Purpose

This report presents an
application for funding under the Council’s Voluntary Sector Support Fund
Programme.

 

An application for Voluntary Sector
Support Funding has been received from Titchfield Community Association for
£150 to pay for one year’s membership to Action Hampshire. The Association was
previously a member but had allowed this to lapse several years ago when
finances became more challenging. They would now like to benefit from this
support once more.

 

The Association’s aim is ‘To
promote the benefit of the inhabitants of Titchfield and district and that part
of the Borough of Fareham, West of A32 and Newgate Lane, together with the
Electoral District of Curbridge without distinction of sex, sexual orientation,
race or of political religious or other opinions, by associating together the
said inhabitants and the local authorities, voluntary and other organisations
in a common effort to advance education and to provide facilities in the
interests of social welfare for recreation and leisure-time occupation with the
objects of improving the conditions of life for the said inhabitants. To
establish or secure the establishment of a Community Centre and to maintain and
manage the same, or to co-operate with any local statutory authority in the
maintenance and management of such a Centre, for activities promoted by the
Company in furtherance of the above objects’ and ‘to promote such other
charitable purposes as may from time to time be determined and that in the
attainment of the said objects the Company shall be non-party in politics and
non-sectarian in religion.’ In 1964 when the Constitution was first written, in
keeping with the history of the village, its outreach extended to the boundary
of the ancient parish of Titchfield, which included Curbridge
and the outreach was maintained when the Constitution was renewed in 2012.

 

The Community Centre regularly
has between 1,500 and 2,000 visitors per week and raised income of £195,006 for
the year 23/24.

 

Ward Councillor, Councillor
Harper and Executive Leader Councillor Martin are both supportive of the
application.

 

Decision

RESOLVED that the Executive
Leader approve the application to award £150 form the Voluntary Sector Support
Fund.