Agenda item

Report No: EXC/SA/18/013

Shadow Executive (Cabinet) Member: Robin Millar

Lead Officers: Davina Howes and Lucy Pettitt

RESOLVED

That:

 

(1)     the allocation of Community Chest funding for 2019/2020, as previously approved in 2017/2018 as part of two-year funding agreements, be noted, (Report No: CAB/FH/17/065 refers) namely:

(a)     Epic Dads	£15,000
(b)     Anglia Care	£3,434
(c)     Restoration Trust	£3,611

 

 

 

 

 

 

(2)     The allocation of Community Chest funding for 2019/20, be approved, as amended to correct the typographical error in Report No: EXC/SA/18/013, whereby the allocation to Citizens Advice Suffolk West should have read £40,000 and not £45,000, as printed, namely:

 

(a)     Alumah CIO – Freedom programme	£4,000
(b)     HomeStart Mid & West Suffolk	£15,612.65
(c)     The Voluntary Network – Connect & Support	£7,966.66
(d)     Sharing Parenting	£27,160
(e)     Citizens Advice Newmarket	£35,000
(f)      Citizens Advice Suffolk West	£40,000
(g)     Our Special Friends	£7,740
(h)     Arts for Us	£5,000
(i)     Young People of the Year (YOPEY)	£4,000
(j)      The Racing Centre – Newmarket	£5,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(3)     subject to the budget setting process for    2020/2021, and subject to the satisfactory submission of evidence-based reports detailing the benefits and success of each individual project in 2019/2020, the allocation of Community Chest funding for 2019/2020 and 2020/2021, be approved, namely:

	2019/20	2020/21
(a)     Fresh Start – New Beginnings	£11,600	£11,600
(b)     Relate Norfolk and Suffolk	£2,000	£2,000
(c)     The Voluntary Network – Community Transport	£18,331	£17,961

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(4)     No Community Chest funding for 2019/2020 be awarded to:

 

(a)     Aspect Living – Meals on Wheels

(b)     Suffolk Accident Rescue Service (SARS)

(c)     Families and More

(d)     HomeStart In Suffolk

(e)     Mentis Tree CIC

(f)      Citizens Advice Suffolk West (Money Smart)

(g)     Newmarket Day Centre

(h)     Lakenheath FC

(i)      Friends of Newmarket Library.

(Councillor Robin Millar declared a local non pecuniary interest for being associated with the EPIC Dads organisation, and being known to the applicant of Our Special Friends in a personal capacity.  He remained in the meeting during the consideration of this item but did not vote.)

 

The Shadow Executive (Cabinet) considered the above report which sought approval for the allocation of Forest Heath District Council’s (FHDC) Community Chest grant funding to various organisations for the 2019/2020 year.

 

Applications for FHDC Community Chest funding for 2019/2020 closed on 28 September 2018.  A total of 22 applications had been received from a wide variety of organisations as outlined in the report.  The total budget for Community Chest for 2019/2020 was £205,455.31, which included £20,205.31 carried over as unallocated funds from 2018/2019.  £22,045.00 was allocated from this year’s budget as second year funding agreed in 2017.  Applicants could apply for a maximum of two years.

 

Councillor Robin Millar, one of the Shadow Executive (Cabinet) Members with the responsibility for Families and Communities, drew relevant issues to the attention of the Shadow Executive, including that in his capacity as FHDC Portfolio Holder for Families and Communities, he had considered each of the 22 applications for Community Chest funding in detail, as summarised in the report.  Subsequently, he had recommended for funding those that he considered satisfactorily meet the eligibility and selection criteria, with some being recommended for two-years’ funding subject to the satisfactory submission of evidence-based reports detailing the benefits and success of each individual project in 2019/2020.

 

Councillor Millar conveyed his thanks to the Families and Communities Officers who had worked closely with and encouraged organisations to apply for funding to help enable their respective projects to come to fruition.

 

Nine applications had been considered not to be eligible for funding on this occasion, the reasons for which were provided in paragraph 1.6 of the report. Councillor Millar acknowledged the value of the work of these  organisations and stated that officers provided feedback and supported unsuccessful applicants in trying to obtain alternative sources of funding.

 

A typographical error was identified in the recommendations contained in the report, whereby it stated that £45,000 would be granted to Citizens Advice Suffolk West, when it should have stated £40,000, as contained in the body of the report. 

 

The Shadow Executive (Cabinet) supported the recommendations and were voted upon and carried with the above typographical amendment accordingly.

 

 

RESOLVED:

 

That:

 

(1)     the allocation of Community Chest funding for 2019/2020, as previously approved in 2017/2018 as part of two-year funding agreements, be noted, (Report No: CAB/FH/17/065 refers) namely:

(a)     Epic Dads	£15,000
(b)     Anglia Care	£3,434
(c)     Restoration Trust	£3,611

 

 

 

 

 

 

(2)     The allocation of Community Chest funding for 2019/20, be approved, as amended to correct the typographical error in Report No: EXC/SA/18/013, whereby the allocation to Citizens Advice Suffolk West should have read £40,000 and not £45,000, as printed, namely:

 

(a)     Alumah CIO – Freedom programme	£4,000
(b)     HomeStart Mid & West Suffolk	£15,612.65
(c)     The Voluntary Network – Connect & Support	£7,966.66
(d)     Sharing Parenting	£27,160
(e)     Citizens Advice Newmarket	£35,000
(f)      Citizens Advice Suffolk West	£40,000
(g)     Our Special Friends	£7,740
(h)     Arts for Us	£5,000
(i)     Young People of the Year (YOPEY)	£4,000
(j)      The Racing Centre – Newmarket	£5,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(3)     subject to the budget setting process for    2020/2021, and subject to the satisfactory submission of evidence-based reports detailing the benefits and success of each individual project in 2019/2020, the allocation of Community Chest funding for 2019/2020 and 2020/2021, be approved, namely:

	2019/20	2020/21
(a)     Fresh Start – New Beginnings	£11,600	£11,600
(b)     Relate Norfolk and Suffolk	£2,000	£2,000
(c)     The Voluntary Network – Community Transport	£18,331	£17,961

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(4)     No Community Chest funding for 2019/2020 be awarded to:

 

(a)     Aspect Living – Meals on Wheels

(b)     Suffolk Accident Rescue Service (SARS)

(c)     Families and More

(d)     HomeStart In Suffolk

(e)     Mentis Tree CIC

(f)      Citizens Advice Suffolk West (Money Smart)

(g)     Newmarket Day Centre

(h)     Lakenheath FC

(i)      Friends of Newmarket Library.