Agenda item

An update on the Dearne Development Fund was provided by the Area Council Manager. 

Members were reminded that £80,000 was allocated to the Dearne Development Fund in September, 2015 and subsequently applications were invited.  A panel met to discuss 21 applications in November, 2015 and subsequently 9 were approved, to a total value of £77, 646.

Members noted that one application was to provide match funding from Sport England, and the outcome of this was still pending. Therefore £62,646 would be allocated from the 2015/16 budget.

The meeting considered each of the 9 applications approved and noted the monitoring information provided by 4 of the projects to date.

It was noted that the Salvation Army had distributed 31 winter packs and engaged 12 volunteers. Goldthorpe Development Group had held 2 health and wellbeing events, with 21 volunteers working on both events.

The Dial drop in service had seen high levels of demand with 48 enquiries, the majority of which being related to benefits.  Dearne Electronic Community Village had also high levels of demand with 22 individuals accessing the project against a target of 20.

RESOLVED that the continued progress of the Dearne Development Fund be noted.