Meeting documents

Grants Panel
Tuesday 27 August 2013 10.00 am

GRANTS PANEL – 27.08.13



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Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead
Document Title: Minutes of the Grants Panel – 27 August 2013
Author: Liz Hornby
Creation Date: August 13
GRANTS PANEL

27 AUGUST 2013

PRESENT: Councillors Bathurst (Chairman, for part of the meeting) Clive Bullock, Charles Hollingsworth (acting Chairman for part of the meeting) and Lynne Jones.
    Officers: Liz Hornby, Harjit Hunjan, David Scott and Mark Taylor.
        PART I

    ELECTION OF CHAIRMAN

    Due to the Chairman running late, it was agreed to elect an acting Chairman in his absence. Councillor Hollingsworth was duly elected until the Chairman arrived.

    APOLOGIES

    Apologies were received from Councillor Mrs Bateson.
      DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST
        None.
          MINUTES
              RESOLVED: That the Part I minutes of the meetings of the Grant Panel held on 28 May 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 the grants as detailed below be approved.
                    Revenue Grants
                      BUDGET: £16,000 allocated for 2013/14 plus £11,915 which was unallocated at the Annual Grants meeting. At the May 2013 meeting, £3,100 was allocated leaving a total of £24,815 unallocated.
                          Organisation
                          £
                          Bridge Trust Thames Valley
                          975
                          East Berkshire Multiple Sclerosis Society
                          1,000
                          Family Friends
                          1,000
                          Firestation Arts & Culture CIC
                          1,000
                          The Honeypot Children’s Charity*
                          500
                          Norden Farm (Lantern Parade)
                          1,000
                          Punjabi Milap Group
                          1,000
                          Samaritans
                          100
                          Windsor Festival Society Ltd**
                          500
                        GRANTS PANEL – 25.05.13
                          * The Honeypot Children’s Charity. The Panel requested additional information on how the children were identified and chosen to benefit from the respite care
                          ** The Windsor Festival Society Ltd. The Panel requested that the Festival review their September bookings in future so that if there were any dates they had nothing booked, but had pre-booked the room, they could be released back to the Royal Borough. It was suggested this could be written into their SLA.
                        Capital Grants
                          BUDGET: £6,500 is available funding for the Quarterly Capital Grants for 2013/14 due to unclaimed Capital Grants from previous years. None was allocated in May 2013.
                              OrganisationDescription
                              £
                              Bridge Trust Thames ValleyFor computer equipment, storage for children’s toys, creative materials, books etc. and software from Amazon
                              970
                            That with regret the following applications were refused:

                              All Saints Church, Bisham
                              Windsor Rifle Club

                            MEETING

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


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