Agenda item

COUNCIL FUNDING FOR LOCAL ORGANISATIONS 2016/17

Minutes:

The Panel considered, for recommendation to Cabinet, the award of Council grants to local organisations for the forthcoming year. It was noted that all grants within Adult Social Care would be required to support the delivery of Care Act Objectives. Members considered how applications aligned with the Council’s objectives.

 

 

RECOMMENDED TO CABINET: That: 

i)  The grants as detailed below be approved, subject to:-

a)      The approval of the budget.

b)      The organisations receiving Capital Grants obtaining any requisite planning or building regulations consents and producing copies of audited accounts and evidence of the availability of finance for the remainder of the schemes.

c)      The organisations receiving Kidwells Trust Grants:-

i)     Providing suitable acknowledgement for the grant assistance in all publicity material.

ii)    Ensuring that there is adequate insurance cover for items purchased with grant assistance.  Continuing to look for other forms of sponsorship for special events.

d)      Organisations in receipt of Revenue and SLA Grants being required to complete an Annual Return Form which should demonstrate written evidence that the money had been spent according to their application and to identify the specific outcomes achieved as a result of the grant awarded.

e)      Organisations should, wherever possible, seek funding from other sources to ensure that they were not solely reliant on funding through the Royal Borough and it be noted that those organisations would not necessarily be automatically awarded funding year on year.

 

ii) That the following decisions be minuted in Part I following Cabinet’s agreement of the budget:

 

Revenue Grants

 

Organisation

£

Ascot Volunteer Bureau

1,000

Adult Dyslexia Service

900*

Art Beyond Belief

8,800

Ascot Area Alzheimer’s (Triple A)

1,000**

Ascot District Day Centre #1

1,825

Ascot District Day Centre #2

4,175

Autism Berkshire (Adults)

4,500

Autism Berkshire (Children’s)

3,000

Berkshire Community Foundation

4,500

Braywick Heath Nurseries

4,000***

Breastfeeding Network

5,000****

CHIME

770

Conservation Volunteers

3,000*****

Cruse Bereavement

500

Dash Charity

5,000

Elizabeth House

3,000

Family Friends

5,000

Guru Nanak Sat Sang Sabha

1,000

Maidenhead Festival

8,000******

Maidenhead Heritage Trust

10,000

Maidenhead Music Society

500

Old Windsor Carnival

2,500

Older Persons Advisory Forum

1,000

Park Fest (Larchfield Community Centre)

1,000

RVS York Community Centre and Café

1,500

Salvation Youth Trust

TBC*******

Sebastian’s Action Trust

2,000

Sequela Foundation

500

Thames Valley Mediation Service

3,000********

Windsor & Maidenhead Community Forum

4,500

Windsor & Maidenhead Symphony Orchestra

1,000

 

*Adult Dyslexia Service – Members requested the relevant Grants Officer to ensure any future applications included information on the number of residents using the service, staffing numbers and location.

**Ascot Area Alzheimer’s (Triple A) – relevant Grants Officer to highlight  that in future more comprehensive details to be submitted in relation to the activities that will be carried out using the money from the Royal Borough and the need to demonstrate funding sought elsewhere.

***Braywick Heath Nurseries – funding awarded on condition the organisation work with either WAM Get Involved or Community Enterprise in order to become more financially sustainable. Relevant Grant Officer to ensure this occurs.

****Breastfeeding Network – Delegate decision to Chairman and Vice-Chairman once relevant Grants Officer has confirmed how the organisation is already supported by Public Health.

*****Conservation Volunteers – relevant Grants Officer to ensure the organisation submits local accounts for any future application.

****** Maidenhead Festival - Relevant Grants officer to suggest organisation apply for additional funding through Quarterly Grants process.

********Salvation Youth Trust – Decision deferred so that Children’s Services can confirm if this application will become an SLA. Once information is made available to all Panel Members, the Chairman and Vice-Chairman be delegated authority to make the final decision. Further information was also requested by the Panel to find out why the organisation is focusing their project on fathers and sons only.

