(Councillor John
Burns declared a local non-pecuniary interest in Appendix 22:
Application from 'Haverhill Community Trust', as a trustee of this
organisation in his capacity as a Haverhill Town Councillor. In
addition, in the interests of openness and transparency, Councillor
Burns wished it to be recorded that he was involved with PIM:JAM
Festival in Haverhill which was raising money for ‘Suffolk
Accident and Rescue Service' (Application as Appendix 5).
Councillor Margaret Marks declared a local non-pecuniary interest
in Appendix 15: Application from 'REACH’, as she was named as
a referee for the application. Both
Members remained in the meeting for the consideration of these
items.)
The
Working Party considered Report No: GWP/SE/18/002, which sought
approval for a number of applications submitted for Community Chest
funding in the 2019/2020 financial year. The recommendations of the Grant Working Party
would be considered by the Shadow Executive (Cabinet) on 27
November 2018 for approval.
Applications for Community Chest funding for 2019/2020 closed on
28 September 2018. A total of 21
applications were received from a wide variety of organisations as
detailed in Appendix 1 to the report.
The total value of the applications received was
£240,744.35.
There were a number of potential synergies between the
applications and as such they were grouped in the following
categories for consideration by the Working Party:
- Health
- Family Support
- Counselling
- Advice, Advocacy and Support
- Arts, Sports and Young People
- Community Activities
Each
application was required to be evaluated in accordance with the
eligibility and selection criteria set out in Appendix 2, and was
considered in turn.
Following due consideration, the following was
agreed.
The Working Party considered
that the following applications met the eligibility and selection
criteria and were satisfied that funding should be recommended to
be allocated for 2019/2020 and 2020/2021, as applied
for:
(a) Gatehouse;
(b) Suffolk Accident Rescue Services
(SARS);
(c) Bury Drop
in;
(d) REACH
Community Projects;
(e) The Voluntary
Network – Community Transport; and
(f)
Haverhill Community Trust.
In respect of the above
organisations, they would be asked to
submit an evidence-based report (in addition
to the usual monitoring reporting), detailing the benefits and
success of their individual project in 2019/2020 so a re-assessment
can be made before releasing funding for
2020/2021. ...
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