Agenda item

SKMP25 – Harrowby United FC

Michael Dow the Interim UKSPF Officer was introduced to the Board.

SKMP25 – Harrowby United FC

Funding requested: £65,000

The application for funding was for the complete refurbishment of the changing rooms situated at Harrowby Lane, Grantham.  The changing rooms provided much needs sports facilities for grassroot adults and youth football.  The building had been vandalised in 2019 and had been closed since then.  Members were very supportive of the work undertaken by the club and on being put to the vote the funding application was unanimously ENDORSED.

The next three applications were taken from the Supplementary papers that had been distributed.

Lincolnshire County Council

Funding requested: £55,000

The funding request was for a project that aimed to highlight South Kesteven as a ‘film friendly’ destination, to draw film makers and production companies to explore and utilise the areas cinematic potential as well as serving as an extension to the ongoing set jetting and Greater Lincolnshire Film Office project.  Board Members welcomed the project with references being made to previous films such as Middlemarch, Bridgerton and The Crown that had used locations within South Kesteven within the films.    Some concern was expressed about the County’s involvement but it was stated that the spot light would be on South Kesteven.  On being put to the vote the funding request was ENDORSED.

SKMP28 – Grantham College

Funding requested: £43,000

The funding request was to continue a project to support those individuals living in South Kesteven who were furthest from the labour market, often with significant barriers to achieve their full potential and move them closer toward sustainable employment and/or into training, learning or volunteering opportunities.  Reference was made to the application from Steadfast Training Ltd which carried out similar work in the south of the district.  The application had been previously before the Board and work had been done with the applicants to address the concerns which the Board had expressed previously.   Councillor Lee Steptoe spoke in support of the project and the proposed use of the Earlesfield Community Centre. He then left the meeting and took no part in the decision.

(10:48 Councillor Steptoe left the meeting)

Further debate on the funding application followed with references being made to outputs and outcomes.  It was stated that the offer letter would outline clearly the expectations attached to the funding allocated.   On being put to the vote the application for funding was ENDORSED.

(10:53 Councillor Steptoe returned to the meeting)

SK-2197 – SKDC: Bourne, Stamford, Deepings and Grantham

Funding requested:  £36,000

The application had been deferred from the previous Board meeting until Town Council’s had been approached for their feedback.  The funding was for four community art projects and installations, one based in each town within the district.  The project was titled “Our Place, Our Art” and aimed to celebrate the identity, history and culture or each of the four towns.  Artists would be sought and allocated each town to collaborate with residents to create these permanent pieces of art.  It was proposed that an open call would be put out to allow artists to apply for the project in each town.  Applications would be scored making it a fair and transparent process.  It was stressed that these were community art projects with the artist working with the local community.  The brief had not been prescriptive on purpose to allow for a collective view to be formed with the community.

Debate followed on the proposal with comments being made about including school children, art works in other locations in the Country and using local talent.  Members felt that the artists must show a local connection to the area in question and this must be referenced within the call out.  On being put to the vote the funding request was ENDORSED.