Decision details

Community Chest Grant Funding 2015-16

Decision Maker: Leader's Portfolio Meeting, Leader of Council

Decision status: Recommendations approved

Is Key decision?: No

Is subject to call in?: Yes

Purpose:

Allocate Community Chest grant funding to the following organisations, in the following way:

Group

Purpose of Grant

Parishes Affected

Applied for (£)

Awarded (£)

Reboot Cambridge Community Interest Company

IT equipment for resource centre to support employability/self employability project

Cottenham and other villages

1,500

1,500

The Waterbeach and Landbeach Action for Youth Project (WAY)

Acoustic sound boards for music and games room

Waterbeach, Landbeach, Chittering, Milton, Cottenham

1,425 (amended to £1,316 following agreement to purchase second-hand sound boards)

1,316

 

Decision:

The Leader AGREED the following grants:

 

Applicant

Village(s) affected

Project Description

Total Cost of project (£)

Total applied for (£)

Total Awarded

(£)

The Cygnets, Milton Pre-School

Milton

To purchase tables and chairs for new building

3,108.84

1,500.00

1,500.00

Friends of Milton County Park

Milton

To purchase marquee and folding tables for regular events

786.92

786.92

786.92

The Almshouse and Pension Charity of the Julia Norris Trust

Little Gransden

Toward the refurbishment and remodelling of four almshouses

540,000

1,500

1,500

Gamlingay Allotment Gardeners Association

Gamlingay

To purchase table and benches

1,000

1,000

1,000

Ladybird Pre-school

Cottenham

To purchase new metal storage sheds

1,128.32

1,128.32

1,128.32

Melbourn Amateur Dramatics Society

Melbourn

To purchase replacement costumes, scenery, microphones, materials to make propes

1,200

500

0 (Deferred for quotes)

Litlington Recreation Centre Management Committee

Litlington

To purchase replacement tables and chairs

1558.75

1,000

1,000

Lolworth Parish Meeting

Lolworth, Bar Hill, Boxworth

To purchase road planings, fuel and weedkiller to repair the millennium footpath between Lolworth and Bar Hill

400

400

400

Little Shelford Bowls Club

Little Shelford

To replace badly damaged fencing along one side of the green

1,876.21

1,000

1,000

Longstanton Grasshoppers Cricket Club

Longstanton

To purchase a secure container to store the club’s equipment

1,530

1,500

1,500

Whittlesford Parish Council

Whittlesford

To purchase a road sign reading “Whittlesford. Please drive safely” for the Newton entrance to the village

786

786

0

Cambourne Comets

Cambourne

To purchase gymnastics/safety equipment

2,800

1,500

1,500

Caldecote Scout Group

Caldecote

To purchase camping and orienteering

1,500

1,500

1,500

Comberton Bowls Club

Comberton

Towards the refurbishment of toilet facilities

4,735.34

1,500

1,500

The Phoenix Trust

Milton

To purchase two all-terrain pallet trucks

1,675.20

1,500

1,500

1st Histon Scouts

Histon, Impington

To make repairs to the scout hut

10,036.74

1,500

1,500

Meadows Out of School Club

Balsham, West Wickham, West Wratting, Weston Colville

To purchase outdoor play equipment

473.51

473.51

473.51

Mother Goose Pre-School

Wimpole

To purchase matting material to be placed around play equipment

2,624.40

1,500

1,500

 

Report author: Kirstin Donaldson

Publication date: 24/06/2015

Date of decision: 24/06/2015

Decided at meeting: 24/06/2015 - Leader's Portfolio Meeting

Effective from: 02/07/2015

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