Archived decisions
HAMPSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL
Decision Report
Decision Maker: |
Executive Member for Recreation, Heritage and Communities | ||||
Date of Decision: |
19 March 2009 | ||||
Decision Title: |
Community Strategy Budget - Bids for Funding | ||||
Decision Reference: |
609 | ||||
Report From: |
Chief Executive | ||||
Contact name: |
Robert Ormerod, Community Strategy Manager | ||||
Tel: |
01962 845 122 |
Email: |
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
1) Summary of Decision Area:
1.1. The report makes a recommendation in respect to applications for funding from the Gosport Partnership Board, Test Valley Partnership, East Hampshire Community Partnership and the Wessex Youth Offending Team.
1.2. This decision supports all three of the Corporate Strategy priorities: Hampshire safer & more secure for all, Maximising wellbeing and Enhancing our quality of place and support the development and delivery of sustainable community strategies across Hampshire.
2) Recommendations:
To approve the following allocation from the Community Strategy Budget
2.1. Gosport Partnership Board - £ 7,000 to support the Neighbourhood Management pilot in Rowner and to disseminate approaches and best practice to inform neighbourhood management models for Town, Forton and Leesland.
2.2. Test Valley Partnership - £ 4,100 to support the Askalot Community Shop.
2.3. East Hampshire Community Partnership - £ 8,200 to support the East Hampshire Community Learning Forum.
2.4. Wessex Youth Offending Team - £ 10,000 to support Destino - Lives transformed through contemporary dance.
MAIN REPORT
1) Purpose of the Report:
2.5. To make a recommendation in respect to applications for funding from the Gosport Partnership Board, Test Valley Partnership, East Hampshire Community Partnership and the Wessex Youth Offending Team.
2) Contextual Information:
2.1. A budget has been established to support the development of Local Strategic Partnerships (LSPs) and to pump prime activity which supports the development and delivery of community strategies across Hampshire. The budget is £229,300 in 2008/09.
2.2. Each of the 11 LSP's are able to bid for funding from this budget to support their development and work at a district level. The budget is also available for the development and implementation of the Hampshire Sustainable Community Strategy.
2.3. The Leader has agreed that the Chief Executive can approve individual applications of up to £2000. The Executive Member for Recreation and Heritage can approve individual applications between £2000 and £10,000. Applications exceeding £10,000 must be referred for approval to the Executive Member for Policy and Resources for decision having consulted the Executive Member for Recreation, Heritage and Communities.
2.4. Appendix C sets out the funding criteria for which bids will be approved. They are intended as guidelines and not prescriptive rules.
2.5. The applications are both supported by the Executive Member for Recreation, Heritage and Communities. They have also been circulated to local County Councillors via the respective Hampshire Action Teams. All responses received to date have been supportive of the bids.
3) Key Issues:
3.1. None noted.
4) Current Bids:
4.1. The bids for approval are as follows, with further details set out at Appendix B.
· Gosport Partnership Board - £ 7,000
· Test Valley Partnership - £ 4,100
· East Hampshire Community Partnership - £ 8,200
· Wessex Youth Offending Team - £ 10,000.
4.2. If the bids are approved, the remaining budget will be £ 4,012 (See Appendix D).
5) Outline of Options:
5.1. Option 1:
a) To approve this allocation.
5.2. Option 2:
a) Not to approve this allocation.
6) Summary Recommendations:
