Issue - meetings
Event Fund - Report on Event Fund Awards 2016-17 Quarter 1
Meeting: 08/11/2016 - Commissioners' Decision Making Meeting (Item 6.3)
6.3 Event Fund - Report on Event Fund Awards 2016-17 Quarter 1 PDF 223 KB
Additional documents:
- 641EventFundAwardsReportsAppendixA, item 6.3 PDF 28 KB
- 642EventFundAwardsAppendixBEqualityAnalysisEAclearedFL241016, item 6.3 PDF 107 KB
- 643EventFundAwardsAppendixCEAChecklistclearedFL241016, item 6.3 PDF 62 KB
- 644EventFundAwardsAppendixDmonitoringclearedFL241016, item 6.3 PDF 485 KB
Decision:
Steve Murray Head of Arts and Events introduced the report which reported Event Fund Applications for events between April 1st 2016 and June 30th 2016. Alison Denning then reported details of awards made under Events funding in the period and improvements made to procedures to determine grants that were issued.
Mr Murray additionally asked Commissioners to approve a variation of the interval for processing applications from one month to three months to begin 3rd January 2017. Commissioners considered the requested and the Chair advised that they were minded to accept the proposal on the basis that variation would not be detrimental to the organisations applying. He requested that the implementation and effects of the change should be monitored and reported to Commissioners.
The Chair invited Councillor Mukit to comment on the report on behalf of GSSC and he indicated that Members had requested clarifications around allocation criteria, measures to support small organisations to apply, and opportunities to use the grants portal to signpost applicants to other sources of funding.
The Chair invited co-opted members to comment; Mayor Biggs and Councillor Saunders noted that some organisations might be unable to meet the new expectations. Officers advised that such organisations would be referred for support to CVS.
RESOLVED
1. That the quarterly report of Event Fund Grant applications made and awards approved by Service Head for Culture Leisure and Learning for applications for events taking place in April, May and June 2016 be noted.
2. That, subject to monitoring of implementation and effects, a variation of the interval for processing applications from one month to three months be approved, to begin 3rd January 2017.