Bids for funding from the Community Investment Fund
Purpose:
1. to consider the applications for funding from the Community Investment Fund;
2. to make recommendations to the Leader of the Council on the allocation of funds for large capital grants as shown below; and
3. to make recommendations to the Leader of the Council on the total allocation of funds for capital grants of less than £15,000 in the 2013/14 financial year.
Applications for consideration:
|
Organisation |
Project |
Grant Sought £ |
Scheme Cost £ |
|
St John the Evangelist, Stoke Row, Parochial church Council |
Kitchen and toilet extension |
£58,000 |
£145,000 |
|
East Hagbourne Parish Council |
Replacement village pavilion |
£100,000 |
£364,559 |
|
Warborough Parish council |
Village hall improvements and parking spaces |
£32,585 |
£65,171 |
|
St Mary’s Church, Chalgrove |
Internal church renovation for community use |
£83,750 |
£418,758 |
|
Chalgrove Parish Council |
Play area improvements |
£80,000 |
£139,066 |
|
Baldons and Nuneham Courtenay Community society Limited |
Alterations to improve the dining room of the Seven Stars community pub |
£42,000 |
£70,600 |
|
Sandford on Thames Parish Council |
Community hub and village centre |
£100,000 |
£506,566 |
|
The Friends of Horspath |
Purchase of Horspath Methodist chapel |
£100,000 |
£301,080 |
|
Great Milton Recreation Ground |
Recreation ground improvements |
£50,353 |
£83,922 |
|
Thame Players Theatre Company |
Staging, seating, heating and lighting improvements |
£100,000 |
£203,210 |
|
Beckley and Stowood Parish Council |
Replacement village hall |
£100,000 |
£587,531 |
|
Total requests for funding |
|
£846,688 |
£2,885,463 |
The Leader of the Council will award grants taking into account the recommendations of the Panel. The decision will be circulated to all councillors and, subject to the council’s call-in procedure, be implemented five working days later
Background papers: information on individual grants; applications; and officer’s evaluation.
Minutes:
The panel considered the applications for funding from the Community Investment Fund over £15,000 capital awards scheme, taking into account the reports of the Grants Team Leader on each application, the presentations from the registered public speakers, and the visits to each site carried out on 18 and 20 June 2013.
The applications considered were:
Community Investment Fund Grant applications 2013
|
Applicant |
Project summary |
Estimated project cost £ |
Requested amount £ |
Percentage Requested % |
|
East Hagbourne Parish Council |
Replacement village pavilion |
364,559 |
100,000 |
27.43 |
|
Sandford-on-Thames Parish Council |
Community hub and village centre |
506,566 |
100,000 |
19.74 |
|
Chalgrove Parish Council |
Play area improvements |
139,066 |
80,000 |
57.53 |
|
Thame Players Theatre Company |
Improvements to staging, seating heating and lighting |
203,210 |
100,000 |
49.21 |
|
The Friends of Horspath (charity) |
Purchase of Horspath Methodist chapel |
301,080 |
100,000 |
33.21 |
|
Baldons and Nuneham Community Society |
Extension to dining room community pub (Seven Stars) in Marsh Baldon |
70,600 |
42,000 |
59.49 |
|
Warborough Parish Council |
Re-roofing Greet Memorial Hall |
50,242 |
25,121 |
50.00 |
|
Beckley and Stowood Parish Council |
Replacement village hall |
587,531 |
100,000 |
17.02 |
|
St Mary's Church, Chalgrove |
Internal renovations to church for community use |
418,758 |
83,750 |
20.00 |
|
Great Milton Recreation Ground |
Improvements to the recreation ground |
83,922 |
50,353 |
60.00 |
|
St John the Evangelist Church, Stoke Row |
Extension to provide kitchen and toilet |
145,000 |
58,000 |
40.00 |
|
Total |
|
2,870,534 |
839,224 |
|
Scores for each application
The panel discussed the Grants Team Leader’s provisional scores for each application under each criterion and amended a number of these.
The panel agreed final scores as follows:
|
Community Investment Fund Grant applications 2013 |
Community benefit |
Broadening the range |
Meeting a local need |
Community participation |
Project viability |
Finance |
Total |
|
East Hagbourne Parish Council |
20 |
20 |
20 |
20 |
55 |
10 |
145 |
|
Sandford-on-Thames Parish Council |
20 |
20 |
20 |
20 |
40 |
15 |
135 |
|
Chalgrove Parish Council |
15 |
15 |
20 |
20 |
55 |
5 |
130 |
|
Thame Players Theatre Company |
20 |
15 |
15 |
15 |
50 |
5 |
120 |
|
The Friends of Horspath (charity) |
20 |
20 |
15 |
15 |
40 |
10 |
120 |
|
Baldons and Nuneham Community Society |
10 |
15 |
10 |
15 |
60 |
5 |
115 |
|
Warborough Parish Council |
20 |
15 |
15 |
5 |
50 |
5 |
110 |
|
Beckley and Stowood Parish Council |
20 |
20 |
15 |
15 |
20 |
15 |
105 |
|
St Mary's Church, Chalgrove |
15 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
40 |
15 |
100 |
|
Great Milton Recreation Ground |
15 |
15 |
15 |
5 |
40 |
5 |
95 |
|
St John the Evangelist Stoke Row |
10 |
10 |
5 |
5 |
20 |
10 |
60 |
Cut off score and recommendation of awards
Cabinet had agreed on 13 February 2012 to make no award to applications scoring 90 points or less and an award of 80 per cent of requested funding to applications scoring between 91 and 119 points when considering the under £15,000 capital grant scheme bids.
The panel considered that while four of the bids scored between 100 and 120 points, these were very good projects which were capable of success if fully supported and would bring a significant benefit to their communities. The panel considered that awarding only 80 per cent of the amount requested would increase the probability that ... view the full minutes text for item 4