WARD COUNCILLOR FUNDING

May 31, 2024 Leader of the Council and Cabinet Member for Tourism, Arts and Culture (Cabinet member) Approved View on council website

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Summary

...to authorise the ward councillor funding requests as submitted, allocating funds from each councillor's delegated budget to various local community initiatives, including the Fylde Coast Hindu Society, Blackpool Food Bank, Enveco, Blackpool Pride Festival, Ibbison Court Memory Lane Café, Fylde Coast Women's Aid, Blackpool Stanley Rugby League, and the Solaris Centre Park.

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Purpose

The Council's delegated budgets
scheme allocates budgets of £6,500 to each Ward Councillor
covered for the financial year 2024/2025. The funding for this
scheme can be spent on supplementing funding public services, for
the benefit of the local community.
 

Councillor Simon Cartmell of
Waterloo ward has requested:

(i)                 
£140.00 as a ward councillor donation to the
Fylde Coast Hindu Society, towards the cost of an Indian Cultural
Festival on the Comedy Carpet.

(ii)               
£300.00 as a ward councillor donation to
Blackpool Food Bank, towards the cost of a new delivery
van.
 
Councillor Shaun Brookes of
Marton ward has requested:

(i)                 
£140.00 as a ward councillor donation to the
Fylde Coast Hindu Society, towards the cost of an Indian Cultural
Festival on the Comedy Carpet.

(ii)               
£300.00 as a ward councillor donation to
Blackpool Food Bank, towards the cost of a new delivery
van.
 
Councillor Sarah Smith of
Marton ward has requested:

(i)                 
£140.00 as a ward councillor donation to the
Fylde Coast Hindu Society, towards the cost of an Indian Cultural
Festival on the Comedy Carpet.

(ii)               
£300.00 as a ward councillor donation to
Blackpool Food Bank, towards the cost of a new delivery
van.
 
Councillor Portia Webb of
Tyldesley ward has requested:

(i)                 
£140.00 as a ward councillor donation to the
Fylde Coast Hindu Society, towards the cost of an Indian Cultural
Festival on the Comedy Carpet.
 
Councillor Peter Hunter of
Highfield ward has requested:

(i)                 
£140.00 as a ward councillor donation to the
Fylde Coast Hindu Society, towards the cost of an Indian Cultural
Festival on the Comedy Carpet.
 
Councillor Pam Brookes of
Victoria ward has requested:

(i)                 
£140.00 as a ward councillor donation to the
Fylde Coast Hindu Society, towards the cost of an Indian Cultural
Festival on the Comedy Carpet.

(ii)               
£400.00 as a ward councillor donation to the
Enveco, towards the cost of an alley clearance.

(iii)             
£300.00 as a ward councillor donation to
Blackpool Food Bank, towards the cost of a new delivery
van.
 
Councillor Neal Brookes of
Hawes Side ward has requested:

(i)                 
£140.00 as a ward councillor donation to the
Fylde Coast Hindu Society, towards the cost of an Indian Cultural
Festival on the Comedy Carpet.

(ii)               
£300.00 as a ward councillor donation to
Blackpool Food Bank, towards the cost of a new delivery
van.
 
 
Councillor Michele Scott of
Warbreck ward has requested:

(i)                 
£150.00 as a ward councillor donation to the
Fylde Coast Hindu Society, towards the cost of an Indian Cultural
Festival on the Comedy Carpet.
 
Councillor Mel Fenlon of
Bloomfield ward has requested:

(i)                 
£140.00 as a ward councillor donation to the
Fylde Coast Hindu Society, towards the cost of an Indian Cultural
Festival on the Comedy Carpet.

(ii)               
£250.00 as a ward councillor donation to
Ibbison Court Memory Lane Café, towards the cost of a boat
trip for members of Memory Lane group.
 
Councillor Matthew Thomas of
Brunswick ward has requested:

(i)                 
£140.00 as a ward councillor donation to the
Fylde Coast Hindu Society, towards the cost of an Indian Cultural
Festival on the Comedy Carpet.

(ii)               
£1312.50 as a ward councillor donation to the
Enveco, towards the cost of a replacement alley gate.

(iii)             
£364.02 as a ward councillor donation to the
Enveco, towards the cost of an additional bin for the area of
Caunce st / North Square.

(iv)             
£200.00 as a ward councillor donation to the
Blackpool Pride Festival, towards the cost of the first aid for the
event.

(v)               
£300.00 as a ward councillor donation to
Blackpool Food Bank, towards the cost of a new delivery
van.
 
Councillor Mark Smith of Talbot
ward has requested:

(i)                 
£140.00 as a ward councillor donation to the
Fylde Coast Hindu Society, towards the cost of an Indian Cultural
Festival on the Comedy Carpet.

(ii)               
£300.00 as a ward councillor donation to
Blackpool Food Bank, towards the cost of a new delivery
van.
 
Councillor Lisette Roe of
Tyldesley ward has requested:

(i)                 
£140.00 as a ward councillor donation to the
Fylde Coast Hindu Society, towards the cost of an Indian Cultural
Festival on the Comedy Carpet.
 
Councillor Kim Critchley of
Hawes Side ward has requested:

(i)                 
£140.00 as a ward councillor donation to the
Fylde Coast Hindu Society, towards the cost of an Indian Cultural
Festival on the Comedy Carpet.
 
Councillor Kathryn Benson of
Layton ward has requested:

(i)                 
£168.00 as a ward councillor donation to the
Blackpool Stanley Rugby League, towards the cost of a replacement
battery in the defibrillator in Kingscote Park.

(ii)               
£300.00 as a ward councillor donation to
Blackpool Food Bank, towards the cost of a new delivery
van.
 
