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Venue: Council Chamber

Contact: Chris Gibson 

Media

Items
No. Item

1.

Election of a Chair

To elect a Chair of the Committee.

Minutes:

RESOLVED to appoint Councillor Lees as Chair.

 

 

2.

Apologies for Absence and Declarations of Interest

To receive apologies for absence and declarations of interest.

Minutes:

There were no apologies for absence.

 

3.

Minutes of Previous Meetings pdf icon PDF 202 KB

To receive minutes of the meetings held on 15 & 23 February 2021.

Additional documents:

Minutes:

The minutes of the meetings held on 15 and 23 February 2021 were agreed.

 

4.

Voluntary Organisation Support Grant Applications pdf icon PDF 167 KB

To consider all applications and allocate up to £310,000 grant funding as per the Council’s Grants Policy.

Additional documents:

Decision:

RESOLVED to allocate up to £310,000 grant funding to voluntary organisations as detailed in Appendix A.

Minutes:

Each application was considered in turn. The Chair confirmed that £310,000 was available for distribution and that this was unfortunately due to budget constraints.

 

 

Members unanimously resolved to grant funds to organisations as detailed below:

 

 

Organisation

Amount Requested

Allocated 2022/23

Council for Voluntary Services

£55,000.00

£40,000.00

Uttlesford Community Travel

£48,300.00

£35,000.00

St Clare West Essex Hospice Care Trust

£5,000.00

£2,500.00

Home-Start Essex

£12,813.29

£8,000.00

Volunteer Uttlesford

£24,000.00

£15,000.00

Support 4 Sight

£15,346.00

£8,000.00

Action for Family Carers

£16,500.00

£10,000.00

Hearing Help Essex Ltd

£5,700.00

£4,000.00

Uttlesford Citizen Advice

£191,000.00

£150,000.00

Uttlesford Citizen Advice (front line service)

£5,000.00

£5,000.00

Citizens Advice East Herts

£11,500.00

£8,000.00

Accoro (Care Service)

£15,000.00

£10,000.00

Uttlesford Buffy Bus Association

£6,050.00

£4,000.00

Carers FIRST

£9,660.00

£5,000.00

Saffron Hall Trust

£9,000.00

£3,000.00

Dig-It

£5,000.00

£2,500.00

Thaxted Centre for the Disabled

£9,000.00

£0.00

Radwinter Recreation Ground Charity

£3,450.00

£0.00

 

TOTAL

£447,319.29

£310,000.00

 

 

Members made the following additional comments:

 

·         They asked that Volunteer Uttlesford looked to work more collaboratively with the CVSU and UDC in future.

·         They asked that Uttlesford Citizen Advice worked with UDC to look for alternative ways to support in future.

·         They suggested that Thaxted Centre for the Disabled could approach their Ward Councillors for possible funding from their Initiative Grants as well as possibly the Councillor for Essex CC.

·         They considered that it would be a dangerous precedent to allocate funds to Radwinter Recreation for Ground Charity and suggested that Radwinter Parish Council be approached.

 

All bodies were thanked for their submissions and members of the public were encouraged to support these groups moving forward.

 

Officers were thanked for their contributions.

 

 

Meeting Closed 5.20 pm