Topic: | Re:Re:Re:Re: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: | 16/07/10 12:58:00 |
Paul, In a post dated 27 May on the W4 forum you mentioned that an extra £100K had been made available for the Community Investment Fund. It may just be that July's funding decisions are an interim measure, but only £80,000 was given out. According to the minutes twelve groups applied and they were awarded between £0 and £15,000. On the other hand, at February's meeting (which you chaired) it appears - if I'm reading the minutes correctly - that a total of £1,093,790 was given out to a far wider range of groups. I may be completely wrong but I get the impression that possibly they are no longer using their full budget. Regarding Raj Bath, I will certainly email him about underspend but then I'll just leave it at that. (I don't want to overdo this because our previous lobbying may already have gone a bit overboard). I will also make enquiries about the Community Cohesion Fund over the next few days, and will let FAWG know my findings. However, I think I'll then leave them to it. Manria and I don't mind being advocates but ultimately we should let their own treasurer deal with these things as she deems appropriate. The only reason I've got involved this much is because I felt quite bad for FAWG over the way they were treated by the West Area Committee. I felt even worse when I read their application form and saw all the good work they do. I'm just glad that as a result of you prompting me and me prompting them just in time for the June deadline that they got £3k. (the next meeting was not until November). |