Decision details
Grants to Voluntary Organisations 2010/11: Grants under £5,000 with three-year funding arrangements
PDF 145 KBDecision Maker: Sustainable Communities and Partnerships Manager
Decision status: Recommendations approved
Is Key decision?: No
Is subject to call in?: No
Purpose:
To allocate grants to a number of organisations as part of the Council’s scheme of Grants to the Voluntary Sector.
Decision:
|
Voluntary Organisation |
Grant Awarded |
Reason(s) |
|
Encompass Network |
£0.00 |
Funding over-subscribed, not essential to fund, seems to duplicate work of other infrastructure / sexual health groups. |
|
The Cambridge and District Community Mediation Service |
£2,500.00 |
Grant reduced from 2009-10 because of lower referral numbers. |
|
The Connections Bus Project |
£3,095.00 |
Funding over-subscribed. Grant reduced from 2009-10. |
|
Cambridge Family Mediation Service |
£2,500.00 |
Grant maintained at 2009-10 level. Funding over-subscribed so, despite increased need for family mediation as a result of the current economic climate, cannot increase grant amount. |
|
Age Concern Cambridgeshire Core Funding |
£3,155.00 |
SCDC supporting of this work. Grant maintained at 2009-10 level. |
|
Disability Cambridgeshire & Disability Huntingdonshire (joint application) |
£3,250.00 |
Separate grants in 2009-10. Disability Cambridgeshire grant was over 3 years. Disability Huntingdonshire grant was for 1 year. Combined grant is slightly lower but over 3 years to enable medium-term planning. |
|
Relate Cambridge |
£2,500.00 |
Grant reduced from 2009-10 level. Funding over-subscribed and cannot prioritise given focus on older people. |
|
Dhiverse |
£0.00 |
Funding over-subscribed and cannot prioritise given focus on older people. SCDC is supporting of this work but feels there are better, more relevant sources of funding to be found. |
|
Cambridge Dial-A-Ride |
£3,500.00 |
All to be funded at appropriate levels given activity in South Cambs during the last few years and given Council priority of Community Transport. |
|
Royston and District Community Transport |
£2,6500.00 |
|
|
3CT |
£1,500.00 |
Alternative options considered:
Option 1: To award funding to a different range of applicants and / or to award funding at a different level.
Reason for Rejection: Applications were assessed based on the information supplied and the need identified.
Publication date: 25/02/2010
Date of decision: 02/02/2010
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