VOLUNTARY SECTOR JOINT LIAISON COMMITTEE
Minutes of an extraordinary meeting held on
4th December, 2009.
Present: Councillor G.C. Kemp
(Chairman); Councillor Mrs. D.M. Turner (Vice-Chairman);
Councillors Mrs. S.M. Bagstaff, J.F. Fraser, Mrs. M. Kelly Owen,
Mrs. K.A. Kemp and C.J. Williams.
Representatives of the Voluntary Sector and
Health Service: Mrs. Rachel Conner (Vale Centre for
Voluntary Services).
676 APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE -
These were received from Councillors J.
Clifford and Mrs. P. Drake; Ms. T. Burris (Age Concern),
Ms. A. Steere (Vale Volunteer Bureau) and Mr. G. Simpson
(Valeways).
677 DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST -
The following Members declared interests as
shown below:
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Councillor Mrs. K.A. Kemp
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Agenda Item No. 3 - Allocation of funding
under the Voluntary Action Scheme 2010/11 - Member of the Board of
Trustees, YMCA.
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Ms. Rachel Connor
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Agenda Item No. 3 - Allocation of funding
under the Voluntary Action Scheme 2010/11 - Grant applicant.
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The above Members vacated the room during
consideration of the items declared.
678 ALLOCATION OF FUNDING UNDER THE
VOLUNTARY ACTION SCHEME 2010/11 (DFICTP) -
A Joint Working Group comprising the Chairman
and Vice-Chairman of the Committee, voluntary sector
representatives and officers of the Council, met on 23rd
November 2009 to consider the applications received under the
Voluntary Action Scheme, and to make recommendations to the
Voluntary Sector Joint Liaison Committee as to the award of
grants.
The sum available for allocation, subject to
the necessary funding being approved by the Council was £126,000
based on the current year’s budget provision of £203,000 less
£77,000 forward commitments made in the 2009/10 Scheme to fund 3
year projects.
AGREED -
(1) T H A T Cabinet be
requested to approve grants under the Voluntary Action Scheme
2010/11, in the sum of £126,000 2010/11, £71,000 2011/12 and
£71,000 2012/13, as detailed below:
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view approved grants
(2) T H A T in future, when
considering such applications, all Members of the Voluntary Sector
Joint Liaison Committee be provided with copies of the application
forms and an evaluation of each, including the views of relevant
Partnership Co-ordinators, Heads of Service and Directors.
Reason for decisions
(1&2)
To address the award of grants in accordance with the approved
scheme.