6.1. To approve the current bids.
CORPORATE OR LEGAL INFORMATION:
LINKS TO THE CORPORATE STRATEGY | ||||
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Hampshire safer and more secure for all |
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Corporate Business plan link no (if appropriate) |
N/A |
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Maximising well-being |
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Corporate Business plan link no (if appropriate) |
N/A |
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Enhancing our quality of place |
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Corporate Business plan link no (if appropriate) |
N/A |
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OR |
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This proposal does not link to the Corporate Strategy but, nevertheless, requires a decision because: | ||||
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Section 100 D - Local Government Act 1972 - background documents | |
The following documents discuss facts or matters on which this report, or an important part of it, is based and have been relied upon to a material extent in the preparation of this report. (NB: the list excludes published works and any documents which disclose exempt or confidential information as defined in the Act.) | |
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Bids for funding from Hampshire County Council to support district LSP's
Name of LSP |
Gosport Partnership Board | |
Contact Name |
Tim Houghton, Executive Director Groundwork Solent and Gosport Partnership Board member | |
Amount Requested |
£7,000 | |
Summary of Bid (Details of proposed activity the money will be spent on) Summary of bid (cont'd) |
To support the Neighbourhood Management pilot in Rowner and to disseminate approaches and best practice to inform neighbourhood management models for Town, Forton and Leesland. We need funding to; · Support environmental improvements in a deprived part of the wider Rowner estate. Complex land and property ownership has led to a stark contrast in levels of cleanliness, maintenance and overall quality of the environment between adjoining neighbourhoods and streets. These poor quality neighbourhoods are under resourced and wholly reliant on resident led management companies to raise income from low income households to pay for basic maintenance and repairs to their housing stock and the wider public realm. We want to undertake feasibility work identifying specific improvements to help stop this part of Rowner becoming the next `sink' estate just at a time when major redevelopment and investment is planned for adjacent areas. This will cost @ £2,000. · To support the costs of clean up activities including removal of fly tipping, graffiti and broken fencing. This is part of a wider `package' of support to residents groups to help them develop proposals to improve their environment and raise grant funding from community spaces and other sources to fund these improvements. We will organise this through a resident participation event. This will cost @ £2,500 · We want to demonstrate that this new approach to delivering better neighbourhood services works and need to carry out some urgent baseline assessment and begin a process of evaluation to measure impact against our objectives which are to: o Increase youth provision to meet needs of the emerging cohort of young people o To establish positive norms for young people o To significantly improve resident satisfaction with environmental services and quality of the environment o To improve the internal and external image of Rowner o To remove barriers to training and employment and increase work based learning opportunities for people with no, or low, qualifications. We need a further £2,500 to fund this | |
Monitoring arrangements and intended outcomes |
This activity will be delivered by the partners of the Gosport Neighbourhood Management Steering Group (NMSG) which include GBC, HCC, Groundwork Solent, Gosport Voluntary Action, Portsmouth Housing Association and St Mary's church (on behalf of Churches Together). All of these organisations are represented on and form part of the Gosport partnership board. The Neighbourhood management group employs a Neighbourhood Management Co-ordinator who would be responsible for overseeing day to day delivery of this work. The NMSG will report directly to the LSP board The outcomes will include; · A feasibility study and report setting out a way forward and recommendations for adopting roads currently requiring maintenance and investment · Increased levels of engagement and motivation of residents with more people taking pride in their environment and realising they can make a difference · A baseline assessment of current service provision and first part of an evaluation process to determine how people feel about the initial investment and quick wins made since the neighbourhood Management programme was launched in October 2008. · Recommendations and learning which can be applied to emerging proposals for neighbourhood management approaches in other parts of Gosport. | |
Timescale (anticipated period over which the money will be spent) |
The money will be spent by March 2009. The feasibility work including the core sampling required to assess the condition of the roads proposed for adoption will be complete by end of February. The baseline survey and start of the evaluation work will be carried out in March. | |
How does this bid support the targets within the Community Strategy? How does this bid support the targets within the Community Strategy? (cont'd) |
