Agenda item - Inner East Community Committee

Inner East Community Committee - Finance Report

Meeting of Inner East Community Committee, Thursday, 19th September, 2024 6.00 pm (Item 24.)

To receive and consider the attached report of the Head of Locality Partnerships which provides the Community Committee with an update on the budget position for the Wellbeing Fund, Youth Activity Fund, Capital Budget, as well as the Community Infrastructure Levy Budget for 2024/25.

Minutes:

The report of the Head of Locality Partnerships provided an update on the budget position for the Wellbeing Fund, Youth Activity Fund as well as the CRIS and Community Infrastructure Levy Budget for 2024/25.

Projects as outlined in the submitted report were discussed and agreed as follows:

Project	Organisation	Ward	Amount	Decision
Public Space CCTV Cameras – Inner East	LeedsWatch	Burmantofts & Richmond Hill and Killingbeck & Seacroft	£5,000 BRH (Wellbeing) and £4,000 K&S (CIL)	Approved
Damasq Boxing Club	DAMASQ Ltd	Burmantofts & Richmond Hill	£5,000 (Wellbeing)	Declined
West Yorkshire Fire Youth Intervention’s programmes	West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service	Gipton & Harehills	£2,000 (Wellbeing)	Declined*
East Side Story	East Side Story	Killingbeck & Seacroft	£1,000 (Wellbeing)	Approved
Gipton & Harehills Christmas Trees and Lights	Safer Stronger Communities Team	Gipton & Harehills	£15,000 (CIL)	Approved
Project Youth – Nanu Girls Youth Club	Nanu Sports Foundation	Gipton & Harehills	£5,000 (YAF)	Approved
Height Control Barrier – Cross Osmondthorpe Lane	Leeds City Council	Burmantofts & Richmond Hill	£10,200 (£5,100 Capital and £5,100 CIL)	Approved
Burmantofts & Richmond Hill Christmas Trees & Lights	Safer Stronger Communities Team	Burmantofts & Richmond Hill	£3,453 (CIL)	Approved
Bilal Youth Club – Table Tennis	Leeds Youth Service	Gipton & Harehills	£296 (Wellbeing)	Approved
Bilal Youth Group – Residential	Bilal Youth Group	Gipton & Harehills	£5,288 (Wellbeing)	Declined*
Gipton Gala	Gipton Together	Gipton & Harehills	£1,000 (Wellbeing)	Approved provisionally (further clarity required at the next meeting)
IE Youth Provision	Leeds Youth Service	All	£3,000 in total (£1,000 Wellbeing G&H £1,000 Wellbeing BRH and £1,000 Wellbeing K&S)	Approved
Empowerment Experience	That Name Woman	Killingbeck & Seacroft	£700 (Wellbeing)	Approved
Prince Philip PHAB Club request for help to fund Staff and Entertainment	PHAB	All	£1,098.31 in total (Wellbeing - £109.83 BRH, £219.66 G&H and £768.81 K&S)	Approved
Entertainment Trip to Scarborough Beach	Amal Eritrean Community Leeds	Gipton & Harehills and Burmantofts & Richmond Hill	£1,014 (Wellbeing)	Approved Wellbeing - £234 G&H and £780 BRH
Sensory Garden	Gipton South Children’s Centre	Gipton & Harehills	£2,000 (Wellbeing)	Approved
Community Sports Day	Junior Sports Hub	Gipton & Harehills	N/A didn’t take place	N/A
Inner East Youth Summit	Leeds City Council	All	£3,000 (YAF)	Approved
Event Management and Coordination of the Harehills Unity Day	Breeze, Leeds City Council	Gipton & Harehills	£1,019k (Wellbeing)	Declined*
Supplementary Item
Community Festive Events	Safer Stronger Communities Team LCC	Gipton & Harehills	£2,500 (Wellbeing)	Approved

*Further to the provisions of the Council Procedure Rules 16.5, Councillor M Ali required it be noted his vote in favour of these applications.

Members acknowledged that the CCTV cameras are costly, in some situations, they can assist the police well. Further to a comment regarding reports for the cameras, it was noted that LeedsWatch haven’t been able to provide them due to staffing.

The Localities Officer highlighted the following information:

· The Wellbeing Budget Position 2024/25 remaining balance stands at £125,260.26. A breakdown per ward is provided at Table 1 of the submitted report.

· The Youth Activities Fund Position 2024/25 remaining balance stands at £25,793.69. A breakdown per ward is provided at Table 2 of the submitted report.

· A breakdown of the Small Grants & Skips 2024/25 is provided at Table 3 of the submitted report.

· The Capital Budget 2024/25 has a remaining balance of £31,842.78. A breakdown per ward is provided at Table 4 of the submitted report.

· The Community Infrastructure Levy Budget 2024/25 remaining balance stands at £85,892.94. A breakdown per ward is provided at Table 5 of the submitted report.

· Since the last Community Committee on 20^th June 2024, the following projects have been considered by Delegated Decision Notice (DDN), Ebor Gardens Junior Equipment and Community Engagement Activities & Support to the Wider Community. Further to this, Members requested more information regarding Ebor Gardens Junior Equipment, but supported the project in principle.

· Since the last Community Committee on 20^th June 2024, no projects have been declined.

RESOLVED – To:

a) Note details of the Wellbeing Budget position.

b) Note details of the Youth Activities Fund position.

c) Note details of the Small Grants Budget.

d) Note details of the Capital Budget.

e) Note details of the Community Infrastructure Levy Budget.

f) Note details of the projects approved via Delegated Decision and request that more information in relation to Ebor Gardens Junior Equipment is provided.

g) Consider the projects as outlined above.

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