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.
There will be an update on the Rushey Mead Community Meeting budget. The following funding applications have been received.
Project: 2875 Mamta Ladies Group
Submitted by Mrs Hansa Gandhi
Amount requested: £3290
Mamta Ladies Group has 58 members, most are over 60 years old. Some have physical disabilities. All 58 members will participate and benefit from the events held. The funding requested will cover expenditure for 12 months from 1 July 2013 to 30 June 2014.
|
Item |
Cost (£) |
Request to Ward Meeting |
|
Hall rent £45 x 50 weeks |
£2250 |
£2250 |
|
Exercise sessions |
£240 |
£240 |
|
Out of town trip |
£500 |
£500 |
|
Christmas dinner/party |
£300 |
£300 |
|
Total requested |
£3290 |
£3290 |
The group received £1050 from the Rushey Mead Community Meeting in 2012/2013
Project 2876: Sandfield School PTA Summer Fun Day – Saturday 22 June 2013
Submitted by: Sandfield PTA
Amount requested: £574
The Sandfield School PTA is requesting support towards
costs for holding their annual Summer Fun Day.
The PTA have organised
a summer fete for the last four years, which has been a growing
event bringing together the local community, parents, local
agencies, organisations and the school.
The event aims to
widen community participation through the provision of a range of
activities for families, greater interaction between communities
and a wider awareness of what is being offered by groups, community
and voluntary organisations and the school.
The theme for 2013 is “foods of the world”.
An opportunity to experience cuisine from Asia
& East Africa.
The grant will support the following, which will consist of a range of activities including entertainment area (performances from local dance and music groups), games designed and made by school children, fairground rides, information and activity stalls, food and drink stalls and sports activities facilitated by local sports organisations.
The grant will enable them to develop the activities on offer
further by supporting the entertainment element of the fete through
hire of a DJ & sound system, development of a dance show of
local performers, hire of equipment such as gazebos, tables &
chairs.
|
Item |
Cost (£) |
Estimate/ Actual cost? |
Request to Ward Meeting (£) |
|
Tables & Chair Hire
|
90 |
Actual |
90 |
|
Face painting
|
77 |
Actual |
77 |
|
Publicity & Promotion (Flyer Distribution around Rushey Mead) |
175 |
Actual |
175 |
|
Printing of Flyers |
92 |
Actual |
92 |
|
Childrens’ Entertainment |
140 |
Estimate |
140 |
|
Total |
|
|
574 |
The group received £381 from the Rushey Mead Community Meeting in June 2012.
Project 2877: Social and welfare and get together
Submitted by: Satya Community Group
Amount requested: £1080
The proposal is to run activity days on Sundays at the Rushey Mead Recreation Centre.
These activities are open to Members and non-members and will take place one Sunday a month for twelve months. Eventually this will be every Sunday.
The activities will include health talks, issues relating to social and welfare, as a meeting place to share ideas and have fun and games too. This is aimed at young and elderly members of the Satya Community Group as well as non-members.
Following some events already held at some members’ houses, the project seems to be successful, however due to space they cannot accommodate all. As most of our members reside in the Rushey Mead and Belgrave Area, they are certain the attendance would be higher with the venue being nearer.
Funding of £1080 is requested for venue hire £90 x 12)
Project 2878: Drumkit teaching club for music students
Submitted by: David Rowe Drum School
Amount requested: 260.40
The proposals are to facilitate the development (musically), of chiefly, young people who presently may be at a ‘loose end – notably in the city’s more economically deprived areas. Many various musical events can be planned from a weekly drum clinic to a day-long multi person assembly at a low cost. The sessions are planned at the Rushey Mead Recreational Centre for young people aged 6 – 16 plus.
Funding of £260 is requested for the hire of the hall
Project 2879: New Wycliffe Home Community Day
Submitted by Vista
Amount requested: £1200
New Wycliffe Home is a residential home in Rushey Mead, for people with sight loss. The home also has a specialism in services for people with sight loss and dementia.
On 18 August, the New Wycliffe Home is planning a community day at the site on Gleneagles Avenue. This will be open to all residents of the Rushey Mead Ward. It will act as an information point for local residents to understand more about Vista’s work. 50% of all sight loss in the UK is avoidable and Vista works more in the community than ever to spread messages about good eye health.
The fun day will benefit the residents of the home by having a community day which provides social activities leading to better well-being.
The event will offer education opportunities to local people within a fun, non-invasive and local context. The coming into the home environment will offer them a way of exploring at first hand what they do at the home.
