Agenda item

Report by the Director of Law and Assurance.

The report summarises the Community Initiative Funding applications received via The West Sussex Crowd.  The Committee is invited to consider the applications and pledge funding if appropriate.

The Committee are also asked to receive feedback form successful project managers that were granted Community Initiative Funding at previous meetings.

At its meeting on 5 February 2019 the South Chichester County Local Committee considered the Community Initiative Funding applications received via the West Sussex Crowd as set out in Appendix A.

The following pledges were approved:-

295/C – Crawley Open Duke of Edinburgh Award Centre, Keep us hiking, up to £5091, toward new hiking equipment.

303/C – LPK Learning CIC, Discover Crawley Together, up to £4126, towards event publicity, venue hire and development of family learning activities.

306/C – Broadfield Community Centre, Broadfield Arts Festival 2019, up to £4801, toward designing & producing advertising material and hire marquee/stretch tent.

329/C – Pound Hill South Community Speed Watch, £569, towards purchasing a speed gun, tuning fork and reflective tops.

335/C – Phoenix Choir of Crawley, Community Choral Events, up to £1981, toward the hire cost of venue, choir stalls lighting and sound.

The Call-in Deadline is 6 March.

31.1 The Committee received a written report from the Director of Law and Assurance and considered the recommendation to grant funds to projects submitted to the West Sussex Crowd in line with the Community Initiative Fund Criteria.

31.2 The Committee considered each application for CIF on it’s merits and

RESOLVED that the following pledges be approved:-

295/C – Crawley Open Duke of Edinburgh Award Centre, Keep us hiking, up to £5091, toward new hiking equipment.

303/C – LPK Learning CIC, Discover Crawley Together, up to £4126, towards event publicity, venue hire and development of family learning activities.

306/C – Broadfield Community Centre, Broadfield Arts Festival 2019, up to £4801, toward designing & producing advertising material and hire marquee/stretch tent.

329/C – Pound Hill South Community Speed Watch, £569, towards purchasing a speed gun, tuning fork and reflective tops.

335/C – Phoenix Choir of Crawley, Community Choral Events, up to £1981, toward the hire cost of venue, choir stalls lighting and sound.