********* Thames Valley Mediation Service – Decision delegated to Chairman and Vice-Chairman once information on the organisation’s accounts has been provided via the relevant Grants Officer.

That with regret, the following applications were refused:

 

ABC to read (already received funding from the RBWM/3 fund)

Maidenhead Amateur Swimming Club

TWBSBC

Windsor Chinese Academy

 

N.B: Out of a total budget of £123,000, £97,470 was allocated which left £25,530 unallocated from the Revenue budget.  The Panel agreed that this funding should be made available to be allocated for consideration at the Quarterly Grants Panels during 2016/17.

                                                                                             

Capital Grants

 

Organisation

Description

£

Braywick Heath Nurseries

To Modernise and upgrade their computer systems with 6no. new PCs, new display screens, software packages with licenses, in-house email server software and Microsoft Office packages

1,000

Elizabeth House

To install a new kitchen with a new air extraction system, new flooring and new worktops

4,000

Maidenhead & Windsor Community Responders

To go towards the purchase of a new 4x4 vehicle

2,500

Maidenhead Heritage Trust

For the purchase of a new display screen

650

 

Maidenhead United FC Charitable Trust

To go towards the purchase of 3no defibrillators

2,394*

Norden Farm

For funding towards their replacement and renewals plan  which comprises new IT, refurb of Foyer toilets and technical sound and lighting equipment.

6,000

Old Windsor Memorial Hall

To go towards the costs of purchasing and installing a key pad door entry system

1,000

SportsAble

To go towards development costs such as: Project Management, Stakeholder/partner engagement, project design, site investigations & Surveys, Detailed project budget and detailed business case before work commences on building an extension

4,000

St Peters Church

To go towards the costs of raising enough funds to convert the church into a resource for all sections and ages of the community. To include: external weatherproofing, internal re-plastering, redecoration, installation of two toilets, installation of kitchen, removal of pews to create a multi-functional space.

500

TWBSBC

For the purchase of a new double boat.

3,500

Windsor & Eton Sea Cadets

To go towards the purchase of a new mini bus.

3,000

PCC Windsor Parish Church with All Saints

To go towards the restoration of 3-manual and pedal organs

5,000**

 

 

*Maidenhead United FC – relevant Grants Officer to suggest to local Ward Councillors that they could provide additional funding via the Members’ Participatory Budget scheme.

**PCC Windsor Parish Church with all Saints – the Panel wished ti to be highlighted that the funding was provided in recognition of the community and school activities undertaken at the church, including Windsor Festival, Windsor Fringe and carol concerts.

 

That with regret, the following applications were refused:

 

Cox Green School

 

 

N.B: Out of a total budget of £40,000, £33,544 was allocated which left £6,456 unallocated from the Capital budget.  The Panel agreed that this funding should be made available to be allocated for consideration at the Quarterly Grants Panels during 2016/17.

 

Kidwells Trust Grants

 

Organisation

Description

£

Maidenhead Choral Society

Towards the costs of putting on a concert

200

Maidenhead Music Society

To engage more well-known artists for and for a broader advertising strategy.

500

Windsor Fringe

To promote the ever-expanding “Exhibition and Artists Open House”.

250

Windsor & Maidenhead Symphony Orchestra

To cover the cost of hire of Eton College School Hall

2,500

 

N.B. Out of a total budget of £10,000, £3,450 was allocated which left £6,550 unallocated. The Panel agreed that this funding should be made available to be allocated for consideration at the Quarterly Grants Panels during 2016/17.

 

Service Funded Grants

 

Organisation

£

Libraries, Arts & Heritage

 

Firestation Arts & Culture

80,000

Norden Farm Centre for the Arts

100,000

Windsor Festival Society

15,000*

Windsor Fringe

2,500

 

 

Adult & Community

 

Maidenhead Mencap

6,000

Thames Valley Positive Support

13,500

Windsor Mencap Buddy Scheme

8,000

Windsor Old People’s Welfare Association

10,000

 

* Windsor Festival Society – relevant Grants officer to suggest organisation apply for additional funding through Quarterly Grants process