Agenda item

Report of the Chamberlain.

The Sub Committee considered at  joint report of the Chamberlain and Town Clerk, which submitted grant applications for approval. 

In respect of Annex B (4-Year Forecast of current commitments to be met from City’s Cash budget and remaining funds available for distribution commencing 2014/15); the Chairman suggested and Members agreed that some of the grants shown were not being monitored by the appropriate Committees.  The Chamberlain agreed to review the position before the next meeting.  Members noted that that they would have further opportunities, within their Service Committees, to discuss ‘Annex B’ as part of the Service Based Reviews.

RESOLVED, that:

1)    The following applications be agreed and funded from City’s Cash:

Friends of City Gardens

A one-off grant of £2,500 towards running costs.  The Committee noted that the application had been for a total grant of £7,500, paid in instalments of £2,500 per annum for 3-years.  The organisation were advised to submit a further application next year.

The British Association for Early Childhood Education

A one-off grant of £10,000 towards the cost of an audit of the remaining 400 nursery schools in the UK.

2)     The following applications be agreed and funded from the City Educational Trust Fund:

The Foundling Museum

A one-off grant of £15,000 towards the cost of an exhibition on the life of Dr. Richard Mead.

            St Paul’s Chorister Trust

A reducing grant of £15,000 in Year-1, £12,500 in Year-2 and £10,000 in Year-3, conditional on the grant being restricted to bursaries. 

3)  The following applications not be agreed as, at this time, Members did not consider them to be the most appropriate use of funds:

Flowers in the City Campaign

An application for £5,000 per annum, for 3 years towards running costs.

All Hands Volunteers UK Trust

An application for £18,000, towards the cost of building temporary classrooms in the Philippines.

Providence Row

An application for £10,000 towards a Building and Maintenance Trainee Scheme.

Medical Justice

An application for £13,431 towards the cost of publishing a research report.

The Royal Institution

An application for £21,000 towards Family Fun Days.