Agenda item

To receive the report of the West North West Area Leader which provides the Community Committee with an update on the budget position for the Wellbeing fund for 2017/18, and the current position of the Small Grants and Skips pot, and the small grants and skips which have been approved since the last meeting.

(Report attached)

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 2017/18. This report also provided an update on the Youth Activity Fund.

Attached at Appendix 1 of the submitted report was the Finance Statement which provided Members with details of current financial and monitoring position of the Wellbeing Fund and the Youth Activity Fund.

Members noted that the Community Committee currently had £61,320 of funding available for allocation. The Committee also noted that this did not include the Youth Activity Fund. Table 1 of the submitted report detailed per ward the total Wellbeing revenue available for allocation in 2017/18.

Members were asked to note Small Grants and Skips approved since the last meeting and the Small Grants and Skips balances set out at Tables 2 and 3 of the submitted report.

A number of Wellbeing fund applications were presented at the Community Committee for Members consideration. The application were set out at points 12 to 23 of the submitted report.

Councillors Barry Anderson and Caroline Anderson declared an interest in relation to point 22 and 23 of the submitted report as members of the Adel War Memorial Association.

Members had been advised that £2,211 was still available in the Youth Activity Fund. Members considered 4 new projects to be funded from the Youth Activity Fund these were presented at points 31 to 34 of the submitted report.

RESOLVED – To:-

·  Note the current budget and monitoring position for the Wellbeing Fund for 2017/18 (Table 1) and attached at appendix 1 of the submitted report.

·  Consider the new Wellbeing large grant applications detailed at point 11-23 of the submitted report

·  Note the Small Grants and Skips that have been approved since the last meeting (Table 2) and those Small Grants and Skips remaining budget (Table 3) of the submitted report.

·  Note the current budget position for the Youth Activity Fund for 2017/18.

·  Consider the new Youth Activity Fund applications detailed at points 31-34 of the submitted report.

·  Note the current budget position for the Capital Wellbeing Fund for 2017/18 (Table) of the submitted report.