Agenda item

Report No:   CAB/SE/15/081

Cabinet Member: Robert Everitt      Lead Officer: Davina Howes

RESOLVED:

That:

(1)     the allocation of Community Chest funding for 2016/2017, as detailed in Report No: GWP/SE/15/004, be approved, namely:

(2)     Subject to the provision of a presentation on the work of the organisation prior to consideration of an allocation of funding for 2017/2018 and beyond, Community Chest funding for Suffolk West Citizens Advice Bureau of £182,500 for 2016/2017, be approved;

 (3)    subject to the budget setting process for 2017/2018, and subject to the satisfactory submission of evidence-based reports detailing the benefits and success of each individual project in 2016/2017, the allocation of Community Chest funding for 2016/2017 and 2017/2018, be approved, namely:

(4)     Due to not being considered to be appropriate for Community Chest funding but with the intention of signposting to alternative funding sources available, Community Chest funding for 2016/2017 not be awarded to:

(5)     No Community Chest funding for 2016/2017 be awarded to:

(a)     YMCA Suffolk;               

(b)     Young People of the Year - Befriending;              

(c)     Fresh Start – New Beginnings; and                   

(d)     Suffolk Young People’s Health Project (4YP).

(6)     No allocation of Community Chest funding for 2018/2019 be approved at this present time.

Decisions emanating from Addendum to Report No: CAB/SE/15/081:

(7)    

(a)     an allocation of £9,000 Community Chest funding to Mentis Tree for 2016/2017, be approved;

(b)     no Community Chest funding for 2016/2017 be awarded to Sue Ryder; and

(c)     following further discussions with the Families and Communities Team, a revised application from Suffolk Rape Crisis be submitted to the Grant Working Party for consideration in January 2016 with a view to making a recommendation to Cabinet on 9 February 2016.

The Cabinet considered Report No: CAB/SE/15/081, which presented the recommendations of the Grant Working Party emanating from its meeting on 16 November 2015.

Councillor Robert Everitt, Portfolio Holder for Families and Communities, drew relevant issues to the attention of the Cabinet including that the Grant Working Party had considered a total of 21 applications for Community Chest funding in 2016/2017.  A wide variety of organisations had submitted applications, as detailed in Appendix 1 to Report No: GWP/SE/15/004.  The Community Chest budget for 2016/2017 was £281,483 and applicants could apply for a maximum of three years.

Each application, including those felt more appropriate for alternative funding sources as detailed in Section 1.4 of the Cabinet report, had been summarised in Appendix 1 to Report No: GWP/SE/15/004  with the full applications attached as appendices to that report.  Each application was required to be evaluated in accordance with the eligibility and selection criteria set out in Appendix 24, and was considered in turn, as set out in the Cabinet report.

Following due consideration, recommendations for funding had been put forward to the Cabinet for the reasons provided in Report No; CAB/SE/15/081.

Members noted that the Working Party had decided to defer its consideration of three of the applications pending receipt of further information.  These applications had now been evaluated by email and the Working Party’s recommendations had previously been circulated to Cabinet by email and tabled at the meeting as an addendum to Report No: CAB/SE/15/081.

Subject to the approval of the recommendations, £35,477 remained in the 2016/2017 Community Chest.

Officers were recognised for their work in encouraging organisations to apply for funding and the Working Party was commended for its subsequent exceptionally thorough consideration of the applications.

RESOLVED:

That:

(1)     the allocation of Community Chest funding for 2016/2017, as detailed in Report No: GWP/SE/15/004, be approved, namely:

(2)     Subject to the provision of a presentation on the work of the organisation prior to consideration of an allocation of funding for 2017/2018 and beyond, Community Chest funding for Suffolk West Citizens Advice Bureau of £182,500 for 2016/2017, be approved;

 (3)    subject to the budget setting process for 2017/2018, and subject to the satisfactory submission of evidence-based reports detailing the benefits and success of each individual project in 2016/2017, the allocation of Community Chest funding for 2016/2017 and 2017/2018, be approved, namely:

(4)     Due to not being considered to be appropriate for Community Chest funding but with the intention of signposting to alternative funding sources available, Community Chest funding for 2016/2017 not be awarded to:

(5)     No Community Chest funding for 2016/2017 be awarded to:

(a)     YMCA Suffolk;               

(b)     Young People of the Year - Befriending;              

(c)     Fresh Start – New Beginnings; and                   

(d)     Suffolk Young People’s Health Project (4YP).

(6)     No allocation of Community Chest funding for 2018/2019 be approved at this present time.

Decisions emanating from Addendum to Report No: CAB/SE/15/081:

(7)    

(a)     an allocation of £9,000 Community Chest funding to Mentis Tree for 2016/2017, be approved;

(b)     no Community Chest funding for 2016/2017 be awarded to Sue Ryder; and

(c)     following further discussions with the Families and Communities Team, a revised application from Suffolk Rape Crisis be submitted to the Grant Working Party for consideration in January 2016 with a view to making a recommendation to Cabinet on 9 February 2016.