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    Community Chest Grant Aid Awards to Voluntary Organisations 2015/16

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    Decision Maker: Grants Panel

    Decision status: Recommendations Approved

    Is Key decision?: Yes

    Is subject to call in?: Yes

    Purpose:

    To allocate £60k in the 2015/2016 financial year from the Community Chest Award Scheme.

    Decision:

    Following full consideration of all the submissions received, Councillors Gray and Harrison have approved the following applications for Community Chest Grant Awards for 2015/2016:

     

    ORGANISATION

    AMOUNT

    7th & 8th Cambridgeshire FSE Marine Scout Group, St Ives

    £1,095

    Abbotsley Village Hall

    £1,691

    Applepips Pre-School, Offord

    £4,000

    Bluntisham Allotments & Leisure Gardeners Association

    £600

    Brampton Scout Hut

    £2,330

    Covington Amenities Committee

    £1,250

    CIFA Majorettes, St Ives

    £390

    Eaton Socon Cricket Club

    £2,000

    Ellington Gala

    £575

    Fusion Family & Youth Project

    £4,245

    Great Staughton Playing Field Committee

    £175

    Great Staughton Pre-School (Piglets)

    £4,500

    Holy Cross Yelling PCC

    £750

    Houghton & Wyton Scout Hut Fund

    £5,000

    Huntingdon Boat Club

    £1,184

    Huntingdon Commemoration Hall Charity

    £940

    Huntingdonshire Society for the Blind

    £1,250

    Huntingdon Swimming Club

    £2,500

    Hunts Community Youth Orchestra

    £3,400

    Needingworth Cricket Club

    £1,600

    Norris Museum, St Ives

    £2,500

    Old Weston Village Hall

    £3,400

    Sawtry Methodist Indoor Bowls Club

    £750

    Southoe Village Hall Management Committee

    £2,125

    St Ives Carnival & Music Festival

    £1,500

    St Neots Lawn Tennis Club

    £5,000

    The Friends of St Peters Church Offord D'Arcy

    £600

    Wheatfields Nursery Association, St Ives

    £3,400

    Yelling Parish Council

    £1,250

     

     

    Reasons for the decision:

    To determine awards from the Community Chest funds to assist small-scale or short-term village/community initatives.

    Alternative options considered:

    All options were outlined in the Officer’s report.  Table 1 detailed applications recommended for approval; Table 2 detailed applications not recommended for approval on the basis that they failed to meet the criteria against which applications were assessed; and Table 3 detailed applications recommended for approval subject to available funding.

     

    Resource Implications:

    £60,000 which is within the 2015/2016 budget.

    Report author: Melanie Stimpson

    Publication date: 13/07/2015

    Date of decision: 09/07/2015

    Decided at meeting: 09/07/2015 - Grants Panel

    Effective from: 22/07/2015

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