Issue - meetings

Report by the Director of Law and Assurance.

The report summarises Community Initiative Funding Applications. The Committee is invited to consider the applications and pledge funding as appropriate.

The Community Initiative Fund is a County Local Committee (CLC) administered fund that provides assistance to local community projects. Bids should show evidence of projects that have the support of the community and make a positive impact on people’s wellbeing and support The West Sussex Plan.

At its meeting on 2 March 2020 the Worthing County Local Committee considered the Community Initiative Funding as set out in Appendix A and approved the following:

Microfund

·       471/W – Green Tides, ‘Office equipment to support secretary role’, £273.98 - towards purchasing a laptop, laminator and printer.  It was agreed that should Adur CLC not agree the other 50% of the application then Worthing would fund the whole application of £547.96.

·       475/W – It Socks to be Lonely Sometimes Ltd, ‘The Glamour Club’, £739.26 - towards purchasing publicity materials for the club's bi-monthly meets.

West Sussex Crowd

·       484/W – Worthing Choral Society, ‘Bringing Carmina to Worthing’, up to £2,224.00 - towards hiring Worthing Assembly Hall for final rehearsal and evening performance of 'Carmina Burana’.

The Committee also agreed to revoke the previously agreed pledge of £5,000.00 to 451/W – Trading Places – Practical Skills Matter as the project had not yet started fundraising and did not appear to be ready to in the near future.  Members agreed this could be reconsidered at a future date if the project started fundraising.

The call in deadline for this is 10 March 2020

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

33.2   The Committee considered each application and RESOLVED that the following awards be approved:

Microfund

·         471/W – Green Tides, ‘Office equipment to support secretary role’, £273.98 - towards purchasing a laptop, laminator and printer.  It was agreed that should Adur CLC not agree the other 50% of the application then Worthing would fund the whole application of £547.96.

·         475/W – It Socks to be Lonely Sometimes Ltd, ‘The Glamour Club’, £739.26 - towards purchasing publicity materials for the club's bi-monthly meets.

West Sussex Crowd

·         484/W – Worthing Choral Society, ‘Bringing Carmina to Worthing’, up to £2,224.00 - towards hiring Worthing Assembly Hall for final rehearsal and evening performance of 'Carmina Burana’.

The Committee also agreed to revoke the previously agreed pledge of £5,000.00 to 451/W – Trading Places – Practical Skills Matter as the project had not yet started fundraising and did not appear to be ready to in the near future.  Members agreed this could be reconsidered at a future date if the project started fundraising.