Agenda item

1.   That the award of Grants to the Third Sector Organisations as detailed below, be approved;

 

Strategic Partners – 3 year Approval

 

Canolfan Maerdy	£17,748
Citizens Advice Bureau	£78,546
DANSA Transport	£31,362
DOVE Workshops	£33,568
Glynneath Training Centre	£41,611 (amended verbally at the meeting)
NPT CVS – Core Funding Contribution	£43,219
NPT Shop Mobility	£35,293
Ystalyfera Development Trust	£14,885
Neuadd Cwmllynfell	£20,000  (74% of 2015/16 award to be paid in 2 no equal instalments beginning of April and October)
Port Talbot Stroke Group	£900  (196% of 2015/16 award)

 

Applications Refused

 

Age Concern Neath Port Talbot	Transferred to an SLA
Age Concern Neath Port Talbot - Project
Glyncorrwg Ponds
Stroke Association
Stroke Association - Project
Swansea Bay Racial Equality Council
Swansea Bay Racial Equality Council - Project
Vision Wales (was Wales Council for Blind)

 

One off Grant Budgets – To Be Awarded during 2016/17

 

Community Safety Grant
Miscellaneous Grants

 

 

 

2.   That the Grant Funding be centralised into one corporate Third Sector Fund;

 

3.   That the Grant Application process for 2017/2018, as contained in the circulated report, be approved.

(*Councillor A.H.Thomas withdrew for the meeting for the decisions specified below, Councillor A.N.Woolcock took the Chair and Councillor Mrs.S.Miller substituting)

 

Decision:

 

1.              That the award of Grants to the Third Sector Organisations as detailed below, be approved:-

 

Strategic Partners – 3 year Approval, subject to annual review of performance and grant quantum

 

Canolfan Maerdy	£17,748
Citizens Advice Bureau	£78,546
*DANSA Transport	£31,362
*DOVE Workshops	£33,568
Glynneath Training Centre	£41,611 (amended verbally at the meeting)
NPT CVS – Core Funding Contribution	£43,219
NPT Shop Mobility	£35,293
Ystalyfera Development Trust	£14,885
Neuadd Cwmllynfell	£20,000  (74% of 2015/16 award to be paid in 2 no equal instalments beginning of April and October)
Port Talbot Stroke Group	£900  (196% of 2015/16 award)

 

Applications Refused

 

Age Concern Neath Port Talbot	Transferred to an SLA
Age Concern Neath Port Talbot - Project
Glyncorrwg Ponds
Stroke Association
Stroke Association - Project
Swansea Bay Racial Equality Council
Swansea Bay Racial Equality Council - Project
Vision Wales (was Wales Council for Blind)

 

One off Grant Budgets – To Be Awarded during 2016/17

 

Community Safety Grant
Miscellaneous Grants

 

2.              That the Grant Funding be centralised into one corporate Third Sector Fund;

 

3.              That the Grant Application process for 2017/2018, as contained in the circulated report, be approved;

 

4.              That the decision made by the Scrutiny Committee to invite recipients of financial support from the Authority to make a presentation to Committee on the work of their organisation, be noted.

 

Reason for Decisions:

 

To approve grants to third sector organisations in line with the Council’s Scheme.

 

Implementation of Decisions:

 

The decisions are for immediate implementation, the Chairman of the Scrutiny Committee had agreed to this course of action and there would therefore be no call in of these decisions.

 

Consultation:

 

Consultation on the draft Third Sector Grant Funding Scheme and associated documentation was undertaken for a 12 week period between 14^th April and 7^th July 2015.