for approval. |
Surinder Singh, Member Support Officer |
As soon as possible |