Decision details

Each Local Area Committee was allocated an initial budget of £100,000 under an executive decision by the Leader of the Council on 17th August 2021.  This money is to be spent in line with the Community Plan.  As the Community Plan was not finalised until late in the 2021/22 financial year very little of this budget has been spent across the Local Area Committees and it has been carried forward to the current financial year.

It was proposed to provide a grant of £20,000 to the Christian Centre, Stocksbridge, towards the development of a new community hub in Stocksbridge. This hub would involve re-modelling the Christian Centre, a Church of England/Methodist building to enable wider community use. The proposed funds would enable the first phase of the project to take place.

RESOLVED: That the North Local Area Committee:-

(i)    notes the expenditure against the £100,000 budget to address local priorities in the North LAC in 2022/3, as detailed in the report, be noted.

(ii)   approves the award of a grant of £20,000 to The Christian Centre, Stocksbridge towards the development of a new community hub in Stocksbridge with these funds enabling the development of a new kitchen space.

The North Local Area Committee was asked to note the use of funding as per the previous decision of 30 September, 2021, and agree further expenditure to address the identified local priorities.

None. This is in line with the previous decision of 30 September, 2021 regarding expenditure below £5000 and the North Community Plan agreed on 9 March, 2022.