Issue - meetings
Launch of new Festivals Grants Scheme 2020/2023
Meeting: 04/11/2019 - Voluntary and Community Sector Committee (Item 62)
62 Community Festivals Fund: proposal for review to a three-year small grants programme 
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Additional documents:
- Appendix 1. Community Festivals Fund Grants 2020-2023 - Eligibility and Selection Criteria, item 62
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- Appendix 2. Community Festivals Grant Offer Letter, item 62
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- Appendix 3. Festival Grants 2020-2023 - Application Form, item 62
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- Appendix 4. Festivals Fund Annual Evaluation Form, item 62
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- Appendix 5. Resident Impact Assesment, item 62
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Decision:
AGREED recommendations.
Reasons for decision – as specified in the report
Other options considered – none
Conflicts of interest/Any dispensations granted – none
Minutes:
RESOLVED:
(a) That the Community Festivals Fund be changed to a small grants programme where applicants are commissioned by open competition on a three-year basis, subject to the budget being available year by year.
(b) That the revised eligibility and funding criteria that applicants seeking Community Festival Fund support are required to meet, the terms and conditions of the grant, including reporting annually on how the grant has been spent, as well as satisfactory confirmation of match funding annually, all as detailed in Appendix 1 of the report of the Executive Member for Community Development, be approved.
(c) That the new grant agreement offer letter, the terms and conditions and payment schedule, as detailed in Appendix 2 of the report, be approved.
Reasons for decision
The Fund provided an opportunity for the Council to support local organisations to develop and deliver a range of events.
Other options considered
None.
Conflicts of interest/Any dispensations granted
None.