Issue - decisions

Town Centre Event Grants Programme - Spring 2024

 

 

06/03/2024 - Town Centre Event Grants Programme - Spring 2024

ROTHERHAM METROPOLITAN BOROUGH COUNCIL

 

RECORD OF OFFICER EXECUTIVE DECISION

 

Date of Decision:

29th February 2024

Title:

Town Centre Events Grants Programme

Decision Maker:

(Including Job Title)

 Polly Hamilton

Assistant Director – Culture Sport and Tourism

Specific Delegation:

(If any)

Sub-scheme of Delegation

 

All financial matters relating to the management and delivery of cultural, leisure, green spaces, landscape design and sports services, including:

·       Awarding and distribution of grants

 

Brief Description of Decision:

Utilising grant funding from the UK Shared Prosperity Fund:

1.    To award four Event Grants of £340-£1,500 to support community event organisers to undertake activities in the Town Centre over a three-week period.

 

2.    To agree that charges associated with the Event Application pack for events taking place on Council land are waived for any events supported through the grants programme. However, a completed pack will still be required for due diligence.

 

Reasons for the Decision:

Approval of the above will enable the delivery of small-scale town centre events by a range of community and voluntary sector partners, supported by the Events Team.  This will build the capacity of those organisations to deliver similar events in the future, helping to create a regular programme of town centre events which will encourage people to visit the town centre. 

 

Details of alternative options considered and rejected:

Do Nothing – Event organisation carries a range of costs such as venue hire, marketing, equipment hire, catering and paying performers. In addition, costs associated with Council fees and charges related event application packs for events taking place on Council land can make the cost of hosting event prohibitive. Without support from the Council organisers may not have the means to organise events which stifles talent development in the community and places additional pressure on the available resources within the Council’s events team.

 

Offer Town Centre Event Grants – The package of support outlined in this report will allow community event organisers to develop their knowledge and experience of event organisation, supported by the Council’s Events Team. The activities supported will bring a programme of regular activities to Rotherham Town Centre throughout March delivering against the objectives of the UK Shared Prosperity Fund grant.

 

Conflicts of interest declared by any Executive Member consulted by the decision maker which relates to the decision:

None

Dispensations Granted:

(If any)

 

 

Reports or parts of reports considered

 

 

I certify that this is a true record of the executive decision to award UK Shared Prosperity Fund Event Grants to four organisations and waive the accompanying Event Application fees for those events.

 

Signed by the Decision Maker  

Dated: 29th February 2024         

 

Name: Polly Hamilton                                    

Job Title:     Assistant Director – Culture Sport and Tourism