Agenda item

Community Development Project Grants

Meeting of Pre April-2015 Development Committee, Monday, 6th December, 2010 4.30 pm (Item 11.)

Minutes:

The Committee was reminded that the Community Development Project Grants were awarded to organisations which initiated small-scale community projects that contributed to the overarching aim of building the capacity of local people. The maximum amount which could be awarded to any one group under the scheme was £500.

It was reported that a total of 60 applications had been received in the second open call for funding by the closing date of 1st October, of which 21 were from organisations who had received funding when the first grant had opened in March, 2010. As the potential grant allocation would exceed the budget, only recommendations for those 39 applications received from organisations which had not yet received a Community Development Project Grant were being submitted to the Committee for consideration at this time. An end of year review of all grant budgets would be undertaken which would indicate if funding might be available for the remaining 21 applications. If funds permitted, further recommendations in relation to those would be submitted to the Committee in February.

The Committee considered the applications which had been received and which had not received funding during the first tranche and agreed to adopt the recommendations as set out below:

APPENDIX 1: Recommendations for Grant Approval

GROUP NAME	APP NO	REQUESTED	RECOMMENDED

NORTH
Asbestos Support N.I. (ASNI)	1730	£500.00	£500.00
Basement Youth Club	1756	£625.00	£500.00
Belfast Beginning Experience	1781	£2000.00	£500.00
Carrickhill Residents Association	1736	£500.00	£500.00
Ligoniel Improvement Association	1762	£500.00	£500.00
Wishing Well Family Centre	1734	£429.00	£429.00

Sub Total		£4,554.00	£2,929.00

GROUP NAME	APP NO	REQUESTED	RECOMMENDED

SOUTH
Ellis Court Residents Ass.	1748	£500.00	£500.00
Greater Village Regeneration Trust	1758	£500.00	£500.00
Lower Ormeau & Botanic Environmental Association	1750	£500.00	£500.00
Men Utd.	1753	£1,000.00	£500.00
St. John Vianne Senior Citizens Club	1749	£500.00	£500.00

Sub Total		3,000.00	£2,500.00

EAST
Avoniel Over 50’s Club	1747	£500.00	£500.00
Belfast East Seniors Forum	1768	£500.00	£500.00
Bellwood Seniors	1744	£500.00	£500.00
Medway Court Residents Assoc.	1779	£500.00	£500.00
Romanians in N.I.	1789	£500.00	£450.00
Sydenham Cross Community Support	1770	£500.00	£500.00

Sub Total		£3,000.00	£2,950.00

WEST
Caird Cheathru na Gaeltachta	1780	£500.00	£500.00
Centre For Health and Wellbeing	1731	£500.00	£500.00
Divis Tower Gardening Assoc.	1783	£500.00	£500.00
Divis Youth Project	1760	£600.00	£500.00
Falls Residents Association	1761	£600.00	£500.00
Glór Na Móna	1788	£500.00	£500.00
Greater Shankill Senior Citizens	1738	£500.00	£500.00
Highfield Mother & Toddlers	1755	£500.00	£500.00
Lenadoon Community Forum	1757	£500.00	£500.00
Lenadoon Women’s Group	1735	£500.00	£500.00
Roden Street CDA	1776	£500.00	£500.00
West Belfast Senior Citizen Forum	1737	£500.00	£500.00
Women In Safe Hands (WISH)	1751	£500.00	£500.00

Sub Total		£6,700.00	£6,500.00

GRAND TOTAL		£17,254.00	£14,879.00

APPENDIX 2: Recommendations for Grant Refusal

GROUP NAME	APP NO	Comment
Clonard Association	1752	Not a Community Development Organisation
Conservation Volunteers	1782	Application Incomplete: No Annual Accounts No evidence of AGM No list of Committee Members
Polish Saturday School	1769	Not a Community Development Organisation
Romanian Community Centre	1786	No Annual Accounts No Bank Account
South Belfast Friendship House	1785	Application Withdrawn
South Belfast Community Lifestyle Forum	1787	Directly Managed Community Centre User Group (ineligible)
Village Focus Group	1759	No Annual Accounts No evidence of AGM
Ballysillan Youth Football Club	1741	Not a Community Development Organisation No Annual Accounts
Looking Ahead Group	1784	Application Withdrawn

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