Issue - meetings
Community Grant Funding Awards 2025/26
Meeting: 15/04/2026 - Community Grant Panel (Item 7.)
7. Community Grant Funding Awards 2025/26 
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Following adjournment of the meeting held on the 30 March 2026, the Panel are asked to consider an update on the report from the Benefits and Financial Resilience Manager on funding the remaining applications.
Members of the Panel could consider recommending a change to the policy that permits applications that would normally be awarded but can’t be due to the funding limits in place for the Community buildings, to be rolled over to the next funding window without having to reapply. Therefore the following recommendation has been made, set out below:
Recommendation
To recommend to Cabinet to make the following change to the Community Grant Fund policy
- Applications that meet the policy criteria, but Members are unable to approve due to funding limits can be rolled over to the next grant window.
Subject to Cabinet approving the above recommendation the 6 Community building fund applications deferred for a decision will be carried forward to the next grant window.
Meeting: 30/03/2026 - Community Grant Panel (Item 10)
10 Community Grant Funding Awards 2025/26 PDF 214 KB
Additional documents:
- Appendix C Dunkeswell_redacted , View reasons restricted (10/2)
- Appendix D Netherton Club Farway Village Hall_redacted , View reasons restricted (10/3)
- Appendix E Escot Village Hall_redacted , View reasons restricted (10/4)
- Appendix F Northleigh_redacted , View reasons restricted (10/5)
- Appendix G 1 Beer Scouts Group_redacted , View reasons restricted (10/6)
- Appendix H Offwell_redacted , View reasons restricted (10/7)
- Appendix I Aylesbeare_redacted , View reasons restricted (10/8)
- Appendix J Umbourne_redacted , View reasons restricted (10/9)
- Appendix K Musbury_redacted , View reasons restricted (10/10)
- Appendix L Gittisham_redacted , View reasons restricted (10/11)
Minutes:
The Panel considered the following small community grants that met the criteria and awarded grants as follows:
RESOLVED:
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The Panel considered the following applications that still required further evidence and
RESOLVED
1. that the remaining four applications that required further evidence should be referred to officers to obtain the outstanding evidence;
2. that subject to the necessary evidence being obtained, the applications met the criteria and therefore were agreed in principle by the Panel; giving delegated authority as set out in the Community Grants Fund policy for the Chair, as Portfolio Holder for Finance, to make the final decision on the applications as the amount fell under the £3000 limit (paragraph 6.4 of the policy refers)
The Panel considered the following Community Buildings applications. After discussion, the Panel agreed that some applications could be granted but that further information and consideration was required. The Chair therefore agreed that after this resolution, the meeting be adjourned and the remaining applications be considered by the Panel on the 15th April 2026 at 5.30pm.
RESOLVED that
1. The applications for village halls listed in the table below, namely Dunkeswell, Escot, Aylesbeare, Umborne and Netherton Club Farway, be granted
2. The remaining applications be deferred for further information and consideration by the Panel
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Building |
Total Amount of Funding Required |
Amount of Funding Requested from EDDC |
Difference in funding in place |
Panel decision |
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Dunkeswell Village Hall |
£21,053 |
£10,000 |
Yes |
Agreed |
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Netherton Club - Farway Village Hall |
£15,371 |
£10,000 |
Yes |
Agreed |
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Escot Village Hall |
£14,121 |
£10,000 |
Yes |
Agreed |
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Northleigh Parish Hall |
£2,290.49 |
£2,000 |
Yes |
Defer for further information |
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1st Beer Scout Group |
£5,849.56 |
£4,428.17 |
Yes |
Defer for further information |
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Offwell Recreation Ground and Village Hall |
£3,875 |
£2,712 |
Yes
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Defer ... view the full minutes text for item 10 |