Agenda and minutes

There was an apology for absence from Councillor Jose Hales.

There were no declarations of interest.

To authorise the Chair to sign the Minutes of the meeting held on Friday, 29 July 2022 as a correct record.

The Grants Advisory Committee authorised the Chair to sign, as a correct record, the minutes of the meeting held Friday 29 July 2022.

Subject to a correction with regards to the Milton Community Centre applications for a Zero Carbon Grant. The minutes should state that the battery storage application, for £13,296, was granted the funding request and that the interior and exterior lighting application, for £6,847 was not successful.

It was noted that there had been an IT error that had resulted in the application from Ickleton Village Hall not being included in the pack for the previous month. It was commented that this IT error had been resolved and would not occur again.

The application from Ickleton Village Hall was agreed and funded for the requested amount of £8,000.

·       Abington History Group (AHG) (CBPGHVXV) be approved and funded at the full amount requested of £850

·       Cambridgeshire Search and Rescue (CamSAR) (CBPGHVXV) be approved and funded at the full amount requested of £2,000

·       Hope against Poverty CIC (QXHTKXPD) is not funded, but deferred as detailed below.

·       Abington History Group provides information on who owns the portacabin and if their group has sole use of it.

·       Cambridgeshire Search and Rescue provide details on what the difference is between a £300 and a £250 underwater search pole and what security measures are in place for where the items are stored.

Abington History Group

Costs of £850 – requested through the community chest.

Who owns the portacabin?

It was agreed that officers would inquire and find this out.

Is the information to be put online or in a digital format? Yes – 4000 documents to be digitised. Over 4000 images linked to descriptions.

Agreed

Cambridgeshire Search and Rescue

£2,000 requested

Agreed

Hope against Poverty CIC

Free Christmas hampers for those struggling to afford to celebrate Christmas with their families.

£2,000 requested

How are the hampers going to be distributed out?

Need to know how this will be managed, particularly with self-referral.

Are unwanted toys checked that they are fire safe?

Where are the parcels coming from? Is it volunteers creating these parcels or a company that is making a profit from the creation of such parcels? If there is a profit, where is that profit going?

Application deferred pending the receipt of further information.

Friday, 30 September at 10:00

Friday 30 September 2022 at 10:00am.