Agenda item - Well Being Report

To consider the report of the ENE Area Leader providing an overview of spending to date, the spending plan for 2012/13 and presenting project proposals

(Report attached) Time – 15 minutes

RESOLVED –

a) To note the spend to date and current balances for the 2011/12 financial year, and to agree the spending plan for 2012/13 as set out in paragraphs 3:10 to 3:20 of the submitted report, including support for the proposal to fund an apprentice post

b) To request a report on the details of the proposed apprenticeship scheme be presented to the next meeting

c) That the following grants be awarded:

From the 2011/12 budget:

RHEA activities for elderly people £987

Chapel FM (East Leeds FM) £5,500

Gipton South Community Centre furniture £2,500

Kitchen at Henry Barran Community Centre £4,000

Fearnville Football Project £1,049

From the 2012/13 Budget

Harehills Mini Olympics £1,886

Youth Service Tradex Sports Project £3,000

Harehills DPPO £4,000

Lark in the Park £1,000

Killingbeck & Seacroft Gala £1,500

Gipton Gala £1,000

Oz Box £2,356

Summer Holiday Activities £30,000

(with all 3 wards awarding £10k each)

Harehills Bin-yard project £2,000

(Under the provisions of Council Procedure Rule 16:5 Councillor Pryke required it to be recorded that he abstained from voting on the matter relating to the equal split of the Community Pot Fund between the three EIAC wards)

The East North East Area Leader submitted a report providing an overview of spending to date from the EIAC Wellbeing Budget. The report also detailed five new proposals seeking funding from the 2011/12 revenue budget and set out a spending plan for 2012/13 together with a number of new project proposals seeking funding.

Members noted the report that ENE Homes had agreed to fund a Community Payback Team to cover all ENEH managed greenspace and highways – in both Inner East and Outer East localities. The report set out a proposal that, as the ENEH team would duplicate some work outlined for the EIAC Probation Team, the savings made could be earmarked to fund an apprentice – subject to a detailed proposals being proposed at the next meeting by EIAC. The SLA would need amendment to reflect the new working arrangements. It was agreed that a schedule showing where Community Payback project works had been undertaken would be sent to all Members.

Members also considered the proposals to:

- top slice £3,000 from the new budget for a Community Engagement pot, as in previous years

- split the remaining £189k equally between the three wards (£63,072.75 each) to fund schemes which support the priorities within the Neighbourhood Improvement Plans and Community Charter

- reserve a small amount to create a Small Grants Fund and a budget for Crime & Grime Tasking in each ward

Members noted that EIAC informally shared its’ Business Plan and spending decisions with ENEH Area Panel in order to encourage matchfunding and maximise scheme benefits and that a report formalising the joint funding arrangements would be considered by the Area Panel shortly. Officers confirmed that £50k per area committee (not £50k per ward) was set aside for joint funding initiatives.

Councillor Pryke expressed concern over the proposed three way equal split of the Community Engagement pot and requested EIAC reconsider the allocation. He believed wellbeing spending was the principle way in which LCC could target deprivation, and the declining super output area statistics within the Neighbourhood Index Profiles showed that the Burmantofts & Richmond Hill ward deserved additional resources. EIAC noted the request however, noting the similar statistics for Gipton & Harehills, was not minded to reduce the allocation for other wards.

Members then considered the applications for funding from the 2012/13 budget having regard to the locality priorities. Officers reported an amendment to paragraph 3:21 (funding of Summer Holiday Activities) to reflect the total request was £30,000 with £10,000 to be allocated equally to the three EIAC wards.

EIAC supported the proposal to ring fence an amount of £7.5 k to employ an apprentice and requested a further report on the appointment process and length of tenure