Agenda item

To receive and consider the report of the Project Officer.

The Committee received and considered the report of the Project Officer which covered the upcoming Christmas activity for 2025.

Members discussed the options for the distribution of the Social Value Fund, provided via the Christmas Lights contract and agreed the charities supported in 2024 should once again be the recipients as they offered support to a broad scope across the town. These were; Witney Foodbank, Witney Food Revolution, Witney Community Church and High Street Methodist Church and they should each be awarded £250 from the fund.

The Committee also welcomed the proposal to raise sponsorship for both the Christmas Trees and the Advent Fayre Event. It was felt this would enhance local business relations as well as provide budget relief for the Council.

Recommended:

1. That, the report be noted and
2. That, Officers advise LITE of the beneficiaries of the Christmas lights social value fund and
3. That, the Christmas lights sponsorship scheme be approved.