Decision details

CR/373/06/20Approval of Funding from the Doncaster Community Fund – Ward Member Budget No 40.

Decision Maker: Executive Director of Corporate Resources

Decision status: Recommendations Approved

Is Key decision?: No

Is subject to call in?: No

Purpose:

Further to the establishment of a ward Members Budget of upto £3k per Councillor (ODR No: CR/352/04/20,) a number of applications have been received and assessed in line with the application criteria and supported by the relevant ward Councillor (s).

The individual applications below, detail the extent to which the initiative will seek to make a positive impact in the community and ensure the most vulnerable people within Doncaster Communities are supported in a safe and responsible way during the Covid
19 pandemic.

a. Balby and Hexthorpe Community Engagement Group
Reference No: 40/DCF/WBCV19/BS
Supported by: Councillor John Healy
Cost £500.00 x 1 Councillor
Funding will supply the vulnerable and elderly people of Balby and Hexthorpe that are identified by doctors, police, council and other organisations with food parcels and cleaning products on a weekly basis, and they will receive a weekly welfare check phone call.

Decision:

To approve the following application for grant funding from the Doncaster Community Fund – Ward Member Budget
a. Balby and Hexthorpe Community Engagement Group
Reference No: 40/DCF/WBCV19/BS
Supported by: Councillor John Healy
Cost £500.00 x 1 Councillor

Alternative options considered:

See information enclosed within ODR

Publication date: 05/06/2020

Date of decision: 28/05/2020

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