Agenda item

Wellbeing Fund Update and Monitoring Report

The report of the Area Leader, West North West is to update Members on the projects funded through the Inner West Wellbeing Fund and Youth Activities Fund budgets. It presents projects approved by delegated decision since the last meeting and outlines the applications received through the open commissioning round for funding in the 2017/18 financial year. 

 

(Report attached)

 

Minutes:

The report of the West North West Area Leader updated the Members on the projects funded through the Inner West Wellbeing Fund and the Youth Activities Fund budgets.

 

The report also presented the projects approved by delegated decision since the last meeting and outlined the applications received through the open commissioning round for funding in the 2017/18 financial year.

 

Members noted that there is to be a 10% cut to Wellbeing Fund. The Inner West Wellbeing revenue budget was approved by Executive Board for an amount of £128,500. The Community Committee has again opted to split the budget by ward, giving each ward a budget of £42,833.

 

It was suggested that where the Community Committee was not able to provide funding that the Communities Team would signpost organisations to other funding opportunities.

 

Point 2 of the submitted report set out the remaining balances for 2016/17.

 

Point 3 of the submitted report set out a Wellbeing application for 2016/17, for:

·  Queenswood Drive Outdoor Gym Equipment - £10,000, Kirkstall

 

Members were informed that there had been 6 small grants approved since the last meeting, these were listed at points 5 – 10 of the submitted report.

 

It was noted that the current Capital budget balance was £9,079.

 

Members were advised that the Community Committee had funded sixteen Youth Activity projects since April 2016 these were listed at appendix 2 of the submitted report. The remaining balance for the Youth Activity Fund 2016/17 was set out at point 13 of the submitted report. 

 

Members reviewed the Wellbeing projects for 2017/18 listed for approval at point 17 of the submitted report. Members were advised of an amendment to project number 19 - Kitchen Project – Bramley Villagers amount should read £2,500.

 

Members also reviewed the Youth Activity Fund projects for 2017/18 listed at point 18 of the submitted report. 

 

Cllr. Yeadon informed the Committee that Music From The Attic would be performing at Kirkstall Education Cricket Club on Thursday 6th April 2017.

 

RESOLVED – The Community Committee resolved to:

a)  Note the balance of the Wellbeing budget for 2016/17 at point 2 of the submitted report

b)  Approve the new Wellbeing project for 2016/17 at point 3 of the submitted report:

·  Queenswood Drive Outdoor Gym Equipment - £10,000, Kirkstall - Approved

c)  Note the balance of the Capital Fund at point 11 of the submitted report

d)  Note the balance of the Youth Activities Fund at point 13 of the submitted report

e)  Approve the new projects for Wellbeing and Youth Activities Fund for 2017/18 as detailed at point 17 and 18 of the submitted report

 

Wellbeing Projects 2017/18

 

Project

 

Organisation

Armley

Bramley

Kirkstall

Approved / Refused

 

Budget

 

£44,081

£54,516

£42,833

 

1

Small Grants & Skips

(Suggested £350 limit per grant)

Communities Team

£3,000

£3,000

£3,000

Approved

2

Festive Lights Hire

Leeds Lights

£2,060

£2,544

£2,472

Approved

3

Target Hardening

Care & Repair

£1,000

£1,000

£1,000

Approved

4

Hollybush for Enduring Wellbeing

TCV Hollybush

£1,748

£1,748

£1,748

Approved

5

Irish Arts & Cultural Activities

Irish Arts Foundation

£425

 

£425

Approved

6

Motiv-8

BARCA

 

£4,000

 

Approved

7

Family Fun Day Events

West Leeds Activity Centre

£1,000

£1,000

£1,000

Approved

8

Hut Refurbishment

2nd Bramley Scouts

£1,000

£500

 

Approved

9

Follow The Detectives

Community Central CIC

£3,000

£2,000

 

Approved

10

West Leeds CLLD Programme

Communities Team

£4,500

£3,000

£1,500

Approved

11

Armley Christmas Lights Switch On

Breeze Leeds

£4,000

 

 

Approved

12

Armley Festival

 

AlltogetherArmley

£2,760

 

 

Approved

13

Community Leader

New Wortley Community Association

£8,000

 

 

Approved

14

Coding, Crafting & Creating

Armley Library

£731

 

 

Approved

15

Bosom Buddies

 

Bramley Bosom Buddies

 

£1,567

 

Approved

16

Bramley Festival

Bramley Festival Committee

 

£4,500

 

Approved

17

Bramley Lights

Bramley Lights Project

 

£3,500

 

Approved

18

Commemorative Bench

Bramley War Memorial Committee

 

£960

 

Approved

19

Kitchen Project

Bramley Villagers

 

£2,500

 

Approved

20

Smart Energy

Bramley Baths

 

£4,000

 

Approved

21

Broadlea Hill CCTV

Leedswatch

 

£1,784

 

Approved

22

Children’s Champion Project

St Marys Hawksworth Wood

 

 

£4,250

Approved

23

Fifth Year Projects

Kirkstall in Bloom

 

 

£1,600

Approved

24

Kirkstall Art Trail

Kirkstall Art Trail

 

 

£2,000

Approved

25

Kirkstall Festival

Kirkstall Festival Committee

 

 

£4,250

Approved

26

Music From The Attic

Cloth Cat

 

 

£4,000

Approved

27

Kirkstall Pocket Park

Communities Team

 

 

£1,000

Approved

 

 

Youth Activity Fund Projects 2017/18

 

Project

 

Organisation

Armley

Bramley

Kirkstall

Approved \ Refused

 

Budget

 

TBC

TBC

TBC

 

1

Family Fun in the Park

LCC Ranger Team

£2,000

 

 

Approved

2

Get Active Camps

AIM Education

 

£3,000

 

Approved

3

Urban Art Workshops

DJ School UK

£314

£313

£313

Approved

4

Book & Turn up sessions

West Leeds Activity Centre

£1,500

£1,500

£1,500

Approved

5

Mini Breeze

Breeze Leeds

£3,850

£3,850

 

Approved

6

Saturday Night Project

Breeze Leeds

£4,000

 

 

Approved

7

New Wortley Summer Camp

New Wortley Community Association

£3,500

 

 

Approved

8

New Wortley Youth Project

New Wortley Community Association

TBC

 

 

Approved

9

Bramley Summer Camp

Bramley Cluster

 

£5,100

 

Approved

10

Bramley Dance Project

Dazl Dance

 

£1,350

 

Approved

11

Youth Club

Kirkstall Cricket Club

 

 

£5000

Approved

 

 

Under the provisions of Council Procedure Rule 16.5, Councillor J McKenna required it to be recorded that he had abstained to vote for the Wellbeing projects listed at point 17 and Youth Activity Fund projects listed at point 18 of the submitted report.

 

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