YOUR FUND SURREY APPLICATION- CF508 Harry Edwards Foundation - Bluebell Footpath

June 20, 2025 Executive Director for Adults, Wellbeing and Health Partnerships (AWHP) (Officer) Approved View on council website

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Summary

...to approve £22,800 in capital funding for the Harry Edwards Foundation's Bluebell Footpath project in Guildford, subject to staged payments, evidence of spend, and a funding agreement.

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Purpose

This decision record sets out the key
information for publication on the decision by the Executive
Director for Adults, Wellbeing and Health Partnerships to approve
expenditure for a Your Fund Surrey project located in Guildford.
The agreed recommendations are set out below and details of the
project are set out in a decision report attached as an Annexe to
this record.

Content

Decision made:
 
It was AGREED to:
 
Fund the full amount
requested of £22,800 (of total project cost £28,560,
80%), comprised of:

£22,800 of capital funding
towards the construction of a footpath to be paid in staged
payments, on evidence of spend.
5% to be held by Surrey County
Council (SCC) until final evidence of income, expenditure,
building control sign-off.     
Authorise Legal Services to seal
a funding agreement.

 

Reasons for the decision

Reasons for Decision:
 
These decisions are to enable expenditure from
the Your Fund Surrey to be awarded to a project which have been the
subject of a rigorous assessment process by officers, as set out in
Annexe 1.
Officers consider the project to meet the aims
and published criteria of the fund, has been considered by the Your
Fund Advisory Panel and to satisfy the requirements to award
funding.
The project aims to create an accessible
footpath across the woodland at the Harry Edwards Foundation in
Shere, Guildford, to ensure the whole community benefit from the
natural landscape all year round.

Alternative options considered

NA.

Details

OutcomeRecommendations Approved
Decision date20 Jun 2025