The fun day will include activities including face painting and children’s arts and craft activities, henna tattoos, performing arts and sporting activities. The event will run in the afternoon and there is adequate indoor space for activities to take place should there be adverse weather.
|
Item |
Cost (£) |
Request to Ward Meeting |
|
Publicity |
£1000 |
£300 |
|
Activities (tutors and hires) |
£2000 |
£600 |
|
Planning including licensing and insurance |
£1200 |
£0 |
|
Activity material |
£600 |
£300 |
|
|
|
£1200 |
Minutes:
The following budget applications were considered and representatives, where present, were invited to present their funding bids:
Project: 2875 Mamta Ladies Group
Submitted by Hansa Gandhi
Amount requested: £3290
The Chair commented that the group were requesting a large sum of money. The church, where the group sessions were held, had been approached to see if they would reduce their charge, as the booking would be a regular booking over the year, but the church had declined. Councillors agreed to support the funding application to the value of £2000 and asked that the church be approached again to see if they might be able to reconsider. The Mamta Ladies Group were advised that if at the end of the year, there was any money left in the community meeting budget, they could approach the community meeting again.
RESOLVED:
that the funding application from Mamta Ladies Group be supported to the value of £2000.
Project: 2876 Sandfield School Parents’ Teachers’ Association (PTA), Summer Fun Day – Saturday 22 June 2013
Submitted by: Sandfield PTA
Amount requested: £574
It was noted that within the total amount applied for, £267 was requested for the printing of flyers, publicity and promotion. Councillors asked whether the PTA could carry out some of the publicity themselves and it was explained that they would be publicising the event in the vicinity around the school, but funding was requested to extend the publicity to a wider area.
Councillors agreed to support the funding application to the value of £500
RESOLVED:
that the funding application from Sandfield PTA be supported to the value of £500.
Project: 2877 Social and Welfare Get Together
Submitted by Satya Community Group
Amount requested: £1080
Councillors agreed to support the funding application in full.
RESOLVED:
that the funding application from Satya Community Group be supported in full to the value of £1080.
Project: 2878 Drumkit Teaching Club for Music Students
Submitted by David Rowe, DrumSchool
Amount requested: £260.40
Councillors agreed to support the funding application in full.
RESOLVED:
that the funding application for the Drumkit Teaching Club for music students be supported in full to the value of £260.40.
Project: 2879 New Wycliffe Home Community Day
Submitted by Vista
Amount requested: £1200
Councillors commented that they were in favour of the event as it would help the local community find out more about New Wycliffe Home. They agreed to support the funding application in full.
RESOLVED:
that the funding application from VISTA be supported in full to the value of £1200.
The following funding applications were submitted too late for inclusion on the agenda.
Project: 2880 Diversifying South Asian Festivals in Leicester
Submitted by: Inspirate
Amount requested: £500
Information submitted by the applicant in support of their application:
What is the proposal?
An Indian Summer (AIS) is a recently established festival that takes place within the East Midlands. Pioneering as one of the most recent culture and arts events in Leicester, AIS uses some of the best venues within the city centre, including Cultural Quarter’s Curve Theatre and Phoenix Independent Cinema.
We would like to expand our outreach and attract a wider audience of different ethnicities / communities to the event. We hope to attract people from areas of Leicester who wouldn’t normally attend a festival like AIS or use the Cultural Quarter, creating a vibrant community and multicultural atmosphere.
To do the above, we will market the festival via specific wards within Leicester, including Rushey Mead. Our marketing strategy will specifically focus on bringing these communities to the festival and thereby use the facilities of the Cultural Quarter. The impact of our marketing will bring a new and diverse range of people together, having a positive effect on Leicester’s community cohesion - beginning to diversify the range and type of audience that attend AIS.
We have carried out a marketing plan (attached) to demonstrate how we will practically attract communities from Rushey Mead to the festival. Some of these points have been briefly written below:
- Brochure, leaflet and poster distribution in each ward:
o Door to door flyer distribution
o Distribution in public / community buildings
o
Sticking posters in relevant
locations
- Organising days in various public buildings in each ward:
o Build up a dedicated email distribution list
o Use this list as targeted marketing email shots
o Entering people in our monthly prize draws
o Inspiring people to attend An Indian Summer
o
Show pictures and videos of previous
festivals
- Working with a recent graduate as a marketing assistant:
o Manages all activities within the marketing plan
o Liaises with wards’ local school and public organisations
o
Great opportunity for a graduate to
build on experience
Who is likely to attend the event?
Within the last two years, we’ve had an attendance of approximately 6,000 people. This year, with the impact we will have on the vast range of wards within Leicester, we expect to bring approximately 10,000 people to the festival.
Expenditure
|
Item |
Cost (£) |
Estimate/ Actual cost? |
Request to Ward Meeting (£) |
|
|
£250 |
Quote |
£82 |
|
Printing 10,000 A5 leaflets |
£300 |
Quote |
£150 |
|
Printing 100 posters |
£100 |
Quote |
£50 |
|
Leaflet licence |
£186 |
Quote |
£93 |
|
Marketing assistant |
£350 |
Actual |
£125 |
|
Total |
£1,186 |
|
£500 |
Councillors agreed to support the funding application in full.
