Decision details

Councillor A-M Barker noted the resolution in the report and asked the Executive for the reason that the Council was employing a member of staff to work within the local community when the Charity was undertaking its own work.  Sue Barham reported that the recommendation to not award a grant was based on the good news that the Council was working with MASCOT under the Sheerwater Together Programme and a recent bid to the People’s Health Trust had resulted in a grant award of £50,000.  In addition, the Council had previously employed a Community Development Worker for Sheerwater and Maybury and it had been decided to apply the resource to work closely in the community with MASCOT.

RESOLVED

That no grant be awarded.

Reason:     Since the application was submitted, the Group has received external funding towards its running costs and the Council has employed a Community Engagement Worker for Sheerwater who will work closely with the Group.