Archived decisions
Hampshire County Council
Executive Member - Recreation and Heritage Item 12
17 March 2005
Annual Revenue Support to Community Associations - 2005/06
Report of the Director of Recreation and Heritage
Contact: Margaret Plumridge, ext 6173
1. Introduction
1.1 The Recreation and Heritage Department works with Community Associations who aim is to provide the opportunity for local people to participate in recreational, educational, social, cultural and environmental activities within their local communities and to encourage local initiatives by people of all ages.
1.2 The Corporate Strategy
By supporting these organisations in their work and through working in partnership with them the Recreation and Heritage Department helps to achieve Aim 4 of Hampshire County Council's Corporate Strategy - `Building safe and strong communities'
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1.3 Supporting the Members Priorities
These organisations provide a wide range of social and recreational activities locally for all ages ranges and this year they have been asked to consider the activities they provide that assist the health agenda. The attached summary, set out in Appendix 5, gives a flavour of the extensive amount of activity that is provided by these organisations. Many of them are to provide additional activities as part of the Healthy Hampshire Festival.
1.4 Impact Assesment
Organisations applying to this scheme are by their nature defined as accessible
to all members of the community. This is embodied within their charitable objects, therefore no groups or organisations should be excluded from any benefit arising from these decisions.
2. Purpose of report
2.1 Requests of financial assistance
The purpose of this report is to provide details of requests for financial support towards the annual revenue costs of these organisations.
3 Finance
3.1 It is proposed that the sum of £174,200 is set aside from the 2005/06 revenue budget to meet requests from Community Associations for annual revenue support. After adjusting for inflation this is similar to the sum set aside in 2004/05.
3.2 Proposals brought forward in this report (set out in appendix 1) amount in total to £167,032. The application from Ringwood Community Association for £5,000 will need to be determined by the Executive Member - Policy & Resources on 14 April.
4 Details of the applications
4.1 Appendix 1 is a summary of the current proposals for 2005/06.
4.2 Appendix 2 sets out the conditions and criteria governing annual revenue support as they currently exist.
4.3 Appendix 3 contains individual reports which summarise the funding applications received to date. Each contains:-
· an indication of the financial position of the organisation
· information on how well they achieved against jointly agreed objectives set last year
· recommendations regarding objectives for the year 2005/06. Meeting these objectives will be a condition of funding.
4. Appendix 5 lists some of the activities provided by these organisations that meet the health agenda.
Recommendation
That annual revenue support of £162,032 as outlined in Appendix 1 be approved.
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