Contact: Rob Ormerod, Community Strategy Manager Ext: 5122

e-mail: [email protected]

1. Summary

The following decisions are sought:

1.1 To approve the following allocation:

Hampshire Strategic Partnership - £4,689 (funding form 1 refers)

2. Reasons:

2.1 This decision relates to all three of the Corporate Strategy priorities: Hampshire safer & more secure for all, Maximising wellbeing and Enhancing our quality of place. The report provides a picture of conditions across Hampshire through analysis of indicators relating to the Community Strategy themes.

3. Other Options considered and rejected: Not to approve these allocations

4. Conflicts of Interest declared by the decision maker or other executive member consulted - Not applicable.

5. Dispensation granted by the Standards Committee - Not applicable.

6. Reason(s) for the matter being dealt with if urgent - Not applicable.

Approved by: Date: 23 November 2007

Councillor R. Perry

Contact: Rob Ormerod, Community Strategy Manager Ext: 5122

e-mail: [email protected]

1. Summary

1.1 This report makes a recommendation in respect of an application for funding from the Hampshire Strategic Partnership, which is subject to approval by the Executive Member for Community Development and External Affairs.

2. Background

2.1 A budget for supporting projects derived from the County Council's statutory duty to prepare a community strategy has been set up and this includes a budget of £223,800 in 2007/08 to support the development of Local Strategic Partnerships (LSPs) and pump prime activity which supports community strategies.

2.2 Each of the 11 LSP's are encouraged to bid for money from this budget to support the development of their LSPs and for the pump priming of projects.

2.3 The budget is also available for the development and implementation of the Hampshire Strategic Partnership.

2.4 The Chief Executive can approve amounts of up to £2000. The Executive Member for Community Development and External Affairs can approve amounts between £2000 and £10,000. Amounts exceeding £10,000 must be referred by the Executive Member to the Leader for decision with a recommendation.

2.5 Appendix B sets out the funding criteria for which bids will be approved. They are intended as guidelines and not prescriptive rules.

2.6 The relevant local Member's views are taken into account through the LSP mechanism.

2.7 This decision relates to all three of the Corporate Strategy priorities: Hampshire safer & more secure for all, Maximising wellbeing and Enhancing our quality of place. The report provides an analysis of conditions across Hampshire relating to each of these and the Community Strategy themes, using a range of quality of life indicators.

3. Current bids

3.1 The following bid has been approved under delegated powers:

3.2 A bid from the Rushmoor LSP for £1,000 to support the work of the Street Pastor Scheme in Aldershot Town Centre.

3.1.2 The following bid is for consideration by the Executive Member for Community Development and External Affairs:

Hampshire Strategic Partnership - £4,689 (funding form 1 refers)

3.2.2 The budget for this financial year 2007/08 has been agreed at £233,800.

3.2.3 If the bids listed above are approved against the 2007/08 budget, the total allocated, is £180,064, leaving £53,736 (see appendix A).

Recommendation

To approve the following allocation:

The sum of £4,689 for the Hampshire Strategic Partnership

Section 100 D - Local Government Act 1972 - background papers

The following documents disclose facts or matters on which this report, or an important part of it, is based and has been relied upon to a material extent in the preparation of this report.

NB the list excludes:

1. Published works

2. Documents which disclose exempt or confidential information as defined in the Act.

File FM Exec Member Location: Community planning/committee reports

Funding Form 1

Bids for funding from Hampshire County Council to support district LSP's

For further information or queries please contact:

Jo White Tel: 01962 845004 E-mail: [email protected]