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Community Initiative Funding

Meeting: 25/11/2019 - Worthing County Local Committee (Item 22)

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Report by the Director of Law and Assurance.

 

The report summarises Community Initiative Funding Applications submitted via the West Sussex Crowd and applications to the Microfund. The Committee is invited to consider the applications and pledge funding as appropriate.

Additional documents:

Decision:

The Committee considered the written report by the Director of Law and Assurance.

 

The Committee considered each application on it’s merits and it was RESOLVED that the following pledges be made:

 

a)   418/W - South Coast Skate Club CIC, ‘Skateboarding clubhouse for Worthing’, £2,000– towards purchasing a range of equipment and technology for the benefit of the young people’s skate community ahead of the clubhouse opening.

b)   451/W – Trading Places – Practical Skills Matter!, £5,000 towards establishing a community skills sharing hub at a high street location to deliver a trades training programme.

And the following grants be awarded:

c)   391/W – Turning Tides, ‘Community bus’, £750.00 - towards organising 15 annual coach trips enabling sustainable recovery and community reintegration among homeless adults.

d)   394/W - Transition Town Worthing CIC, ‘Mobile Energy Shop’, £343.99 - towards purchasing a refurbished bicycle and trailer to mobilise the group's service and reach areas affected by fuel poverty.

e)   452/W – Concordia, ‘National Citizen Service (NCS) Graduate Development Programme’ £749.99 - towards purchasing a PA system for use in event management and the provision of first training for up to 15 graduates, delivered by Forever First Aid

f)    453/W – Tide of Light, ‘The Valuing Volunteers Scheme’, £723.46 – towards the cost of equipping 100 group volunteers with highvis jackets for event marshalling, activity/workshop clothing and ID lanyards SUBJECT TO West Sussex County Council receiving feedback on the spend of any and all previous grants awarded.

g)   454/W - West Tarring Young People’s Hub, ‘Hub Garden’, £750.00 – towards purchasing gardening materials to create an openspace outdoor environment for young people to grow, learn and socialise.

h)   455/W – All Saint Church, ‘The Ark Project’, £701.93 – towards purchasing a laptop to be used by the project co-ordinator and promotional materials for the ‘Acts of Random Kindness’ (ARK) community initiative.

i)    456/W – Springboard Project, ‘Sensory play and development’, £731.20 – towards purchasing a range of play equipment for disabled children’s (aged 6-12) use during weekly respite sessions held at Palatine School.

And the following applications were deferred:

j)    401/W – South Coast Skate Club CIC, £750.00 – towards applying to enrol on a Skateboard England coaching qualification and purchasing 10 skateboard completes – as the applicant had already received a pledge through the West Sussex Crowd from the Committee. The Committee agreed to consider the application at the next meeting if the Spacehive Crowd Funding project was not successful.

The Call In Deadline for this decision is 3 December 2019.

Minutes:

22.1 The Committee considered the written report by the Director of Law and Assurance.

 

22.2 The Committee considered each application on it’s merits and it was RESOLVED that the following pledges be made:

 

a)   418/W - South Coast Skate Club CIC, ‘Skateboarding clubhouse for Worthing’, £2,000– towards purchasing a range of equipment and technology for the benefit of the young people’s skate community ahead of the clubhouse opening.

b)   451/W – Trading Places – Practical Skills Matter!, £5,000 towards establishing a community skills sharing hub at a high street location to deliver a trades training programme.

And the following grants be awarded:

c)   391/W – Turning Tides, ‘Community bus’, £750.00 - towards organising 15 annual coach trips enabling sustainable recovery and community reintegration among homeless adults.

d)   394/W - Transition Town Worthing CIC, ‘Mobile Energy Shop’, £343.99 - towards purchasing a refurbished bicycle and trailer to mobilise the group's service and reach areas affected by fuel poverty.

e)   452/W – Concordia, ‘National Citizen Service (NCS) Graduate Development Programme’ £749.99 - towards purchasing a PA system for use in event management and the provision of first training for up to 15 graduates, delivered by Forever First Aid

f)    453/W – Tide of Light, ‘The Valuing Volunteers Scheme’, £723.46 – towards the cost of equipping 100 group volunteers with highvis jackets for event marshalling, activity/workshop clothing and ID lanyards SUBJECT TO West Sussex County Council receiving feedback on the spend of any and all previous grants awarded.

g)   454/W - West Tarring Young People’s Hub, ‘Hub Garden’, £750.00 – towards purchasing gardening materials to create an openspace outdoor environment for young people to grow, learn and socialise.

h)   455/W – All Saint Church, ‘The Ark Project’, £701.93 – towards purchasing a laptop to be used by the project co-ordinator and promotional materials for the ‘Acts of Random Kindness’ (ARK) community initiative.

i)    456/W – Springboard Project, ‘Sensory play and development’, £731.20 – towards purchasing a range of play equipment for disabled children’s (aged 6-12) use during weekly respite sessions held at Palatine School.

And the following applications were deferred:

j)    401/W – South Coast Skate Club CIC, £750.00 – towards applying to enrol on a Skateboard England coaching qualification and purchasing 10 skateboard completes – as the applicant had already received a pledge through the West Sussex Crowd from the Committee. The Committee agreed to consider the application at the next meeting if the Spacehive Crowd Funding project was not successful.

The Call In Deadline for this decision is 3 December 2019.