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Cabinet
Wednesday, 21 June 2006

CA210606-12

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ITEM CA12

CABINET – 21 JUNE 2006

VILLAGE HALL/COMMUNITY CENTRE GRANTS 2006/2007

Report by Director for Social & Community Services


Introduction

  1. The County Council’s grant scheme for the improvement of village halls and other community buildings is administered by the Oxfordshire Rural Community Council (ORCC). This report summarises the applications received and recommends allocations from the grant fund for 2006/07.
  2. Applications Received

  3. Twenty applications were received and were checked against the established eligibility criteria of the scheme (Annex 1) (download as .doc file). Notes of each application are in the Members’ Resource Centre.
  4. ORCC’s grant recommendations are attached in the table at Annex 2 (download as .doc file). These have been discussed with ORCC’s Village Halls Advisory Group consisting of representatives of village hall committees countywide.
  5. It is possible that in a few cases part of a grant recommended for a project will be needed as third party funding in order to trigger a grant from the Trust for Oxfordshire’s Environment. This is a productive use of the Council’s financial support in order to lever in other funds. A note about third party funding is included in the application notes in the Members’ Resource Centre.
  6. Progress on grants allocated in 2004/05 and 2005/06

  7. All grants allocated in the years up to 2004/05 have now been claimed.
  8. Thirteen grants were allocated in 2004/05 totalling 56,800. Of these all have been claimed except the one awarded to Little Coxwell, which is due to be claimed shortly.
  9. Sixteen grants were allocated in 2005/06 totalling £62,900. Of these seven have been claimed (Kelmscott, Salford, Weston-on-the-Green, Great Coxwell, Great Milton, Harpsden and St. Margaret’s Institute, (North Oxford). A further four projects are in progress (Duns Tew, North Leigh, Sparsholt and the Tews).
  10. Financial Implications

  11. The annual budget for these grants in 2006/07 is £55,998. Members had already agreed to earmark £11,000 of this as a further grant in support of the new North Leigh Memorial Hall project. The grants recommended by ORCC in this report therefore total £44,998.
  12. Funds from 2004/05 and 2005/06 budgets are being carried forward to meet the commitments made to projects approved in those financial years.
  13. RECOMMENDATION

  14. The Cabinet is RECOMMENDED to approve the grants proposed in Annex 2 to the report.

CHARLES WADDICOR
Director for Social & Community Services

Background papers: Notes on Applications

Contact Officer: Richard Munro, Head of Cultural and Adult Learning Services Tel: (01865 810191)

June 2006

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