Issue - meetings

This report sets out the process for administering the London Borough of Culture (LBOC 2020) Culture Fund in support of community organisations being able to bid for grants to run their own projects as part of the Brent LBOC 2020 programme.  The report provides details on the bids which have been identified through the first funding round and recommended for approval.

RESOLVED:

       i.          That Cabinet agreed to delegate authority to the Strategic Director Community Wellbeing, in consultation with the Lead Member for Public Health, Culture & Leisure, to award grants up to a maximum value of £10,000 to organisations and £3,000 to individuals, to deliver approved projects as part of the Brent London Borough of Culture 2020 programme, using funds from the LBOC 2020 Culture Fund to make such grants.

Councillor Krupesh Hirani, Cabinet Member for Public Health, Culture and Leisure, introduced the report reaffirming the importance of Brent’s London Borough of Culture (LBOC 2020) Culture Fund in giving the Community an opportunity to run their own projects in 2020 as part of the LBOC 2020 programme.

Councillor Hirani stated that the focus of the report is the plan for administering the LBOC 2020 Culture Fund.  It sets out the process by which successful applicants to the LBOC 2020 Culture Fund are awarded grants of up to £10,000 to deliver projects as part of the Brent LBOC 2020 programme and the selection process undertaken in line with established criteria to deliver projects as part of the Brent LBOC 2020 programme. 

RESOLVED:

      i.        That Cabinet agreed to delegate authority to the Strategic Director Community Wellbeing, in consultation with the Lead Member for Public Health, Culture & Leisure, to award grants up to a maximum value of £10,000 to organisations and £3,000 to individuals, to deliver approved projects as part of the Brent London Borough of Culture 2020 programme, using funds from the LBOC 2020 Culture Fund to make such grants.