Decision details

The report covers the second round of grants for 2013/14 and makes recommendations totalling £15,542 in line with Cheshire East Council’s Policy for the Allocation of Grants.

The Council recognises the valuable input that the Voluntary and Community Sector brings to the quality of life in the community and funding is focussed on those organisations that complement the aims and objectives of the Corporate Plan.

In awarding grants, the Council must ensure that in each case it has the legal power to fund the proposed scheme.  In all cases there is a condition requiring a report back to the Council on the expenditure of the grant.  Consideration is also given in each case to the imposition of other appropriate conditions.

The Council’s legal power to award these grants is contained in area specific statutes and by exercising its general power of competence in section 1 of the Localism Act 2011. The Council’s decision to award a grant is subject to judicial review and this means that it must satisfy public law principles, be free from bias and not be made for improper purposes or motives. It should take into account all relevant considerations and not be otherwise irrational. In awarding or declining to award a grant the Council should also have regard to its public sector equality duties.

That the following Community Grants be awarded/declined/deferred as indicated: