Issue - meetings
Grant to Toynbee Hall for a ‘Memories, Craft and Community Hub’ as part of the Petticoat Lane High Street Heritage Action Zone programme
Meeting: 09/03/2022 - Grants Determination (Cabinet) Sub-Committee (Item 6)
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Minutes:
Anna Zucchelli (Heritage at Risk Projects Officer, Place) presented the report.
The report sought permission for the Council to allocate funding provided to the Council by Historic England as part of the Petticoat Lane High Street Heritage Action Zone (HSHAZ) programme. The programme supported a number of projects and this particular grant was for the provision of a ‘Memories, Craft and Community Hub’ in a vacant shop unit in Wentworth Street
It is proposed that Toynbee Hall take on the lease of the shop unit and manage the space to support a series of cultural and community events until March 2024.
The Committee discussed a number of issues and noted the following points:
· The proposed funding of £55,000 would only contribute to revenue costs(rather than costs of the activities and running costs).
· Suitability of the vacant shop to provide the project – This was in view of the Town Centre location and that it would meet more of the objectives of the programme. Other sites had been considered but discounted such as at a local university complex and other local community centres – due to a number of difficulties and that they was outside the Town Centre.
· Officers had engaged with Toynbee Hall about the types of events that could be provided including the provision of exhibitions on local cultural history. In response to Committee Members, it noted that this could include events on such things as Bangladeshi history.
The Sub – Committee welcomed the project.
RESOLVED:
1. Approve a grant of £55,000 to Toynbee Hall for a ‘Memories, Craft and Community Hub’ as part of the Petticoat Lane High Street Heritage Action Zone programme.
2. Authorise the Corporate Director Place to enter into the grant agreement and any such other agreements required to affect the grant and the use of the grant as detailed in paragraph 1 of the report.