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The report of the Chief Executive provided
details of the third round of the UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF)
Community Development Grant Scheme and sought approval of grant
allocations as set out in Annex 2.
 
As per previous years, the application process
had been designed to minimise risk, with assessments based on set
criteria (detailed in Annex 1). 
Payments would be made following this process and upon receipt of
signed or audited accounts and a copy of the organisation’s
constitution.
 
During the 9-week application period, 56
eligible bids were received.  As
anticipated the scheme was oversubscribed with the total amount
applied for by eligible applications exceeding the total funding
pot.  This meant that the full amount
requested by all applicants could not be offered and the agreed
scoring criteria had been used to determine the level of award for
each applicant.
 
Attention was drawn to an additional
application for funding from the organisation Arts without
Boundaries.  Members were advised that
unfortunately this application had been missed, although it was an
eligible bid and supported the Borough Council’s priorities
for the Scheme.  The application had
been scored against the  set criteria
(Annex 1) and meant that the organisation was eligible for an award
of £420.  Funding of this would be
met via the underspend of the 50th Anniversary Grant
Scheme.   On
the grounds that this application met the scoring criteria,
Cllr Coffin proposed, Cllr Keers seconded and Cabinet
supported this additional application for funding.
 
Due regard was given  to the financial and value for money considerations
and on the grounds that the proposed grant allocations focused on
projects that best met the criteria for the Community Development
Grant Scheme and aligned with Council priorities, Cllr Coffin
proposed, Cllr Keers seconded and Cabinet
 
RESOLVED: 
That
 

(1)           
the grant allocations (set out in Annex 2) be endorsed; and
 

(2)           
an additional grant allocation of £420 be awarded to Arts
without Boundaries and funded from the 50th Anniversary
Grant underspend.