Issue - meetings

REPORT OF THE POLICY AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT MANAGER

To update  the Committee on the activities and actions of the Communities Officer, to advise on the current expenditure and balances of the delegated budgets and to consider applications for grant funding.

RESOLVED:

(1)       That the Committee formally thank the Community Engagement Team for their hard work, particularly over the period of the pandemic.

(2)       That the actions taken by the Community Engagement team to promote greater community capacity and well-being for Letchworth be endorsed.

REASON FOR DECISIONS: To ensure the Committee is kept informed of the work of the Community Engagement Team.

Audio Recording – 45 minutes 23 seconds

The Assistant Community Engagement Officer presented the report entitled Grants and Community Update together with the following appendix:

·                Committee Budgets 2020-21.

She advised that:

The Team had been extremely busy working on the current situation as well as continuing projects that had previously been started including working with YC Herts to get a Youth Council operational.

The following Members took part in the debate and asked questions:

·                Councillor Daniel Allen.

In response to questions the Assistant Community Engagement Officer advised:

·                That there was no longer a restriction on the timing of organisations applying for grant funding.

Members wished to place on record their thanks to the Community Engagement Team for their hard work, particularly over the period of the pandemic.

RESOLVED:

(1)       That the Committee formally thank the Community Engagement Team for their hard work, particularly over the period of the pandemic.

(2)       That the actions taken by the Community Engagement team to promote greater community capacity and well-being for Letchworth be endorsed.

REASON FOR DECISIONS: To ensure the Committee is kept informed of the work of the Community Engagement Team.