Agenda item

The Committee received a report of the Chief Grants Officer which advised Members of ten expenditure items, totalling £49,700, which had been presented for approval under delegated authority to the Chief Grants Officer, in consultation with the Chairman and Deputy Chairman.

·         198 Contemporary Arts and Learning - £2,000 to match Creative Employment Programme funding towards the wage costs of 1 Apprentice for 1 year from May/June 2014. The national minimum wage must be paid.

·         Islington Community Theatre - £2,000 to match Creative Employment Programme funding towards the wage costs of 1 Apprentice for 1 year. The national minimum wage must be paid.

·         Park Theatre - £2,000 to match Creative Employment Programme funding towards the wage costs of 1 Apprentice for 1 year. The national minimum wage must be paid.

·         Kingston Churches Action on Homelessness - £3,000 (7.5 days at £400 per day) to provide an eco-audit.

·         Country Trust – £15,000 (£5,000; £5,000; £5,000) towards staffing and project costs of the Food Discovery programme in London.

·         Camden Listening and Counselling Centre - £4,900 over three years (£1,900; £1,500; £,1,500) to increase the number of males aged 19-and-over attending the counselling service, subject to a satisfactory budget for year’s 2 and 3.

·         South London Theatre Buildings Preservation Trust - £5,000 for the costs of an independent access audit.

·         St John's Church, Waterloo - £4,800 for the costs of an independent access audit, to ensure best practice on access issues.

·         St Paul's Church Covent Garden - £1,800 towards an access audit.

·         Brendoncare Ronald Gibson House Care Centre - £9,200 towards the provision of a sensory garden and dementia-friendly furnishings in the dining room at Ronald Gibson House.