Agenda item

The Executive RESOLVED that

(i)            £10,000 be awarded to Chobham Rugby Football Club to support the building of its new facilities plan; and

(ii)          £1,500 be awarded to West End Village Society to support the installation of the ‘Stag Statue’.

The Executive considered a report seeking approval of two grant applications received for the Council’s Community Fund Grant Scheme. The applications related to funding requested by Chobham Rugby Football Club to support its extensive refurbishment and modernisation project, and the installation of a Stag Statue on the A322 junction with Guildford Road/Kerria Way/Fellow Green Road, West End applied for by West End Village Society (WEVS).

Whilst concerns about the use of public money for the Stag Statue were noted, it was also recognised that the grant proposed was lower than the amount requested by WEVS and the Council had a number of other grants schemes available to support residents with food and energy payments.

RESOLVED that

(i)     £10,000 be awarded to Chobham Rugby Football Club to support the building of its new facilities plan; and

(ii)   £1,500 be awarded to West End Village Society to support the installation of the ‘Stag Statue’.

Note: It was noted for the record that Councillor Rebecca Jennings-Evans declared that she had allocated funding from her Surrey County Council Members’ Community Allocation to West End Village Society for the Stag Statue.