To:       All Members of the Grants Sub-Committee (for attendance)

(Councillors Gaskill-Jones, Kennedy, Beckett, Savage, Barwell, Mellor, and Ellis)

All other Members of the Town Council (for information)

Dear Councillor

GRANTS SUB-COMMITTEE

You are summoned to attend a meeting of the Grants-Sub-Committee, to be held in the Town Council Chamber, Wyvern House, Winsford CW7 1AH at 3.30pm on Wednesday 10^th July 2019.

Yours sincerely

Mark Bailey

Town Clerk/Finance Officer

AGENDA

1. APOLOGIES 
2. ELECTION OF CHAIRMAN 
3. ELECTION OF VICE CHAIRMAN 
4. DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST

Members to declare any interest under the following categories:

• Disclosable Pecuniary Interest
• Outside Bodies Interest
• Family, Friend or Close Associate Interest

5. MINUTES OF LAST MEETING – 13^TH MARCH 2019

Minutes from the above meeting are attached for approval by Members (A)

6. MATTERS ARISING FROM THE LAST MEETING 

7. BUDGET PROFILE 2018/19

Members will recall that the Council took the decision to allocate £25,000 to the ‘Grants to Organisations’ budget for 2018/19.

In addition, the following sums were also allocated:

Play Leadership                                           £4,000

Junior Youth Worker, New Images             £5,000

As of 31^st March 2019, the amount available from the original budget is £4,734.96.

The other grants listed above have now been spent.

A budget profile document is to be found at (B)

8. ‘RING-FENCED’ EVENTS 2019/20

Members will be aware that the Council in previous years has awarded grants to a number of annual ‘ring-fenced’ Winsford events. In 2018/19, these events were (with grant figures included):

• Wellbeing Winsford (£1,000)
• ‘D’ Fest (£1,000)
• Salt Fair (£1,000)
• Christmas Street Festival (£1,000)

 RECOMMENDED:

(a). Members are asked to which of these annual ‘ring-fenced’ events they wish to fund for 2018/19 and, if Members do wish to fund these events

(b). Members are asked to confirm what information, if any, they wish to receive from each of the event organisers before any grant is confirmed

9. YOUTH WORKER/PLAY SCHEME

The Council has received two applications from the Winsford Youth Forum regarding the above areas of work.

• Youth Worker

This application seeks to access a grant of £5,500 to cover the cost of work at the junior club based in the New Images building in Winsford

• Play Scheme

This application is to access a grant of £4,400 which will be used to fund a play scheme in Winsford based at four venues

 Members should note that – as part of the 2019/20 budget – the above sums have been allocated under separate headings aside from the main grants budget for the Council.

RECOMMENDED:

Members are asked to approve or otherwise the applications made by the Winsford Youth Forum to access the funding allocated under these two headings by the Council.

10. GRANT APPLICATIONS

10(i) Delamere Street Festival

This application seeks a grant of £1,000 to cover the cost of the 2019 ‘D’ Fest (ring-fenced grant)

Events and Leisure

Children and Young People

10(ii) Winsford Community Disabled Football Group

This application seeks a grant of £338 to support two coaches to disabled football standard.

Events and Leisure

Providing Opportunities for Healthy Living

Children and Young People

10(iii) Winsford United F.C.

This application seeks a grant of £4,000 to replace the boiler and heating system.

Events and Leisure

Providing Opportunities for Healthy Living

10(iv) GIFT (Getting Involved, Finding Talent) – Retain Wellbeing CIC

This application seeks a grant of £2,000 to seek to connect adults who are feeling lonely and isolated in Winsford and help them to meet new people and try out new opportunities.

Proving opportunities for healthy living

Supporting older people and caring

10(v) Winsford, Middlewich and Northwich Sea Cadets

This application seeks a grant of £1,000 to provide equipment and resources for the Cadets’ Duke of Edinburgh Award training and qualification activities.

Providing opportunities for healthy living

Children and Young People

10(vi) Mid-Cheshire MIND

This application seeks a grant of £350 to reward volunteers.

 Improving learning and helping people into jobs

11. DATE OF NEXT MEETING

This item is for Members to agree a date for the next meeting of the Grants Sub-Committee.

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