This bid supports Gosport's aspirations as set out in its Sustainable Community Strategy to develop a good community spirit and to have an active community and voluntary sector. The Gosport Partnership Board and our communities, we represent and work alongside, are committed to having a clean, well maintained and attractive environment in Gosport. It will help encourage pride in where we live and will reduce environmental injustices by creating high quality environments where nobody is disadvantaged by where they live. We know that the quality of our surroundings has a major impact on the way we feel about ourselves and our community. The evaluation work will help the Gosport Partnership board to demonstrate and evidence this. It will in turn be used to support other funding bids and roll out similar approaches to improving service delivery through neighbourhood management in other deprived wards in the borough. The Community Strategy action plan identifies two key priorities for Gosport; creating local employment and reducing traffic congestion. The evaluation work will demonstrate the wider economic benefits of helping to improve people's living conditions, provide better facilities for young people, tackle low level crime and create and improve job prospects. Through the process of seeking to get roads adopted and improving the local environment we will encourage and help residents to adopt more sustainable lifestyles including encouraging recycling and reducing reliance on cars particularly for local journeys. | |
Overall funding arrangements (please specify total cost of project and the amounts contributed from other partners) |
The overall budget/cost for Gosport's Neighbourhood Management Programme for 2008/9 of which this bid forms part is £63,500. So far £56,500 has been secured with £31,500 committed from GBC, £20,000 from HCC and £5,000 from Groundwork Solent. Funding commitments are in place for 2009/10 and we expect our activity in the areas covered by this bid to lever in additional investment of at least a further £50,000 by April 2010. | |
Date of LSP when bid agreed (the bid must be presented at LSP meetings and be agreed by all partners on the LSP) |
12 February 2009 | |
Signed (by Chair / Vice Chair of LSP) |
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Date 12 February 2009 |
Name of LSP |
Test Valley Partnership | |
Contact Name |
Bernard Sully | |
Amount Requested |
£4,100 | |
Title of bid/ project |
Askalot Community Shop | |
Summary of Bid (Details of proposed activity the money will be spent on) |
The Askalot Community Shop has been providing a valuable one-stop community information service for over a year. Initially the shop was staffed by professionals from partner agencies on a rota basis. However, demand is such that the Turnaround Project Group recruited a part time manager for much of 2008/09 to ensure continuity of service and the capacity to develop more services such as the Homework Club, Internet access through Everybody On Line, photography project and the Swap Shop. Use continues to increase and the manager is able to engage with residents with a view to initiating new services | |
Monitoring arrangements and intended outcomes |
The Turnaround Project (TAP) steering group manages the shop and reports through to the Test Valley Partnership. TAP aims to reduce inequalities in the Alamein Ward of Andover which is the most socially deprived ward in Test Valley. Key Targets include raising educational attainment, reducing anti-social behaviour and improving health and wellbeing. | |
Timescale (anticipated period over which the money will be spent) |
This application, if successful, would bridge the 2008/09 funding gap and allow the project to continue into next year when more sustainable external funding will be sought. | |
How does this bid support the targets within the Community Strategy? |
TAP is a flagship project of the Test Valley Partnership and delivered against a significant number of the Joint Areas of Focus recently agreed by the partnership. | |
Overall funding arrangements (please specify total cost of project and the amounts contributed from other partners) |
Total project cost in 2008/09 £11,254 Contribution from Policy and TVBC - £4,000 Everybody on Line - £3,150 Shortfall £4,100 The R & H Department, whilst an active partner in TAP, is unable to provide any financial support to the shop in this financial year. | |
Date of LSP when bid agreed (the bid must be agreed by all partners on the LSP) |
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Signed (by Chair/ Vice Chair of LSP) |
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Date |
Name of LSP |
East Hampshire Community Partnership | |
Contact Name |
Andy Ferrier | |
Amount Requested |
£8,200 | |
Title of bid/ project |
East Hampshire Community Learning Forum - widening participation | |
Summary of Bid (Details of proposed activity the money will be spent on) |
The Forum is leading the expansion of Adult and Community Learning provision across East Hampshire. The district has four Community Forum areas each with its own issues and challenges. For some years the Alton Community Association has run a community learning programme in the North West Forum area and has developed some outreach courses in neighbouring areas of the district. In partnership with Community First East Hampshire the Community Learning Forum has commissioned their learning co-ordinator to scope the other three Forum areas of the district and promote and deliver new courses that learners wish to participate in. In 2007/08 new learning venues were identified in and around Petersfield in the Central Forum area and learners numbers have begun to expand. This year (2008/09) numbers have continued to increase and preparatory work has begun to tackle the North East area where new venues are being sought. | |
