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.

 

a)        An update on the 2012/13 Community Meeting budget is attached for information. (Appendix B)

 

b)        Details of the 2013/14 Community budget will be given at the meeting.

 

c)        The meeting is asked to note the following grant application, which has been approved under the Council’s fast track procedure:-

 

Application 1

 

Project:           Production of New Brochure

 

Amount requested: 

 

Item	Cost (£)	Estimate/ Actual cost?	Request to Ward Meeting (£)
Design & Printing	200	Actual	185
Stationery Costs	15	Estimate	15
Total	200		200

 

Applicant:      Friends of Highway Spinney

 

Summary:

 

In producing this new brochure, it is hoped to encourage more people to visit the Spinney and become volunteers to help maintain the woodland.

 

 

d)        The following grant application is submitted for consideration:-

 

Application 2

 

Project:           Braunstone Community Carnival 2013 (incorporating the Sports Fest)

 

Amount requested: 

 

A grant of £1,000 has been requested.

 

Proposed expenditure and income for the Carnival are as set out below:

 

Braunstone Community Carnival 2013
Expenditure
Stage			£1,000.00
Security			660
Design			0
Print			£319.00
Stage Manager			£200.00
PA			200
Generator			£99.90
School premises staff			540
Entertainment			£150.00	Ratby band
First Aid			£330.00
Distribution			£290.00
Stationary & postage			£100.00
Event Co-ordinator			£2,000.00
Vol expenses			£50.00
			£5,938.90
Income
LCC -grant			1000
LCC - Events			500
Resident Network			1000
Stallholders			300
Entrance donations			500
Braunstone Foundation			2638.9
			5938.9

 

 

Applicant:      Braunstone Foundation (T/A b-inspired)

 

Summary:

 

The Braunstone Community Carnival is an annual event and will celebrate its 13^th Anniversary this year.  The event has been supported by the Braunstone Foundation (formally BCA) for the last 12 years and has been made possible by the voluntary support of local groups and residents.

 

In June 2012 the event moved to Fullhurst Community College from Braunstone Park, in order to reduce costs significantly and refocus the event to become more family-friendly.  The event attracted a couple of thousand people, mainly families and older residents, and operated under an “Alcohol Free Zone”. 

 

Feedback from visitors was very positive and Fullhurst Community College was very happy with hosting the event at their site.

 

This year’s Braunstone Community Carnival will take place on Saturday 29 June from 12.00 noon to 4.30 pm at Fullhurst Community College.  It will incorporate the Sports Fest, which offers over 30 different sports activities in one area for the cost of a small fee wristband for children.  The Carnival will also include a performance stage for local acts, information and community stalls, craft stalls, children’s free play area and a range of food stalls.  It also is hoped to have a Youth Village on site, hosted by StreetVibe Young Peoples Services, and a family Fun Fair. 

 

The event will be used to consult with local residents on their priorities for the neighbourhood over the coming few years, through the Neighbourhood Action Plan.

 

 

Application 3

 

Project:           Food in the Community – Pilot Project

 

Amount requested: 

 

This is a joint application with Westcotes Ward.

 

Item	Cost (£)	Estimate/ Actual cost?	Request to Ward Meeting (£)
Specialist staff to plan, prepare, run (2 days) and follow up (0.5 days) the 3 events: 3x2x2.5 @ 150	2,250	A	2,250
Materials for the events	200	E	200
Publicity	200	E	200
Collating and analysing feedback: 1 day @ 150	150	A	150
Researching funding opportunities: 2 days @ 150	300	A	300
Developing partnerships: 6 days @ 150	900	A	900
Writing bids: 9 days @ 150	1,350	A	0
Office costs and travel	50	E	50
Total			2,025 per ward (4,050 in total)

 

 

Applicant:      Leicester Masaya Link Group, with the support of environmental Studies Ltd

 

Summary:

 

The project aims to consult with members of the local community and relevant partners to develop a larger funded programme of activities combining food growing with the cultural and social significance of food.

 

Promoting the growing of vegetables will support healthy eating and encourage physical exercise, as well as increasing access to cheap, fresh food.  It is anticipated that the community based approach of will include sharing favourite recipes and understanding the global interdependence of foods, which will support greater cohesion between communities.  The collective act of growing brings people together and gives a sense of ownership and belonging.

