Purpose

To consider the report on the Community Grants
Programme Proposal 24/25

Content

Agreed:
 
That
ExecutiveRECOMMEND that the officer recommendations to Council be
amended as follows to approve:-
 
(1) the 11
recommendations relating to the Community Grants Programme as set
out in, section 8.6 of the report and as amended at the meeting
.
 
(2) the five
recommendations relating to Wellbeing Exeter as set out in section
8.8 of the report.
 
(3) the
allocation of £154,000 from the NHCIL reserve, to fund the
proposed 2024/25 Community Grants programme.
 
(4) the
allocation of £30,970 from the NHCIL reserve, to fund the
staffing costs of administering the programme.
 
(5) the
allocation of £275,563 from the NHCIL reserve, to fund the
new core Wellbeing Exeter programme in 2024/25.
 
(6) the allocation of the
remaining £760,000 to a general budget under the Community
Grants programme and to grant delegate authority to the Portfolio
Holder and the Director of Culture, Leisure and Tourism to allocate
the additional, available funding from the NHCIL reserve to fund
Wellbeing Exeter Enhanced Model to continue community building
within Pinhoe and St. James wards which are the areas in the City
subject to the greatest housing development.
 
(7) the
allocation of £70,000 of the ring-fenced Wellbeing Exeter
reserve to aid the transition to the new core model in 2024/25 and
to provide a baseline for other funders to match.
 
(8) that
delegate authority be granted to the Director of Culture, Leisure
and Tourism to commission a Lead Organisation to take over from
Devon Community Foundation and the co-ordinator of Wellbeing
Exeter
 
(9) that the
Portfolio Holder and Director of Culture, Leisure and Tourism be
required to update the Executive on the progress of the transition
of Wellbeing Exeter and the Community Programme and bring forward
recommendations for priorities and spending in 2025/26 by September
2024.
 
Reason for
Decision: As set out in the report and as amended at the
meeting.