Agenda item

Consider report by Service Director Strategy and Policy recommending 4 applications for funding from the Community Grant Scheme Generic Budget.   (Copy attached.)

There had been circulated copies of a report by the Service Director Strategy and Policy recommending 4 applications for funding from the Community Grant Scheme (CGS Generic Budget.  The applications put forward for approval were Scottish Borders Community Development Company (The Bridge) Gala Wheels – award request £5,000; Youthborders – Sounding Out – award request £5,000); Border Samaritans – Support Grant – award request £2,500); and NTC Touring Theatre Co Ltd – award request £2,361.   The report explained that the projects recommended for approval totalled £14,861 and there was only £13,840 available in the CGS Generic Budget for 2015-16.  It was recommended to award Border Samaritans a grant at the lower level of £1,700.  Following discussion with the organisation it transpired that £800 of the original request was to cover IT equipment which had already been purchased and was not fundable under the terms of the scheme.  It was also recommended to award NTC Touring Theatre Co Ltd a grant at the lower level of £2,140 being the balance remaining in the Generic budget, subject to the recommendations of this report being approved.  The organisation received a project grant for a pilot project in 2014/15 which proved popular.  The organisation was returning for a one-off support grant for this year’s activity whilst it worked towards future sustainability.

DECISION

APPROVED:-

(a)        a grant to the value of £5,000 to The Bridge;

(b)       a grant to the value of £5,000 to Youthborders;

(c)        a grant to the value of £1,700 to Borders Samaritans, the grant being conditional on the organisation revising its fundraising plans to bridge this gap in future years; and

(d)       a grant to the value of £2,140 to NTC Touring Theatre Co Ltd, the grant being conditional on the organisation revising its fundraising plans to bridge this gap in future years.