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Community Chest Funding 2017/2018: Deferred Recommendations

Meeting: 07/02/2017 - St Edmundsbury Cabinet (Item 307)

307 Recommendations from the Grant Working Party: Community Chest Funding - 2017/2018: Deferred Recommendations PDF 235 KB

Report No: CAB/SE/17/013

Portfolio Holder: Robert Everitt Lead Officer: Davina Howes

Decision:

RESOLVED:

That:

(1) the allocation of Community Chest funding for 2017/2018 be approved, namely:

(a) Suffolk Mind £4,970.30

(b) Catch 22,

Suffolk Positive Futures £8,189.00

(2) No Community Chest funding for 2017/2018 be awarded to Unit Twenty Three (‘Freefall’ production)

Minutes:

The Cabinet considered Report No: CAB/SE/17/013, which sought approval for recommendations of the Grant Working Party following its reconsideration of four applications for Community Chest funding in 2017/2018.

In the absence of Councillor Everitt, Portfolio Holder for Families and Communities, Councillor Ian Houlder, Portfolio Holder for Resources and Performance drew relevant issues to the attention of Cabinet, including that on 8 December 2016, recommendations of the Grant Working Party had been made to Cabinet following its consideration of applications for Community Chest funding in 2017/2018 (and in some cases, for 2018/2019). With the exception of four applications, these had been approved as recommended, for the reasons provided in Report No: CAB/SE/16/064. Cabinet had noted at that time that the Working Party had deferred its consideration of four applications pending receipt of further information.

The Working Party had now reconsidered these applications. The funding allocations to Suffolk Mind and Catch 22 (Suffolk Positive Futures) had been recommended in accordance with their applications; however, the Working Party considered that a reduced grant of £10,000 from its applied for figure of £12,294 should be awarded to HomeStart (Honington) and that although £5,000 had been applied for, no grant should be awarded to Unit Twenty Three (‘Freefall’ production), for the reasons provided in the report.

The Cabinet thanked the Working Party for its reconsideration of these applications and supported its recommendations.