Purpose

The Council's delegated budgets
scheme allocates budgets of £6,500 to each Ward Councillor
covered for the financial year 2025/2026. The funding for this
scheme can be spent on supplementing funding public services, for
the benefit of the local community.
 

Councillor Mel Fenlon of
Bloomfield ward has requested:

(i)              
£100.00 as a ward councillor donation to
Memory Lane Cafe towards the cost of VE Day
celebrations.

(ii)            
£75.00 as a ward councillor donation to Red
Rose Women’s Group towards the cost of VE Day
celebrations.
 
Councillor Jim Hobson of
Bloomfield ward has requested:

(i)              
£100.00 as a ward councillor donation to
Memory Lane Cafe towards the cost of VE Day
celebrations.

(ii)            
£75.00 as a ward councillor donation to Red
Rose Women’s Group towards the cost of VE Day
celebrations.
 
Councillor Dave Flanagan of
Greenlands ward has requested:

(i)              
£110.00 as a ward councillor donation to Kings
Church Community Grocery, towards the cost of equipment hire for a
community fun day.
 
Councillor Kim Critchley of
Hawes Side ward has requested:

(i)              
£50.00 as a ward councillor donation to South
Shore Community Centre, towards the cost of VE Day
celebrations.
 
Councillor Neal Brookes of
Hawes Side ward has requested:

(i)              
£50.00 as a ward councillor donation to South
Shore Community Centre, towards the cost of VE Day
celebrations.
 
Councillor Jane Hugo of Talbot
ward has requested:

(i)              
£250.00 as a ward councillor donation to
Blackpool Pride, towards the cost of steel shielding.
 
Councillor Mark Smith of Talbot
ward has requested:

(i)              
£250.00 as a ward councillor donation to
Blackpool Pride, towards the cost of steel shielding.
 
Councillor Diane Mitchell of
Waterloo ward has requested:

(i)              
£87.50 as a ward councillor donation to
Friends of Watson Road Park, towards the cost of VE Day
celebrations.
 
Councillor Simon Cartmell of
Waterloo ward has requested:

(i)              
£87.50 as a ward councillor donation to
Friends of Watson Road Park, towards the cost of VE Day
celebrations.

 

Decision

The Leader of the Council
agreed the recommendation as outlined above namely:
 
To authorise the requests, as
submitted.