Monitoring arrangements and intended outcomes |
Progress is reported to regular meetings of the East Hampshire Community Learning Forum which is accountable to the East Hampshire Community Partnership steering group. Participation in adult and community learning enables individuals to improve their skills, enhance their quality of life through learning and experience social interaction which improves wellbeing. | |
Timescale (anticipated period over which the money will be spent) |
This application is to fund 50% of the project cost for 2008/09. | |
How does this bid support the targets within the Community Strategy? |
A priority outcome of the East Hampshire Sustainable Community Strategy for 2008 to 2026 is to " increase opportunities for adults to learn by providing more quality leaning provision in their local communities". | |
Overall funding arrangements (please specify total cost of project and the amounts contributed from other partners) |
Total project cost in 2008/09 is £16,400. 50% has been provided by HCC R & H dept. East Hampshire DC provides in kind support through secretarial support, meeting venues, refreshments and the Forum's website. | |
Date of LSP when bid agreed (the bid must be agreed by all partners on the LSP) |
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13/2/09 (bid approved by Vice-Chair) |
Signed (Vice Chair of LSP) |
Tony Struthers |
Date 13/2/09 |
Name of LSP |
Wessex Youth Offending Team |
Contact Name |
Steve Crocker |
Amount Requested |
£10,000 |
Title of bid/ project |
Destino - Lives transformed through contemporary dance. |
Summary of Bid (Details of proposed activity the money will be spent on) |
Destino is a pilot contemporary dance project based on the successful Academy in Bradford which was developed by our key partner Dance United. Positively evaluated by Manchester University the project is a physically, mentally and artistically challenging experience for vulnerable young people who have not achieved and have either offended or are at serious risk of offending. The intense 3 week project will culminate in two public performances at The Point in Eastleigh and offers partners the opportunity to support the long term vision of developing an Academy in Hampshire, which will deliver intense 12 week programmes for some of our most vulnerable young people. This pilot will cost approximately £50,000 which includes venue hire, transport, the services of Dance United's professional dance tutors and a promotional DVD of the pilot for use in marketing the future project to potential funders. |
Monitoring arrangements and intended outcomes |
The pilot is led by a multi agency team which includes Wessex YOT, Children's Services, Recreation & Heritage and Dance United. The pilot aims to enable participants to discover their real potential and the innate capacity to succeed despite the difficulties they have so far experienced in their lives. |
Timescale (anticipated period over which the money will be spent) |
3 week pilot commenced on 2.2.09 Rehearsals and public performances take place during week beginning 2.3.09. |
How does this bid support the targets within the Community Strategy? |
The project aims to reduce the number of vulnerable young people entering the criminal justice system for the first time and also support those young people at risk of re-offending. |
Overall funding arrangements (please specify total cost of project and the amounts contributed from other partners) |
£ 10,000 - Connexions Grant to Dance United 10,000 - Children's Services, Care Matters Grant 10,000 - Wessex YOT Revenue Budget 10,000 - Recreation & Heritage Youth Offer budget 10,000 - unfunded deficit 50,000 - approx total cost | |
Date of LSP when bid agreed (the bid must be agreed by all partners on the LSP) |
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Signed (by Chair/ Vice Chair of LSP) |
Date | |
Funding Criteria for the Community Strategy Grants budget
The following criteria should be taken into consideration when preparing a submission for funding. They are intended as guidelines and not prescriptive rules.
Under delegated powers, bids up to £2,000 can be agreed by the Chief Executive; bids between £2,000 and £10,000 can be agreed by the Executive Member for Community Development and bids over £10,000 can be agreed by the Leader
1. The grant money available is for projects that wouldn't be developed without the support of the LSP or without the help of pump priming money
2. Any grant application must highlight the links with the themes contained in the relevant Community Strategy where one has been adopted
3. Any bid must be consistent with the themes and aims in the Hampshire Strategic Partnership's Community Strategy, and the priorities of the County Council
4. The funding request must be discussed and approved by the relevant LSP and any application approved by the Chair of that LSP
5. The budget will not be divided equally between district LSPs but awarded on individual consideration and the merits of the project
6. Applications will be referred for decision as per delegated powers above
7. Grants will not be awarded in order to meet shortfalls in service delivery budgets
8. Grants will not be paid for partner organisations staff costs, however bids will be considered for support staff that; work directly for the LSP ; are joint funded with other LSP partners; and report to the chair of the LSP
9. Funding will be given to applications for pump priming specific projects rather than general running costs of organisations or projects with ongoing revenue requirements. Applications which have a resource implication must state how the ongoing costs are to be met.
