Agenda item

To receive and consider the report of the Deputy Town Clerk.

The Committee received and considered the report of the Deputy Town Clerk and an amended policy document.

Members welcomed the updated document and agreed the grants budget and frequency of awards should remain the same. They also recognised the changes which enabled support for ecclesiastical properties were required in line with National Association of Local Council advice and the inclusion of other items concerning social value, grant monitoring, transparency and data protection.

There was agreement the Council’s vision was still evolving as part of a strategic plan so should not be included but its aims and objectives, including gender identity in point 4.1.6 should.

Resolved:

1.      That, the report be noted.

2.      That, the Grants Policy, as presented, be adopted by the Council with the above amendments.