Agenda item

Community Project Grants

Meeting of Pre April-2015 Development Committee, Wednesday, 10th December, 2008 4.30 pm (Item 10.)

Minutes:

Councillor Crozier declared an interest in this item, in that a group with which he was associated had been awarded financial assistance under this scheme, and took no part in the discussion.

The Community Development Manager reminded the Committee that Community Development Project Grants were awarded to organisations which supported and strengthened local efforts to enhance and improve the quality of life within a neighbourhood or area. The maximum amount which could be awarded under this scheme was £500. She indicated that the maximum amount which could be awarded to a Community Group under the authority delegated currently to the Director of Development in any one financial year was £500. In previous years, in order to permit applications received under the Christmas Community Chest, which enabled organisations to hold events during the Christmas period for local residents, to be processed using this delegated authority the former Client Services Committee had approved the payment of Community Development Project Grants. This was now the responsibility of the Development Committee and it would be necessary, therefore, for it to approve the payment of grants.

She reported that forty-four Project Grant applications had been received, thirty?six of which had been recommended for grant-aid and it was proposed that a total of £18,000 be allocated in this regard.

The Committee considered the applications which had been received, noted that the assistance to the Small Step Adult Education Group was subject to specific assurances being received and agreed to adopt the recommendations as indicated below:

Recommendations for Grant Approval

Group Name	Requested	Recommended
NORTH
Ardoyne Focus Group	£550	£500
Club Oige Mhachaire Bothain	£600	£500
Docksiders Senior Mens Group	£500	£500
Donegall Park Avenue Seniors	£500	£500
Friends of Clifton House	£500	£500
Jennymount Community Association	£500	£500
Midland Art Club	£500	£500
Midland Seniour Citizens Club	£500	£500
North Belfast Cultural Society	£500	£500
Shared History Interpretive Project	£500	£500

Group Name	Requested	Recommended
Small Steps Adult Education Group	£500	£500
St. Mary's Ladies Group	£500	£500
St. Silas Senior Citizens Club	£500	£500
Time 4 U	£500	£500
Womens Arts & Crafts	£500	£500
St. Kevins Senior Citizens Group	£500	£500
Sub Total	£8,150	£8,000
SOUTH
An Droichead	£500	£500
Men Utd	£500	£500
Womens Information Group	£500	£500
Sub Total	£1,500	£1,500
EAST
East Belfast Community Health Workers	£500	£500
Sub Total	£500	£500
WEST
An Munia Tober (Childrens)	£500	£500
An Munia Tober (Afterschools)	£500	£500
An Munia Tober (Health Outreach)	£500	£500
Blackie Community Groups Association	£500	£500
Conway Senior Citizens	£500	£500
Corpus Christi Services	£650	£500
Falls Womens Centre	£500	£500
Greater Shankill Senior Citizens Forum	£500	£500
Habinteg Pensioners Group	£500	£500
Hannahstown Seniors Group	£500	£500
Hannahstown Community Ass	£800	£500
Highfield Mother & Toddlers	£500	£500
Tearman Fold Tenants Association	£500	£500
Townsend Street Lunch Club	£500	£500
Upper Springfield Development Company	£500	£500
Upper Springfield Community Health Workers	£500	£500
Sub Total	£8,450	£8,000
TOTAL	£18,600	£18,000

Recommendations for Grant Refusal

Group Name	Request	Reason for Refusal
NORTH
		No Evidence of Financial
		No Systems or AGM.
The Hub Community Resource Centre	£500	Declaration of Compliance
Whitewell Transformation Project	£500	Application Withdrawn
SOUTH
Retired Senior Volunteer Programme	£500	Incomplete Application
WEST
West Belfast Senior Citizens Forum	£500	Application Withdrawn

Supporting documents:

Community Project Grants & Appendices 1&2, item 10. PDF 120 KB