Decision details
North Horsham Community Initiative Funding (NH05(19/20))
Decision Maker: North Horsham County Local Committee
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: No
Is subject to call in?: Yes
Decision:
· The Committee considered a report by the Director of Law and Assurance (copy appended to the signed minutes).
· Resolved -
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That the following award(s) be made:
403/NH – West Sussex Music Trust, ‘Musical
Chairs’, up to £1000 - towards purchasing 100
specialist chairs for four orchestras including young
musicians.
408/NH – Horsham and Shipley Community
Project, up to £550.00 – towards delivering a two-day
first aid training course for group leaders plus purchasing a
gazebo.
409/NH – Horsham Unit St John Ambulance,
‘Assistance Needed’, £746.00 – towards
replacing five hand-held radios with the latest model to provide
volunteers with medical advice at events.
410/NH – Brighton Road Baptist Church
Playschool, ‘New printer’, £228.48 –
towards purchasing a new printer in order to produce educational
resources and carry out administrative duties.
412/NH – West Sussex Mediation Service,
£600 – towards updating and re-printing portfolio of
six leaflet designs to incorporate Queen’s Award for
Voluntary Service.
414/NH – The Olive Tree Cancer Support Group, ‘TechnoRelax’, £600.00 – towards providing wellbeing workshops for members using ImmersiCare therapy equipment. On the condition that they provide a feedback and information report on the session trials to the Committee.
431/NH – Fare Divide, Horsham community
fridge, up to £500 – towards purchasing a
fridge/freezer and other start-up equipment to launch the second
community fridge project of its kind, on the condition that they
first source a permanent venue and approach supermarkets about
donating food items to the fridge.
· That the following applications be declined:
429/NH – Happy Accidents CIC, Horsham Children’s Parade 2020, £2,047.00 – towards securing the event’s marquee and purchasing arts materials. This is due to the same organisation receiving £3,500 from the Community Initiative Fund in 2018.
411/NH – Friends of Horsham Park, £709.00 – towards purchasing a gazebo to put on more community events and avoid hiring per each event in future. This was due to the organisation receiving £750 from the Community Initiative Fund in June 2019.
· That the following application(s) be deferred:
413/NH – The Phoenix Stroke Club, ‘Virtual reality
sessions’, £600.00 – towards delivering virtual
reality-themed group sessions to club members. The Committee have
requested further information on the sessions, the equipment and
the financial situation of the organisation.
430/NH – Rudgwick
Tennis Club, Clubhouse for Rudgwick
Tennis Club, £55,332.00 – towards the cost of
associated materials needed to build a new clubhouse. This was
deferred until the project starts fundraising on the West Sussex
Crowd.
The Call-In Deadline is 12 November 2019.
Publication date: 05/11/2019
Date of decision: 04/11/2019
Decided at meeting: 04/11/2019 - North Horsham County Local Committee
Effective from: 13/11/2019
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