Decision details

The Elected Members Ward Budget is included the 2023/24 Revenue Budget. Within this allocation each elected Member is allocated up to £3k (£165k in total across all 55 elected Members) to support local groups and organisations.
A central record of grants allocated will be maintained by the Corporate Governance Team within Legal and Democratic Services – this will reconcile to the grant payments made and record the outcomes achieved through the use of the grant funding.
This is an allocation of existing 2023/24 revenue budget and so is contained within
the Council’s current budget envelope.
The individual applications below, detail the extent to which the initiative will seek to make a positive impact within the local community.
a. Doncaster U3A
Reference No: 01/DCF/WB23-24/E&KS
Supported By: Councillors Church, Cobby, Cole, Hogarth, G Jones, Liu, Kearsley, Kidd, Nevett, Nightingale, Robinson, Shaw
Cost: £2600.00 (£260.00 x Councillor Cobby, Cole, G Jones, Liu,
Kearsley, Kidd, Nevett, Robinson & Shaw. £86.87 x Councillors
Church, Hogarth & Nightingale.)

The funding is to support the costs of speakers and entertainment at the group’s monthly meetings as well as the printing and distribution costs of newsletters which contain articles written by members and a calendar of forthcoming events.

To approve the following applications for grant funding from the Members Ward Budget 2021/22.
a. Doncaster U3A
Reference No: 01/DCF/WB23-24/E&KS
Supported By: Councillors Church, Cobby, Cole, Hogarth, G Jones, Liu, Kearsley, Kidd, Nevett, Nightingale, Robinson, Shaw
Cost: £2600.00 (£260.00 x Councillor Cobby, Cole, G Jones, Liu,
Kearsley, Kidd, Nevett, Robinson & Shaw. £86.87 x Councillors
Church, Hogarth & Nightingale.

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