10. Where possible joint funding in line with partnership approaches should be encouraged and to this end grants should normally be a percentage of the sum required to complete the project
11. A budget monitoring report will be required for all bids over £2,000 at the end of the financial year. Continued financial support will be conditional on this basic information being provided
Schedule of Funding Bids 2008/09 (FY 2007/08)
District LSP |
Item |
Date approved |
By |
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Total budget |
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£229,300 |
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Test Valley LSP |
CCTV Scheme |
03/04/2008 |
R Ormerod |
£2,000.00 |
New Forest LSP |
New Forest Compact Group |
03/04/2008 |
R Ormerod |
£700.00 |
Gosport LSP |
Rowner Access Point |
24/06/2008 |
Leader |
£15,000 |
County |
Plain English Commission accreditation for SCS |
18/06/2008 |
R Ormerod |
£1,399 |
County |
Contribution to CSPF p/t admin support |
11/07/2008 |
R Ormerod |
£695 |
County |
Eastleigh Asian Welfare and Cultural Assoc |
30/06/2008 |
R Ormerod |
£500 |
County |
Parish Planning |
27/07/2008 |
Cllr Snaith |
£10,000 |
Eastleigh LSP |
Star project |
27/07/2008 |
Cllr Snaith |
£10,000 |
Hart LSP |
Running costs and SCS publication |
27/07/2008 |
Cllr Snaith |
£5,000 |
Gosport LSP |
LSP Coordinator/ SCS projects |
27/07/2008 |
Cllr Snaith |
£10,000 |
Fareham LSP |
LSP Coordinator/ SCS projects |
27/07/2008 |
Cllr Snaith |
£10,000 |
County |
Interfaith forum |
27/07/2008 |
Cllr Snaith |
£10,000 |
Hart LSP |
LSP Co-ordinator Network |
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R Ormerod |
£210 |
Test Valley LSP |
Hampshire Water Festival |
01/08/2008 |
R Ormerod |
£2,000 |
Gosport LSP |
Rowner Neighbourhood Management Co-ordinator |
11/09/2008 |
Cllr Snaith |
£10,000 |
County |
CADDIE |
11/09/2008 |
Cllr Snaith |
£3,533 |
County |
Sustainable Community Strategy |
11/09/2008 |
Cllr Snaith |
£4,240 |
County |
Quality of Life Report |
11/09/2008 |
Cllr Snaith |
£7,160 |
Basingstoke and Deane LSP |
LSP/LAA Manager post, annual conference etc |
16/10/2008 |
Leader |
£14,912 |
Rushmoor LSP (paid to RBC) |
Partnership Officer/Manager |
16/10/2008 |
Leader |
£13,500 |
Hart LSP |
Youth engagement.skills project |
23/10/2008 |
R Ormerod |
£1,000 |
Hart LSP |
Fleet Town Centre Project |
23/10/2008 |
R Ormerod |
£500 |
Hart LSP |
Sunshine & Showers Support Group |
13/11/2008 |
Cllr Snaith |
£3,000 |
Havant LSP |
Community Board's Support Officer |
13/11/2008 |
Cllr Snaith |
£10,000 |
Hampshire Sexual Violence & Childhood Abuse Forum |
13/11/2008 |
Cllr Snaith |
£6,000 | |
CAH |
BME Capacity building (Year 2) |
agreed in 2007 |
Cllr Perry |
£10,000 |
East Hampshire LSP |
Alton College |
22/01/2009 |
Cllr Snaith |
£10,000 |
Test Valley LSP |
Andover Vision Project Manager |
22/01/2009 |
Cllr Snaith |
£9,000 |
Test Valley LSP |
Partnership Manager |
22/01/2009 |
Cllr Snaith |
£5,250 |
County Strategy Group for Crime & Disorder |
Annual Conference and materials |
22/01/2009 |
Cllr Snaith |
£7,000 |
County |
LSP Challenges venue/expenses Oct 2008 |
16/02/2009 |
R Ormerod |
£1,066 |
County |
LSP Joint Chair/Practitioners meeting Jan 2009 |
27/01/2009 |
R Ormerod |
£323 |
Test Valley LSP |
Annual celebration and stakeholder event |
27/02/2009 |
R Ormerod |
£1,500 |
Test Valley LSP |
Responding to recession |
27/02/2009 |
R Ormerod |
£500 |
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Total allocated to date |
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£195,988 |
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Total budget less approvals to date |
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£33,312 |
Gosport LSP |
Neighbourhood Management Pilot in Rowner |
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£7,000 |
Test Valley LSP |
Aksalot Shop |
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£4,100 |
East Hampshire LSP |
Community Learning Forum |
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£8,200 |
Wessex Youth Offending Team |
Destino - lives transformed through contemporary dance |
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£10,000 |
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Total for approval |
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£29,300 |
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Remaining budget less applications to be agreed |
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£4,012 |