Witney Town Council

Agenda item

Discretionary Grant Applications

To receive and consider discretionary grant applications

Minutes:

Discretionary Grant Applications

 

The Committee received and considered the report of the Democratic Services Officer and the grant applications.

 

 The requests were: -

 

1.   Enrych

£500

4100/407 to support service delivery

2.  Witney Methodist Church

 £500

4100/407 to refurbish their ground floor toilets

3.  Witney Town Band

£1, 000

4100/407 (£500 for routine running of the band and £500 for the trip to Unterhaching)

4.  Dance Creative

£600

4100/407 for venue hire (not Town Council venue)

5.   Jewins Women2women  

      Ltd

£2, 990

4100/407 to set up a pilot scheme promoting African culture to children

6.Witney Woodland 

 Volunteers

£500

4100/407 to fund running expenses

7.   Witney Carnival

 Committee

£256

4100/407 (in addition to the £800 set aside in a different budget line) for provision of toilets at the carnival

8.Crohns and Colitis  UK (Oxford)

£300

4110/407 to cover hire of the Corn Exchange on 28 June for a tribute band evening

9.   The Mayor of

       Witney

£480

4110/407 to cover 3 lettings of the Corn Exchange for fundraising events

 

Cllr Enright as Mayor left the room during consideration of his application, and re-entered afterwards.

Members agreed all the applications with the exception of Enrych, Dance Creative and Jewen’s Women2 Women.  Members asked that Enrych be asked to apply again if they had a more locally based project and Dance Creative be informed that the Council would be happy to discuss the use of its venues as an alternative to their current venue, and that again they could apply in 12 months’ time.  Jewen’s Women2Women was turned down on multiple reasons, including no details of safeguarding, no engagement with local schools or information on how children would be selected for the programme.  It was also felt to be a high request for grant funding for the benefit of just 10 children.

Members noted the correspondence from Volunteer Link Up, Citizen’s Advice West Oxfordshire and Richmond Village, all thanking the Council for their respective grants.

 

RECOMMENDED:

                                1.            that the report and correspondence be noteed

2.            that the following grants be made under the General Power of Competence:

 

Witney Methodist Church

£500

to refurbish their ground floor toilets

Witney Town Band

£1,000

£500 for routine running of the band and £500 for the trip to Unterhaching

Witney Woodland

Volunteers

£500

to fund running expenses

Witney Carnival

Committee

£256

for provision of toilets at the carnival

Crohns and Colitis UK (Oxford)

£300

to cover hire of the Corn Exchange on 28 June for a tribute band evening

The Mayor of Witney

£480

to cover 3 lettings of the Corn Exchange for fundraising events

               

 

3.        that the organisations receiving funding be asked to acknowledge the Town Council’s  financial support within their publicity and literature;

 

4.       that a report is sent to the Town Council illustrating how the grants have been spent by each organisation.