RESOLVED:
that the funding application for Diversifying South Asian Festivals in Leicester, be supported in full to the value of £500.
Project: 2881 Rushey Mead Fun Day
Submitted by: Rashmi Vyas
Amount requested: £550
The following information was submitted by the applicant in support of the application:
The Proposal
The proposal is to have a fun day for the residents of Rushey Mead by having a party. To be held at the Rushey Mead Recreation Centre on Gleneagles Avenue, on Saturday 27th July during the day between 12am -5pm.
The event is likely to attract mainly local residents living in Rushey Mead comprising of all ages, cultures and backgrounds to come together and have fun.
The project’s success will depend largely on the number of attendees on the day. Every effort will be made to inform the locals and attract the crowd. Posters will be put up in local shops, library, health centre, the old peoples’ home, including all three local schools Herrick Junior School, Rushey Mead Secondary School and Soar Valley College and the Rushey Mead Recreation Centre prior to the event. I will get a mention in the Leicester Mercury and BBC Radio Leicester in the events diary.
Judging by last year’s turn out of over 400 people throughout the day the event was very successful and I was asked by a number of people who enjoyed themselves to hold another such event this year.
Expenditure
|
Item |
Cost (£) |
Estimate/ Actual cost? |
Request to Ward Meeting (£) |
|
Ballons buntings and other decorations
|
50 |
50 |
50 |
|
Light refreshments food /drink plastic plates/spoons/glasses
|
100 |
100 |
100 |
|
D.J & karaoke machine
|
100 |
100 |
100 |
|
Childrens entertainment ballon maker/magic tricks. Materials for crafts eg making crowns, face painting, henna, story telling and games, quizzes prizes for children
|
100 |
100 |
100 |
|
Entertainment –micky mouse costume hire, dance performances, bouncy castle
|
150 |
100 |
100 |
|
Hall Hire Cost for 5hrs apx |
100 |
100 |
100 |
|
Total |
600 |
|
600 |
Councillors agreed to support the application in full.
RESOLVED:
that the funding application for the Rushey Mead Fun Day, be supported in full to the value of £550
Project: 2882 Summer Sport Fitness
Submitted by: Owen Johnson, Don’t Just Kick it
Amount requested: £820
The following information was submitted by the applicant in support of the application:
To deliver a 2 week fitness and multi sports coaching camp for
children of all abilities and financial back ground.
Local children want and need organised skilled school holiday
training camps which push each child mentally and physically
whist still being fun.Families who children attend our weekly
sessions from Rushey Mead have stressed the need for help to
engage and keep local children active over the school
break.Our list of local children from the Rushey Mead ward who
train at don’t just kick it is over 30 and surrounding communities
always travel over to interact with our members
Local Ex England International Emile Heskey will be Football
skills coaching for a full day and giving inspirational speaking on
week one to try and help build confidence and start dreams for
local children to strive to succeed in future careers they chose.
Andre Winner a professional mixed martial arts fighter / trainer
will be also be giving inspirational speaking and nutrition intake
talks.
The sports coved over the week will be:
Football
Sprinting
Boxing pad work
Sports day theme races
The children will sign in at 9.30 and be picked up at 3pm
prizes and nutrition packs will be given to all attending and free
taster sessions for any non members to attend our Saturday
morning fitness and football session at Highfield Rangers.
The funding will enable local children to attend for £5 per day
and help the project to run for 2 full weeks.
We will record numbers and get feed back from parents
on the last day.
Expenditure
|
Item |
Cost |
Estimate/Actual Cost |
Request to Ward meeting £ |
|
Head coach and session planner |
£350 |
|
|
|
3 senior coaches = 3 x £240 |
£720 |
|
£720 |
|
Posters/flyers |
£80 |
|
|
|
T shirts for kids |
|
|
|
|
Medals / prizes |
|
|
£100 |
|
Venue |
|
£200 |
|
|
Total |
£1450 |
|
£820 |
Councillors agreed to support the funding application in full.
RESOLVED:
that the funding application for Summer Sport Fitness be supported in full to the value of £820.
|
Action to be taken |
Officer identified |
Deadline |
|
For the funding applications that the Councillors had agreed to support, be submitted for approval, to the Assistant City Mayor for Community Involvement, Partnerships and Equalities. |
Surinder Singh, Member Support Officer. |
By 7 June 2013 |
Feedback from a previous funding bid
A representative from Highfields Rangers thanked the Community Meeting for the pervious funding that had been granted for their fun day which had taken place in May. They added that the day had been ‘brilliant’, young people from diverse cultures and worked well together to help deliver the event and the Rangers were grateful for the funding that had been given.
The meeting was reminded that Highfields Rangers had their own club house and they would be pleased to host a future community meeting there.