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17.1

The Committee considered a report of Jayne
Foulds, Community Services Manager, on the proposed allocation of
funds to address local priorities for the South
East Local Area Committee for 2024-25.
 

17.2

Funding delegated by Full Council to LACs in
2024/25 amounts to £100,000 per LAC. At its meeting on
October 12th 2024 the South East LAC
agreed to use its £100,000 allocation to support projects
aligned to the themes identified in the Community Plan. These are
Crime and Community safety, Environment, Health and Well-being,
Children and families.
 
The following areas of expenditure are
proposed from the £100,000 budget:
 

A £45,000 grant for an
Environmental Stewardship Team to support the theme of Crime and
Community Safety.
A £30,000 grant for a
Community Development Worker to support theme of Health and
Wellbeing/Children and Families.

 
Together the proposed sums would total spend
of £75,000 of the LAC budget. 
 

17.3

Since the previous LAC meeting the following
expenditure has been approved by the Community Services Manager in
consultation with the LAC Chair under the delegated authority:
 

£3,000 - Crime prevention
material for the South East area. (this
includes Crime Prevention tools = 24-hour light timers Dusk to Dawn
Plug in LED Night Light Minder TV Simulator Window Alarms which
pick up on vibrations when they are attempted)

 

£3,000 - Community events
– Health and Wellbeing public meeting event – December
3rd. Woodhouse Family fun day – August
28th. Environmental volunteering celebration –
24th April 2025.

 
These sums in addition to the £75000 set
out at 17.2 would lead to a total allocated spend of £81,000,
and a balance of £19000 will be used for projects in the
remainder of 2024/25.
 

17.4

RESOLVED: That the South East Local Area Committee:
 
(1) notes the expenditure under delegated powers against
the £100,000 budget to address local priorities in the
South East LAC as detailed in the
report; and (2) agrees the recommendations for further spending
against the 2024/25 budget in respect of an Environmental
Stewardship Team project in the South East area and South East
Community Development Worker.
 

17.5

Reasons for
Decision
 

17.5.1

The South East LAC
is asked to note the use of funding under delegated authority and
agree the further expenditure proposed in the report to address the
identified local priorities within the South East LAC Community
Plan.
 

17.6

Alternatives Considered and Rejected 
 

17.6.1

Spending decisions made by the Community
Services Manager under the authority delegated by the LAC in
October 2024 are required to be reported to the next LAC meeting so
that the LAC can monitor its delegated budget and delivery of the
Community Plan.
With regard to the proposal for further expenditure
against the 2024/25 budget, the LAC could choose not to allocate
funds to these matters.