 

The consultation process will take place from June to September 2013.  At the end of this there will be clear project proposal, incorporating identified community need and committed partner organisations.  Applications for funding for the proposal will then made to funding bodies.

 

The organisers will be attending the International Food Festival at the Manor House Community Centre on 6 July 2013 and the Braunstone Carnival on 29 June.  In addition, a drop-in community event will be hosted at the polytunnels next to Braunstone Skills Centre.  This will emphasise practical food growing.

 

Alongside this, the applicants will research current activity and players in the local area, to ensure that the proposal complements existing programmes, and to identify potential funding streams to submit the final proposal to.

 

 

Application 4

 

Project:           Friends of Woodville Unit

 

Amount requested: 

 

Item	Cost (£)	Estimate/ Actual cost?	Request to Ward Meeting (£)
Decoration of Lounge	30	Estimate	Nil
Afternoon Tea	50	Estimate	Nil
Professional Singer	80	Actual	80
Dancers	130	Actual	130
Magician	90	Actual	90
Total	380		300

 

 

Applicant:      John Allen, Secretary of the Friends of Woodville Unit

 

Summary:

 

To provide 30 residents of Woodville secure accommodation unit with an afternoon’s entertainment.  Artists will provide singing, dancing and magic for residents who suffer from dementia, Parkinson’s Disease, or behaviour problems. 

 

Walkers Foods and Samworth Bro. are being approached for funding towards the cost of “teas”.  If the application is successful, it is understood that help will be “in kind” products, rather than cash funding.  As such, no application is being made for a contribution towards refreshments.

 

It is hoped that this event can be held on the afternoon of Sunday 16 June, when supporting residents’ relatives could attend.

 

Insurance to cover the event is already in place.

 

A small number of local residents will be invited, due to security restrictions and health and safety regulations.

i)          Feedback

 

Mike Keen, from Braunstone Park Adventure Playground, reminded the meeting that there had been a problem with vandalism and people using the trees at the back of the Adventure Playground as ladders to get over the wall.  A grant of £500 had been received, along with a grant of £500 from the Joint Action Group, which had been used to thin out the trees and get graffiti murals painted.

 

Graffiti murals were cheaper to do than artist-inspired murals and some previous, unauthorised, graffiti had been incorporated as far as possible in the new design.  Local residents had been very positive about the new murals.

 

Mike Keen also advised that Leicester Play Fair, which had received a grant for Lame Duck holidays, would be using the Adventure Playground as an important part of the holiday it was running during the third weekend in July.

 

Reverend Chris Birch reminded the meeting that a grant of £500 had previously been awarded towards the Flower Festival being held at St Peter’s Church, Woodshawe Rise, during the weekend of 15 – 17 June.  There would be 27 different arrangements on the theme of “Time Out – Hobbies and Leisure”.  The Festival would include a choral evensong with “Octave”, Leicestershire’s Singing Priests.

 

Helen Catterwell showed the brochure that had been printed to promote the Friends of Highway Spinney.  A grant of £200 had been awarded for this.  The brochure explained what the group did, (such as maintenance, litter picking, tree planting, talks and guided walks).  New members of the group were always welcome.

 

ii)         2012/13 Community Meeting Budget

 

An update on the 2012/13 Community Meeting budget is attached at the end of these minutes for information.

 

iii)        Application Approved Under the Fast Track Procedure

 

The meeting noted that a grant of £200 to the Friends of Highway Spinney had been approved under the Council’s fast track procedure.  This grant was used for the production of a new brochure about the group.

 

iv)        Applications for Consideration

 

The following applications for grants were considered:-

 

·           Braunstone Community Carnival 2013 (incorporating the Sports Fest)

 

AGREED:

That a grant of £1,000 to Braunstone Community Carnival 2013, towards the costs of the Carnival and Sports Fest, be supported.

 

·           Food in the Community – Pilot Project

 

AGREED:

That consideration of this application be deferred to enable further discussions to be held with the applicant.

 

·           Friends of Woodville Unit

 

NOTED:

That a grant of £300 had been approved under the Council’s fast track procedure to the Friends of Woodville unit for entertainment for the residents.

 

v)         Other Applications

 

The meeting noted that a grant application had been received from Ndi Igbo for grant funding for the Iri ji (New Yam) Festival 2013.  As there had not been time to consider this application before the meeting, it would be considered at the next meeting.