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Issue - meetings
Foreshore Trust Small Grants Programme
Meeting: 25/09/2017 - Charity Committee (Item 5)
5 Foreshore Trust Small Grants Programme PDF 122 KB
Additional documents:
- Appendix 1 for Foreshore Trust Small Grants Programme, item 5 PDF 123 KB
- Appendix 2 for Foreshore Trust Small Grants Programme, item 5 PDF 4 MB
Minutes:
Councillor Poole, Chair, explained the item relating to ‘Education Futures Trust’ would be excluded from discussion in respect of Councillor Forward’s prejudicial interest.
The Assistant Director, Regeneration and Culture advised that the Grants Advisory Panel had recommended an increase in the level of grant funds as follows:- Small grants up to £60,000 and Events grants up to £30,000. The committee discussed this fully and considered this an affordable increase against the background of future known commitments.
The committee were advised that there were several outstanding issues regarding the potential expansion of the eligible area for the Events Grants Scheme and recommended the matter be brought back to a future meeting once the issues had been resolved.
The Chair of the Grant Advisory Panel gave the committee an overview of the application process of the Foreshore Trust Small Grants Programme and answered questions from members of the committee. He stated that the current round had been heavily oversubscribed. Of the 40 applications received for funding, following a full assessment process, the panel had recommended that 14 applications for funding be approved at various levels and subject to certain conditions.
Councillor Batsford propose, and Councillor Forward seconded, approval of the recommendations by the Assistant Director, Regeneration and Culture’s report with the exception of a grant to the Education Futures Trust.
RESOLVED (unanimously) that –
1. Charity Committee accept the small grants recommendations of the Grant Advisory Panel, as set out in Appendix 1 of the Assistant Director, Regeneration and Culture’s report (excluding the ‘Education Futures Trust’ item, and;
2. Charity Committee increase the levels of the Small grants up to £60,000 and Events grants up to £30,000 for 2018/19 onwards.
The reason for this decision was:
The Grant Advisory Panel has appraised the merits of the applications received for Small Grant support and has made a number of recommendations for grant awards that can be funded from the available 2017-18 budgets.
Changes to the annual budgets were considered affordable.
Councillor Beaney returned to take the Chair and Councillor Forward left. Councillor Batsford proposed approval of the ‘Education Futures Trust’ grant, which was seconded by Councillor Poole.
RESOLVED (unanimously) that –
1. Charity Committee accept the Grant Advisory Panel’s recommendations in relation to the ‘Education Futures Trust’, as set out in Appendix 1 of the Assistant Director, Regeneration and Culture’s report.
The reason for this decision was:
The Grant Advisory Panel has appraised the merits of the applications received for Small Grant support and has made a number of recommendations for grant awards that can be funded from the available 2017-18 budgets.
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