Agenda item

Revenue Grants 2019/20

Decision:

The Executive RESOLVED that,

 

    (i)          subject to thedelivery of the service level agreements, revenue grants be allocated for the period 1 April 2019 to 31 March 2020 as follows:

 

Organisation

Grant for 2019/20

 

Surrey Heath Citizens Advice

£80,000

 

Voluntary Support North Surrey

£30,000

 

Surrey Heath Age Concern

£10,000

 

Tringhams, West End

£13,000

 

Camberley Central Job Club

£7,000

 

Basingstoke Canal Authority

£10,000

 

Blackwater Valley Countryside Partnership

 

£10,000

Surrey Heath Sports Council

 

£3,500

Surrey Heath Arts Council

£1,400

 

   (ii)          a full review of the Revenue Grants scheme be undertaken in 2019/20; and

 

  (iii)          the External Partnerships Select Committee be asked to assist with this review.

 

Minutes:

The Council funded a number of voluntary organisations which either worked in partnership with the Council or performed functions on the Council’s behalf.

 

The Executive considered a table providing a breakdown of these organisations’ funding requests, together with supporting information. The table compared the funding requested against the grant awarded for 2018/19, the percentage of requested funding against annual running costs and, where appropriate, the in-kind financial support given to the organisations.

 

Members were also provided with information relating to the achievement of

targets contained in each of the Service Level Agreements.

 

The Executive reviewed the proposed awards for each of the organisations; it was agreed to support the proposals for 2019/20, but a full review of the Revenue Grants would be undertaken in that municipal year. The review would include whether grants were being made at the correct levels, to the right organisations, and the value for money the revenue grants realised.

 

RESOLVED that

 

                                    (i)          subject to thedelivery of the service level agreements, revenue grants be allocated for the period 1 April 2019 to 31 March 2020 as follows:

 

Organisation

Grant for 2019/20

 

Surrey Heath Citizens Advice

£80,000

 

Voluntary Support North Surrey

£30,000

 

Surrey Heath Age Concern

£10,000

 

Tringhams, West End

£13,000

 

Camberley Central Job Club

£7,000

 

Basingstoke Canal Authority

£10,000

 

Blackwater Valley Countryside Partnership

 

£10,000

Surrey Heath Sports Council

 

£3,500

Surrey Heath Arts Council

£1,400

 

                                  (ii)          a full review of the Revenue Grants scheme be undertaken in 2019/20; and

 

                                (iii)          theExternalPartnerships Select Committee be asked to assist with this review.

 

Note: In accordance with the Members’ Code of Conduct

 

                                               (i)          Councillor Paul Deach declared a non-pecuniary interest as he was the County Council’s representative on the Basingstoke Canal Authority;

                                              (ii)          Councillor Charlotte Morley declared a non-pecuniary interest as she was the Council’s representative on Surrey Heath Sports Council; and

                                             (iii)          It was noted for the record that Councillor Alan McClafferty declared that his wife was a trustee of Surrey Heath Age Concern.

 

 

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