Agenda and minutes

Cabinet Member for Regeneration, Leisure, Culture and Tourism - Tuesday, 11th July, 2023 10.00 am

Venue: Virtual Meeting. View directions

Contact: Martin S. Davies  01267 224059

Items
No. Item

1.

DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST

Minutes:

There were no declarations of personal interest.

 

2.

DECISION RECORD - 17th MAY 2023 pdf icon PDF 72 KB

Minutes:

RESOLVED that the decision record of the meeting held on the 17th May 2023 be signed as a correct record.

 

3.

FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FROM THE FOLLOWING GRANT FUNDS: TARGETED FINANCE FUND, MYNYDD Y BETWS COMMUNITY BENEFIT FUND AND THE WELSH CHURCH FUND pdf icon PDF 113 KB

Additional documents:

Minutes:

RESOLVED that the following applications for assistance from the Targeted Finance Fund, Mynydd y Betws Community Benefit Fund and the Welsh Church Fund be approved subject to the usual terms and conditions and those specified in the report:

 

Targeted Finance Fund

Applicant

Award

Ferryside Social Enterprise Group

£20,000.00

Brynamman Public Hall & Institute

£20,000.00

 

Mynydd y Betws Community Benefit Fund

Applicant

Award

Initiative for Nature Conservation Cymru (INCC)

£11,838.57

Penygroes Rugby and Community Sports Association

£10,000.00

Ystradowen community support for services

£13,041.60

Friends Of Tycroes Parks

£2,124.80

Ammanford Town Council

£15,000.00

Ammanford Foodbank

£3,980.20

 

Welsh Church Fund

Applicant

Award

Brynamman Public Hall and Institute

£3,000.00

 

 

4.

FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FROM THE FOLLOWING GRANT FUNDS: RURAL INNOVATION FUND pdf icon PDF 130 KB

Minutes:

RESOLVED

4.1 that the following applications for assistance from the Rural Innovation be approved subject to the usual terms and conditions and those specified in the report:

 

Applicant

Award

The One Planet Centre

£37,000.00

Actif Communities, Carmarthenshire County Council

£45,000.00

Social Farms & Gardens

£44,571.00

Ynni Sir Gâr

£39,950.00

Tetrim Teas Cyf

£44,588.00

 

4.2 that the following applications for assistance from the Rural Innovation be not supported as they do not align with the key criteria of the fund and, where appropriate, the applicant be signposted to other funding opportunities more suited to the project activity:

 

Applicant

CETMA

The Family Foundation

Potential to Succeed CIC

Kidwelly Hub CIC

Trimsaran Community Council

 

 

5.

TEN TOWNS REVITALISING RURAL HIGH STREET FUND pdf icon PDF 122 KB

Minutes:

 

The Cabinet Member considered a report on the proposed establishment of a new third-party grant scheme as part of the enhanced offer of the Ten Towns programme for the county’s rural market towns. The Ten Towns Revitalising Rural Town Centre fund would provide an opportunity for town centre premises located on the rural high street to bid for funding to assist in refreshing and revitalising their premises frontages. The fund would be open to targeted premises within designated areas across the County’s rural ten towns. The report detailed the criteria for the fund and the application process.

 

RESOLVED

 

5.1 to approve the establishment of a new third-party grant scheme, the Ten Towns Revitalising Rural Town Centre fund, as part of the Ten Towns programme to support the vibrancy, and increase footfall, in the town centres;

 

5.2 . to delegate the awarding of funding to the Head of Regeneration.