Decision details

The Community Initiative Fund is a County Local Committee (CLC) administered fund that provides assistance to local community projects.

The Director of Law and Assurance, in consultation with the Chairman of Crawley County Local Committee and the Chairman of the Performance and Finance Scrutiny Committee, has used his delegated powers under Standing Order 3.45 to decide the following CIF Applications:

That the following Community Initiative Fund awards be made:

Micro Fund

• 534/C - YMCA DownsLink Group, Youth Advice Centre Crawley, £749.40 - towards purchasing materials to create packs for use during virtual art therapy sessions. 

• 541/C – Crawley Town Life Saving Club, ‘Gazebo project’, £740.00 - towards purchasing a permanent gazebo and chairs for use at community demonstrations.

• 544/C – Ifield Park Day Centre, ‘Keep in Touch’, £700.00 - towards purchasing items for weekly activity packs distributed over the course of an 8-week period.

• 555/C – Refugees Welcome Crawley, ‘Bicycles for refugees’, £744.00 - towards purchasing three women's bicycles, safety clothing and accessories.  

West Sussex Crowd

• 550/C – LPK Learning CIC, ‘Capturing Lockdown’, up to £1100- towards the cost of photo editing and creating a museum archive displaying community photos captured during COVID-19 lockdown.

• 551/C – Tamil Learning Centre Crawley, ‘COVID-19 post-relief project’, up to £1100 - towards purchasing stationery and sports equipment for students’ use post-COVID-19 lockdown.  As this project is in preparation stage, this pledge is subject to the project remaining the same as when Members reviewed it and the applicant receiving full verification from locality and starting fundraising by the end of the financial year.

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