Agenda item

To receive the report of the West North West Area Leader this report provides Members with an update on the budget position for the Wellbeing Fund for 2014/15 and the current position of the small grants and skips pots and those small grants and skips that have been approved or received since the last meeting. The report also provides updates on the Youth Activity Fund and Wellbeing Capital Fund.

The report also updates the Committee with the progress of the commissioning process and timescales for the 2015/16 Wellbeing budget.

The report of the West North West Area Leader provided the Community Committee with an update on the budget position for the Wellbeing Fund for 2014/15 and the current position of the small grants and skips pots and those small grants and skips that had been approved or received since the last meeting. This information was set out as Appendix 1 of the submitted report.

Members attention was drawn to page 11 of the submitted report which set out the suggested 2015/16 Wellbeing Funding Commissioning Priorities.

·  Promote healthy lifestyles and tackle health inequalities

·  All children and young people have access to out of school activities

·  Provide opportunities for people to get jobs, volunteer or learn new skills

·  Provide opportunities and facilities to enable local people to access and engage in sport and cultural activities

·  Make better use of our community buildings

·  Reduce crime and anti-social behaviour

·  Engage with local communities to strengthen community activity and involvement in local decision making

·  Improve the local environment and our parks and open spaces

·  Improve public service co-ordination working together with local residents to improve our most deprived neighbourhoods

The Community Committee was informed that the Wellbeing Commissioning meeting will be held on 26^th February 2015.

The Community Committee was informed of the following applications received:

·  Easter Holiday School Camp run by Farnley Cluster requesting £1,427

·  Multi Sports / Activity Camp run by Sport and Active Lifestyles requesting £3,440

·  Wild in the Woods run by The Conservation Volunteers requesting £768

·  Breeze Games Pre Summer Programme run by The Breeze Team requesting £10,500

·  Pudsey Global Gang run by Leeds DEC requesting £1,560

·  Wild West at Pudsey Park run by LCC requesting £4,000

·  Breeze Friday Night Project at Pudsey Leisure Centre run by LCC Breeze Team in partnership with West Yorkshire Police  Pudsey Leisure Centre and Youth Service requesting £9,845

·  Westroyd Park Bike Restrictor to tackle ASB Motor Bikes in Farsley and the provision of two litter bins

·  Pudsey Bowling Club – lounge refurbishment run by Pudsey Bowling and Table Tennis Club requesting £5,721

Members discussed the applications at length.

Members queried some of the information set out at Appendix 1 of the submitted report in relation to payments made. Area Support will clarify the position at the Wellbeing Commissioning meeting on the 26^th February 2015

RESOLVED – That the Committee

·  Noted the current budget position for the Wellbeing Fund for 2014/15 (Appendix 1 of submitted report)

·  Noted the current position of the small grants and skips pots and those small grants and skips that had been approved or received since  the last meeting (Table 1 and Table 2 of the submitted report)

·  Noted the current position of the Youth Activity Fund and approved those projects received to allocate the remaining YAF balance for this financial year(Table 3 of the submitted report)

·  Noted the current position of the Wellbeing Capital Fund and approved those projects received (Table 4 of the submitted report)

·  Noted the progress made with the commissioning process and timescales for the Wellbeing commissioning round for 2015/16 and agreed to hold ward briefings if required, prior to the Wellbeing commissioning meeting to be held on 26^th February 2015.

·  Agreed the Wellbeing Fund priorities for 2015/16

Outcome of the applications received by the Outer West Community Committee