Agenda item

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

The Committee considered the Deputy Town Clerk’s report on local grant activity.

Members welcomed the new round of applications and approved subsidised use of the Corn Exchange for Witney in Pink, OCVA, and a centenarian birthday party. They also approved free use and a £500 budget to support hosting the Le Touquet Youth Council in July.

The discretionary grant application from Apollos Clothing was deferred to the next meeting pending clarification.

Members also noted grant monitoring updates on the £50 for 50 grants scheme, West Oxfordshire Community Transport, and thanked the Witney Town Hall Charity for its contribution toward Leys play equipment.

Resolved:

1.      That, the report be noted and;

2.      That, a grant request from Apollos Clothing be deferred to the meeting of 23June to allow further information to be submitted and;

3.      That, Witney in Pink be awarded a subsidised let of the Corn Exchange for the sum of £287 and;

4.      That, subsidised letting of the Corn Exchange for the Oxfordshire Community & Voluntary Action Group (OCVA) to host a public awareness event for the sum of £140 be approved and;

5.      That, the use of the Main Hall at the Corn Exchange for a centenarian birthday party be approved and;

6.      That, subsidised hire for the sum of £70 and a budget of £500 be approved an event to welcome the Le Touquet Youth Council to Witney in July and;

7.      That, a grant of £1,236.24 from Witney Town Hall Charity for replacement play equipment at The Leys be welcomed and;

8.      That, the usage figures from West Oxfordshire Community Transport for the previous six months be welcomed and;

9.      That, the update on grant monitoring for the Council’s £50 for 50 scheme be noted.