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    Community Chest Grant Aid Awards to Voluntary Organisations 2016/17

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    Decision Maker: Grants Panel

    Decision status: Recommendations Approved

    Is Key decision?: Yes

    Is subject to call in?: Yes

    Decision:

    Following full consideration of all the submissions received, Councillors
    S Criswell and J Gray have approved the following applications for Community Chest Grant Awards for 2016/2017:

     

    Ref No.

    16/17

     

     

    Applicant

    Award

    (£)

    01

     

    Medway Christian Fellowship

    1,750

    03

     

    St Ives Carnival & Music Festival

    2,500

    07

     

    Barney’s After School & Holiday Club

    475

    08

     

    Relate Cambridgeshire

     

    2,500

    09

    Ramsey & District Day Centre

     

    1,000

    11

    New Saints Armature Boxing Club

     

    900

    12

    Huntingdon, Peterborough & Cambridge Multiple Sclerosis Therapy Centre

     

    5,000

    13

    Cambridgeshire Police Shrievalty Trust

     

    3,000

    17

    STRIVE (Huntingdon Young Adult Carers Group) – Carers Trust Cambridgeshire

     

    2,000

    19

    Godmanchester Rovers (Godmanchester Sports & Football Trust)

     

    2,000

    20

     

    SIMADS (St Ives Music and Drama Society)

    5,000

    25

     

    Offord Village Hall

    515

    27

     

    Great Paxton Community Shop

    5,000

    29

     

    Somersham Town Band

    1,500

    31

     

    Darby & Joan Club, St Ives

    250

    32

     

    Huntingdon Society for the Blind

    3,750

    33

     

    CARESCO

    375

    34

     

    Team Bex

    850

    41

     

    Buckden Village Hall Trust

    3,700

    45

     

    Great Staughton Playing Field Committee

    3,252

    48

     

    Huntingdon Community Action Projects

    5,000

    49

     

    Stilton Memorial Hall Committee

    5,000

    50

     

    Huntingdon Piranhas Swimming Club

    2,500

    51

     

    COPE (Cambridgeshire Older Peoples Enterprise)

     

    500

    53

     

    1st Loves Farm Guiding

    275

    55

     

    Alconbury Community Pre-School

    3,400

     

    Total

     

    61,962

     

     

     

    Reasons for the decision:

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

    Alternative options considered:

    All options regarding the applications submitted were outlined in the Officer’s report.  Appendix 1 detailed a list of the applications received and Appendix 2 provided a summary of the applications including Officer’s comments.

     

    Resource Implications:

    £60,000, which is within the Council’s approved budget for 2016/2017.

    Publication date: 01/07/2016

    Date of decision: 30/06/2016

    Decided at meeting: 30/06/2016 - Grants Panel

    Effective from: 09/07/2016

    Accompanying Documents:

    • Grants - Report pdf icon PDF 137 KB
    • Grants Panel - Appendix 1 pdf icon PDF 148 KB
    • Grants Panel - Appendix 2 pdf icon PDF 607 KB