| Topic: | Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:WELL DONE THE FRENCH !!! | |
| Posted by: | Robin Taylor | |
| Date/Time: | 15/07/10 18:52:00 |
| Thanks, Paul. Just to clarify - I lobbied the various officers because I was given to understand that one of them would draw up a series of recommendations about which applicants would be successful. Sue, Manria and Alan just lobbied the panel's councillors (although I believe Alan also spoke to the council leader to get him to use any influence he could). Manria did not find out until late in the day that only Raj Bath made the ultimate decision (I believe she was told this by Matt Harmer) although our understanding was that other panel members could still offer an opinion. Regarding FAWG applying again to the West Area Committee, I think it is unlikely they would be successful. Mark Bowen singled out FAWG (together with the Feltham Somalian Women's Group) as organisations that should not receive a grant when they last applied in 2008: he and the other councillors then voted in favour of all of the other grant applicants. The West Area Committee is still Tory dominated, so it'll be the same result. As for the Community Cohesion Fund, I think I noticed this on the website when searching for an application form for the Community Investment Trust Fund - presumably that would be where I look? I'll check it out, but realistically I'm not sure they will qualify given that the Community Investment Fund saw fit not to give them all they were asking for. Still, it might be worth a try. Their costed application for £4,800 was very specific and was what they successfully applied for from "Grass Roots Grants" for the 2008-2009 year. (They cannot apply to GRG again until at least the end of 2011). Their costs are on-going, and even if they had £4,800 income on a yearly basis they would still be forking out money from their own pockets. I reckon it would cost social services a lot more to supply FAWG's dedicated service, and as one of their activities is English classes maybe that would fall under Community Cohesion. |