Agenda item

District-wide Voluntary Sector Grants 2016/17

Meeting of District Executive, Thursday 3rd March 2016 9.30 am (Item 149.)

Decision:

RESOLVED:	That District Executive:
	1.	approved the proposed funding for 2016/17, for the organisations numbered 3 to 5 in Table 1 below;
	2.	noted that 2016/17 funding for Citizens Advice South Somerset and South Somerset Voluntary and Community Action were subject to separate reports following reviews commissioned by the Portfolio Holder. In both cases District Executive recommended a further 12 month funding at the 2015/16 level.

Description	What isit for	Budgetfor 2016/17 £	BudgetHolder/Lead Officer	Funding recommended £
1) CAB Grants	SLA with CitizensAdvice South Somerset	121,730	Kim Close	121,730	Previously agreed by District Exec 03/12/15
2) CVS Grants	SLA with SouthSomersetVoluntaryand Community Action	74,260	Helen Rutter	74,260	Previously agreed by District Exec 04/02/15
3) Equalities & Diversity	SLA with Access for All	10,000	Jo Morgan	9,000
4) Youth Development	SLA with Somerset Rural Youth Project	8,000	Rob Parr	8,000
5) DistrictWide Healthand Well-beinggrants	SLAswith: · Actiontrack Performance Company, · Take Art, · Somerset Art Works, · Somerset Film.	20,150	Pauline Burr	2,000 10,500 3,500 2,000 18,000
	Total	230,990		35,000

Reason:

To approve the levels of funding for the District-wide voluntary sector organisations seeking financial support from SSDC in 2016/17.

Minutes:

The Portfolio Holder for Leisure and Culture introduced the report and the Third Sector & Partnerships Co-ordinator presented it in more detail. He reminded members that funding for Citizens Advice South Somerset and South Somerset Voluntary & Community Action had already been agreed but data monitoring to date was included within the report.

In response to comments made by members and by the Scrutiny Committee, officers responded to points of detail and explained that:

· Use of digital technology and being involved with carnivals in South Somerset had increased participant numbers significantly for Somerset Film.

· As Somerset Rural Youth Project had been successful with projects to help reduce anti-social behaviour, the requests for them to work in communities with such issues had reduced.

At the end of a brief discussion members acknowledged the valuable work of volunteers, and were content to approve funding to the organisations numbered 3 to 5 as indicated in table 1 on page 65 of the agenda.

RESOLVED:	That District Executive:
	1.	approved the proposed funding for 2016/17, for the organisations numbered 3 to 5 in Table 1 below;
	2.	noted that 2016/17 funding for Citizens Advice South Somerset and South Somerset Voluntary and Community Action were subject to separate reports following reviews commissioned by the Portfolio Holder. In both cases District Executive recommended a further 12 month funding at the 2015/16 level.

Description	What isit for	Budgetfor 2016/17 £	BudgetHolder/Lead Officer	Funding recommended £
1) CAB Grants	SLA with CitizensAdvice South Somerset	121,730	Kim Close	121,730	Previously agreed by District Exec 03/12/15
2) CVS Grants	SLA with SouthSomersetVoluntaryand Community Action	74,260	Helen Rutter	74,260	Previously agreed by District Exec 04/02/15
3) Equalities & Diversity	SLA with Access for All	10,000	Jo Morgan	9,000
4) Youth Development	SLA with Somerset Rural Youth Project	8,000	Rob Parr	8,000
5) DistrictWide Healthand Well-beinggrants	SLAswith: · Actiontrack Performance Company, · Take Art, · Somerset Art Works, · Somerset Film.	20,150	Pauline Burr	2,000 10,500 3,500 2,000 18,000
	Total	234,140		35,000