Agenda item

Report of the Assistant Town Clerk and Cultural Hub Director.

The Committee considered a report of the Assistant Town Clerk and Cultural Hub Director concerning recommendations for applications received under the Inspiring London through Culture funding stream, a part of the City Corporation’s Central Grants Programme.

A Member noted that this was a by-product of the City’s Grants Review and suggested it would therefore be useful to have, in due course, some feedback as to whether this was working well and was an improvement on what had previously existed.

The Head of Cultural and Visitor Development reported that he had been very enthused by the interest shown in this theme and informed the Committee that a total of 16 applications had been received. He went on to report that, although it was anticipated that individual grants would not normally exceed £7,500, up to £10,000 may be considered for exceptional cases – many of the applications received had requested the £10,000 figure.

In response to questions regarding those applications that had been rejected by the Central Grants Unit before recommendations were presented to this Committee for approval, the Head of Cultural and Visitor Development clarified that all of the applications received were considered following the same protocol as that followed by the City Bridge Trust. The Assistant Town Clerk and Cultural Hub Director highlighted that those applications which had been rejected were also summarised within the report put to this Committee. Members recognised that they would therefore have the opportunity to question this and would also have the ability to set objectives and priorities going forward against which any future recommendations could be tested.

RESOLVED – That Members approve the recommendations for applications received under the Inspiring London through Culture funding stream, a part of the City Corporation’s Central Grants Programme.