brierley hill community first panel minutes - 17th april 2012

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Minutes of the meeting of the Community First panel held on Tuesday 17th

April 2012 at St Michaels Church, commencing at 7pm

Present

June Bowen, Gary Colwell, Ray Gibbs, David Hoskin*, Graham Hudson*, Susan

Hunt, Janet Knowles, Stacey Simpson, Tom McCormack, Steven Martin, Peter

Plant*, Tim Sunter*, Sandra Wood

It was noted that four members of the panel were present and that therefore the

meeting was quorate.

David Hoskin kindly agreed to chair the meeting.

Apologies:

Kevin Gripton, Rachel Harris*, Andrew Mann-Ray, Pam Martin, John

Rogers*, Christine Szygowski

* indicates panel member

Declarations of interest

David Hoskin declared an interest in the St Pauls Community and Learning Centre

application and took no part in the discussion/voting on this item.

Minutes of the previous meeting

The minutes of the previous meeting were agreed as a true record.

Matters Arising

Questions raised from the March meeting had been reasied with the CDF. The

responses were:

1. The CDF will review applications within 7 days of their submission online.

An offer will then go to the organisation and funds will be paid once therelevant paperwork has been returned.

2. Local residents. Don't have to have a constitution, but do need to have a

form of

A4 sheet saying we've come together to run the project. This is the bare

minimum. Something showing they've agreed to do what they have agreed to

do. How to resolve if something goes wrong. There is a recognition that this

might be difficult for some groups and this will be recognised.

3. The panel partner is able to apply for funding.

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4. Yes it is possible to apply for capital for maintenance of the meeting.

The CDF also agreed that the approach being adopted in Brierley Hill with

respect to considering applications in tranches was a good one indeed it

reflected best practice.

Dates of meetings

Following a doodle poll the following dates of future meetings have been

identified:

Website

Now up and running. The direct address of the site is:

www.communityfirst.brierleyhill.org

Considerations of applications for funding

The meeting noted that:

1. A recommendation from the panel does not guarantee that the CDF will

approve the making of a grant;

2. That priorities for Community First Brierley Hill might change over time,

particularly given the requirements to develop a community first plan;

3. That the panel might choose to introduce new criteria into its considerations at

any time to make sure that it is fair to everyone within the community.

It was agreed that the applications in the summary table below should berecommended for funding to the CDF:


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Community Group Amount

Requested

Match

identified

Priorities met

Brier-Lea Over 50s Club 250.00 252.89 2

Brierley Hill Easy Keep Fit Class 500.00 1042.46 2,3

Brierley Hill Project 1500.00 1509.00 2

Bushfield Community Association 500.00 500.00 2, 3, 4

Hawbush Community Gardens 945.97 945.97 1, 2, 3

South Street Baptist Church 2500.00 2772.50 1, 2, 3

St Pauls Learning and Community

Centre

750.00 737.96 2

United Kids and Youth Outreach 1140.33 3781.69 2, 3, 4

Total bids 8086.30

Total available for year 1 11248.00

(Total available) (total bids) 3161.70

Panel Expenses

After discussion it was agreed to claim expenses for the year 1 of 337.44

Community First Action Plan

Discussion took place on how to create the community first action plan by March

2012. The meeting heard that one method which had been talked about at otherCommunity First events was Asset Based Community Development.

It was agreed to find more information about this methodology for discussion at the

next meeting.

Any Other Business

There was no other business.

Date of next meeting: The date of the next meeting will take place on Tuesday 15th

May 2012 commencing at 7pm at St Michaels Church, Bell Street South, Brierley

Hill.


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