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: That the actions taken by the Community Officer to promote greater community capacity and well-being for the Southern Rural Area be endorsed.

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

Audio Recording – 24 minutes 50 seconds

The Community Engagement Team Leader presented the report entitled Grants and Community Update together with the associated appendix below:

·                Appendix 1 - 2019/20 financial year budget sheet.

She drew attention to the following:

·                The 2020/21 budget contains £8,700 in addition to the £6482 from 2019/20 provides a total budget of £15,182;

·                There was a Covid-19 Community Support Fund available for groups such as the Knebworth Covid Response Team and Ickleford Community Larder to apply for grant funding;

·                Members were asked to direct any enquiries from groups supporting Covid 19 related activities to the Community Engagement Team.

·                The table at Paragraph 8.3 of the report listed the known groups providing a variety of activities in response to the Covid-19 pandemic.

RESOLVED: That the actions taken by the Community Officer to promote greater community capacity and well-being for the Southern Rural Area be endorsed.

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