Purpose

This report presents
an application for funding under the Council’s Community Funding
Programme. 

 

An
application to the Community Fund has been received from Portchester Community
Choir for £2,047.21 for the purchase of technology and storage equipment for
their Singalong Outreach project.

 

Portchester Community Choir started
in 2017 and now has over 70 members. More recently they have received requests
from local groups asking if they could take singing to people who cannot attend
their performances for groups of 20-30 people. Care homes and groups like
Dementia Care Hub have already benefited through their trial sessions and they
would like to continue and expand these extremely beneficial outreach
performances. This technology and storage equipment would enable Portchester
Community Choir to be self-sufficient as currently they use members’ personal
equipment which is not fit for purpose.

 

Portchester
Community Choir are looking for £2,047.21 from the Community Fund for the
purchase of a laptop, portable speaker, printer (to print their song sheets),
microphone and headphones plus storage for these items and the song sheets.

 

As of October 2024,
Portchester Community Choir held £1,654.20 in their accounts. In the accounting
year January 2023 – December 2023 there was an income of £10,401.51 and
expenditure of £9,754.63.

 

Both Ward Councillors, Councillor
Bainbridge and Councillor D Wiltshire supports Portchester Community Choir’s
funding application.  

 

Decision

RESOLVED that the Executive Member for Leisure and Community approve the
application to award £2,047.21 from the Community Fund.