Councillor Jon Bamborough of
Ingthorpe ward has requested:

(i)                                         
£140.00 as a ward councillor donation to the
Fylde Coast Hindu Society, towards the cost of an Indian Cultural
Festival on the Comedy Carpet.

(ii)                                       
£526.59 as a ward councillor donation to Fylde
Coast Women's Aid, towards the cost of play area improvements at
FCWA Refuges.

(iii)                                     
£300.00 as a ward councillor donation to
Blackpool Food Bank, towards the cost of a new delivery
van.
 
Councillor John Boughton of
Layton ward has requested:

(i)                                         
£140.00 as a ward councillor donation to the
Fylde Coast Hindu Society, towards the cost of an Indian Cultural
Festival on the Comedy Carpet.

(ii)                                       
£168.00 as a ward councillor donation to the
Blackpool Stanley Rugby League, towards the cost of a replacement
battery in the defibrillator in Kingscote Park.

(iii)                                     
£300.00 as a ward councillor donation to
Blackpool Food Bank, towards the cost of a new delivery
van
 
 
Councillor Jo Farrell of
Ingthorpe ward has requested:

(i)                                         
£140.00 as a ward councillor donation to the
Fylde Coast Hindu Society, towards the cost of an Indian Cultural
Festival on the Comedy Carpet.

(ii)                                       
£200.00 as a ward councillor donation to the
Blackpool Pride Festival, towards the cost of the first aid for the
event.

(iii)                                     
£526.60 as a ward councillor donation to Fylde
Coast Women's Aid, towards the cost of play area improvements at
FCWA Refuges.

(iv)                                     
£300.00 as a ward councillor donation to
Blackpool Food Bank, towards the cost of a new delivery
van.
 
 
Councillor Jim Hobson of
Bloomfield ward has requested:

(i)                 
£140.00 as a ward councillor donation to the
Fylde Coast Hindu Society, towards the cost of an Indian Cultural
Festival on the Comedy Carpet.

(ii)               
£200.00 as a ward councillor donation to the
Blackpool Pride Festival, towards the cost of the first aid for the
event.

(iii)             
£250.00 as a ward councillor donation to
Ibbison Court Memory Lane Café, towards the cost of a boat
trip for members of Memory Lane group.

(iv)             
£300.00 as a ward councillor donation to
Blackpool Food Bank, towards the cost of a new delivery
van.
 
Councillor Gillian Campbell of
Park ward has requested:

(i)                                         
£140.00 as a ward councillor donation to the
Fylde Coast Hindu Society, towards the cost of an Indian Cultural
Festival on the Comedy Carpet.

(ii)                                       
£300.00 as a ward councillor donation to
Blackpool Food Bank, towards the cost of a new delivery
van.
 
 
Councillor Gerard Walsh of
Squires Gate ward has requested:
     (i)    £3,600.00 as a ward councillor
donation to the Solaris Centre Park, towards the cost of a new
resin path in the new children and rain garden.
 
Councillor Fred Jackson of
Victoria ward has requested:

(i)                 
£400.00 as a ward councillor donation to
Enveco, towards the cost of an alley clearance.

(ii)               
£300.00 as a ward councillor donation to
Blackpool Food Bank, towards the cost of a new delivery
van.
 
Councillor Dave Flanagan of
Greenlands ward has requested:

(i)                 
£140.00 as a ward councillor donation to the
Fylde Coast Hindu Society, towards the cost of an Indian Cultural
Festival on the Comedy Carpet.

(ii)               
£300.00 as a ward councillor donation to
Blackpool Food Bank, towards the cost of a new delivery
van.
 
Councillor Danny Scott of
Warbreck ward has requested:

(i)                 
£150.00 as a ward councillor donation to the
Fylde Coast Hindu Society, towards the cost of an Indian Cultural
Festival on the Comedy Carpet.
 
Councillor Carl Mitchell of
Squires Gate ward has requested:

(i)                 
£3,600.00 as a ward councillor donation to the
Solaris Centre Park, towards the cost of a new resin path in the
new children and rain garden.

(ii)               
£699.60 as a ward councillor donation to
Enveco, towards the cost of a new bin on the corner of Harrowside
and Eastbourne Road.
 
Councillor Alistair Humphreys
of Clifton ward has requested:

(i)                 
£699.60 as a ward councillor donation to
Enveco, towards the cost of a new bin on Ambleside Road.

(ii)               
£300.00 as a ward councillor donation to
Blackpool Food Bank, towards the cost of a new delivery
van.
 
Councillor Adrian Hoyle of Park
ward has requested:

(i)                 
£140.00 as a ward councillor donation to the
Fylde Coast Hindu Society, towards the cost of an Indian Cultural
Festival on the Comedy Carpet

(ii)               
£300.00 as a ward councillor donation to
Blackpool Food Bank, towards the cost of a new delivery
van.
 
Councillor Laura Marshall of
Brunswick ward has requested:

(i)                 
£364.02 as a ward councillor donation to the
Enveco, towards the cost of an additional bin for the area of
Caunce st / North Square.

(ii)               
£1312.50 as a ward councillor donation to the
Enveco, towards the cost of a replacement alley gate.
 
 
Councillor Jane Hugo of Talbot
ward has requested:

(i)                 
£300.00 as a ward councillor donation to
Blackpool Food Bank, towards the cost of a new delivery
van.
 
Councillor Paula Burdess of
Clifton ward has requested:

(i)                 
£300.00 as a ward councillor donation to
Blackpool Food Bank, towards the cost of a new delivery
van.
 

 

Decision

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

Supporting Documents

PH48 Ward Funding May 4.pdf

Details

OutcomeRecommendations Approved
Decision date31 May 2024
Subject to call-inYes