Issue - meetings

THIRD SECTOR GRANTS

Meeting: 15/04/2015 - Oban Lorn & The Isles Area Committee (Item 5)

Report by Community Development Officer

Additional documents:

Appendix 1 - assessments Final, item 5 PDF 409 KB

Minutes:

A report detailing recommendations for the award of Third Sector Grants (including Events and Festivals) to Third Sector organisations for Oban, Lorn and the Isles was considered.

Decision

The Committee:

Agreed to award the grant recommendations as follows:-

Organisation	Total Project	Recommendation
Organisation	Total Project	Recommendation
Argyll & Bute Youth Forum	£4,760	£200
Argyll Voluntary Action (Oban Link Club)	£6,000	£2,700
Coisir Ghaidlig Taigh an Uillt	£540	Agreed that this application be brought to the Special Area Committee on 1^st May for consideration once further infromation is received
Dalavich Improvement Group	£3,526	£1,500
Glenorchy & Innishail Community Orchard and Woodland Garden	£4,328.07	£1,000
Highlands and Islands Music and Dance Festival	£40,100	£1,500
Luing Social Committee	£915	£250
Mendelssohn on Mull	£46,740	£2,000
Mull Runners	£7,240	£650 and asked that if equipment is bought could it be shared with Coll and Tiree for future events
Oban Communities Trust (Rockfield Project)	£23,517	£3,600
Ross of Mull and Iona Community Transport Scheme	£1,130	£500
Tiree Community Development Trust	£7,682	Agreed that this application be brought back to the Special Area Committee on 1^st May once concerns raised have been explored
Tiree Music Festival	£10,650	Agreed that this application be brought back to the Special Area Committee on 1^st May once concerns raised have been explored
Tobermory Marine Exhibition/Aquarium	£9,980	£2,000

2. Agreed that those organisations that have received funding for the two previous years or more should not be awarded more than the amount they received in 2014/15 unless increased developmental aspects are detailed om the application. These repeat applicants may be subject to a 20% reduction on the previous years allocation. This is to reduce applicants’ dependency on Council grants and encourage fundraising and income generation initiatives;

3. Agreed that where possible, and if appropriate, new applicants should receive all or most of the amount requested (up to 50% total project costs), unless a very large amount of funding is sought;

4. Agreed that grants will only be awarded pending receipt of the correct paperwork; and approved financial check; and an End of Project monitoring form (if a grant was awarded in previous year); and

5. Agreed that the Aros Hall Committee be permitted to carry forward £1,356.50 to be spent on the original application purpose within the 2015/16 financial year.

6. Agreed that the applications noted at items 3, 4, 5, 7, 11, 12, 14, 21 of this Agenda item be considered at a later Area Committee meeting

(Ref: Report by Community Development Officer dated 15^th April 2015, submitted).