Issue - meetings
Grant Funding for Culture and Community Organisations in Hampshire 2018/19
Meeting: 07/12/2017 - Executive Member for Culture, Recreation and Countryside Decision Day (Item 1)
1 Grant Funding for Culture and Community Organisations in Hampshire 2018/19 
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To consider a report of the Director of Culture, Communities and Business Services outlining grant applications from cultural and community organisations for 2018/19.
Additional documents:
Meeting: 13/11/2017 - Culture and Communities Select Committee (Item 26)
26 Grant Funding for Culture and Community Organisations in Hampshire 2018/19 PDF 192 KB
To consider a report of the Director of Culture, Communities and Business Services with grant applications from cultural and community organisations across Hampshire.
Minutes:
The Committee received the report of the Director of Culture, Communities and Business Services (Item 6 in the Minute Book) outlining grant applications from cultural and community organisations.
Some members expressed concern at the grant reductions proposed within the report and how this may impact upon the applicants. Members heard that the organisations had been contacted in advance and advised of the financial pressures on the County Council’s budget and that, as a result, the majority of applicants had amended their applications accordingly. As part of this discussion, it was also emphasised that organisations needed to make an application to the grant scheme in order to be considered for any funding, showing how they would manage the 20% reduction in County Council grant funding over the next two financial years.
In response to Members’ questions, it was confirmed that a formula is used to calculate grant awards to Community Associations based upon the size of the applying organisation, the number of activities it facilitated, the number of volunteers, any partnership working and deprivation levels within the local area.
RESOLVED:
That the Culture and Communities Select Committee recommends to the Executive Member for Culture, Recreation and Countryside that he:
i) Approves grants from the Culture and Recreation Investment Fund totalling £415,959, as set out in Appendix 2a.
ii) Approves grants from the Community Investment Fund totalling £59,805, as set out in Appendix 2b.
iii) Approves a grant of £100,000 to Energise Me for 2019/20.
iv) Defers the decision regarding grant awards to Live Theatre Winchester, the Hampshire Playing Fields Association and the Phoenix Theatre and Arts Centre as outlined in Appendix 2a.