Agenda item

Report of the Town Clerk.

The Committee considered a report of the Town Clerk which set out outstanding actions from previous meetings of the Committee.

The Town Clerk informed the Committee that donations which are made to disaster relief appeals are reserved, by law, for the purpose of emergency appeals. The Town Clerk explained that information was being gathered to provide an analysis of the financial activities of organisations, which would help to inform future decisions regarding disaster relief donations.

The Town Clerk explained that the Chairman and Deputy Chairman had agreed to two donations being made to Disaster Relief Emergency Appeals during the last week. These were:

-       a donation of £20,000 to Save The Children’s emergency appeal to relieve the famine in North East Nigeria;

-       £25,000 to the Disaster Emergency Committee’s appeal to relieve the humanitarian crisis in Yemen.

RESOLVED – That the Committee notes the report.