Meeting documents

Grants Panel
Tuesday 26 November 2013 9.40 am

GRANTS PANEL – 26.11.13



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Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead
Document Title: Minutes of the Grants Panel – 26 November 2013
Author: Wendy Binmore
Creation Date: December13
GRANTS PANEL

26 NOVEMBER 2013

PRESENT: Councillors Bathurst (Chairman), Mrs Christine Bateson (Vice-Chairman), Clive Bullock, Charles Hollingsworth and Lynne Jones.
    Officers: Wendy Binmore, Andrew Green, Harjit Hunjan, Mark Taylor and Karen Williams
        PART I

    APOLOGIES

    None.
      DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST
        None.
          MINUTES
              RESOLVED: That the Part I minutes of the meetings of the Grant Panel held on 27 August 2013 be approved.
              COUNCIL FUNDING FOR LOCAL ORGANISATIONS
                The Panel considered the award of Council grants to local organisations for the relevant quarter and agreed that they be recorded in Part I.
                    RESOLVED UNANIMOUSLY: That:

                    i) the grants as detailed below be approved.
                    Revenue Grants
                      BUDGET: £16,000 allocated for 2013/14 plus £6,915 which was unallocated at the Annual Grants meeting. In May '13 £3,100 was allocated. In Aug '13 £7,075 was allocated leaving a total of £12740.
                          Organisation
                          £
                          Clewer Youth Community Centre
                          500
                          Alexander Devine Children’s Hospice
                          1,000
                          Family Friends***
                          1,000
                          Maidenhead & District Stroke Club
                          500
                          Norden Farm
                          1000
                          Punjabi Milap Group*
                          1,000
                          Thames Hospice Care
                          500
                          The Sequela Foundation**
                          1000
                          Youthline
                          500
                        GRANTS PANEL – 25.05.13
                          * Punjabi Milap Group. The Panel requested that the Community and Business Partnerships Manager advise the group on other potential sources of funding.
                          ** The Sequela Foundation. The Panel requested the Community and Business Partnerships Manager to signpost the services of the Foundation to NHS Partners
                          *** Family Friends. The Panel requested that the Head of Services for Families & Young People to look into this organisation to establish if some of the services they provided could be dealt with under SLA funding instead.
                        Capital Grants
                          BUDGET: £6,500 available funding for the Quarterly Capital Grants for 2013/14 due to unclaimed Capital Grants from previous years. None was allocated in May 2013, £970 was allocated in Aug '13 leaving balance of £5530.
                              OrganisationDescription
                              £
                              Bridge Trust Thames ValleyThere is a need for extra storage.
                              Outside Shed for the QMH from B&Q
                              Cupboard for storage at the QMH
                              3 x small CD players, 4 x Highchairs
                              2 x baby bouncer, 1 x Stairgate, 2 x Play mats, Toys and Jigsaws, Storage Boxes, Computer mouse and Bag
                              500
                              Bray Village HallStorage, lighting, toilets and decoration all need attention throughout the building and there is also a need to improve the external fabric of the building following a recent survey of the structure. There was recent damage to the building making the works required more urgent.
                              2000
                              Sunningdale Village HallHaving just finished the building works over the summer for asbestos removal and toilet facilities, the heaters have broken down and parts are no longer available. It is also suspected that the heaters contain asbestos. All of the heaters within the building now need to be tested, removed and new heating installed.
                              1000

                          ii) The decision to award Bridge Trust Thames Valley Revenue funding of up to £1,000 and to award East Berkshire Multiple Sclerosis Society Revenue funding of up to £1,000 be delegated to the Chairman and Vice-Chairman following updated information on annual accounts of expenditure and income from the Head of Education, Strategy and Commissioning and Community and Business Partnerships Manager respectively.

                          iii) The decision to award Vitalise Revenue funding of up to £765 be deferred until February 2014 Quarterly Grants Panel to allow the Community and Business Partnership Manager to seek further information on how many services users helped were Borough residents and when they were helped.

                          iv) with regret the following applications were refused:
                            Glow Enterprises CIC (revenue) – the Panel requested the Community and Business Partnerships Manager to advise the group in relation to social enterprise grants
                            St Mary’s C of E Church (capital)

                            MEETING

                            The meeting which began at 9.40am, ended at 10.45am

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