Agenda and minutes

Holehird Trust Joint Committee - Thursday, 8th July, 2021 10.00 am

Venue: County Hall, Kendal

Contact: Daniel Hamilton  Email: daniel.hamilton@cumbria.gov.uk

Items
No. Item

57.

APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE

To receive any apologies for absence.

 

Minutes:

Apologies were received from Mr W Clark.

58.

DISCLOSURES OF INTEREST

Members are invited to disclose any disclosable pecuniary interest they have in any item on the agenda which comprises

 

1          Details of any employment, office, trade, profession or vocation carried on for profit or gain.

 

2          Details of any payment or provision of any other financial benefit (other than from the authority) made or provided within the relevant period in respect of any expenses incurred by you in carrying out duties as a member, or towards your election expenses.  (This includes any payment or financial benefit from a trade union within the meaning of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992.

 

3          Details of any contract which is made between you (or a body in which you have a beneficial interest) and the authority

 

(a)       Under which goods or services are to be provided or works are to be executed; and

 

            (b)       Which has not been fully discharged.

 

4          Details of any beneficial interest in land which is within the area of the authority. 

 

5          Details of any licence (alone or jointly with others) to occupy land in the area of the authority for a month or longer. 

 

6          Details of any tenancy where (to your knowledge)

 

            (a)       The landlord is the authority; and

 

            (b)       The tenant is a body in which you have a beneficial interest.

 

7          Details of any beneficial interest in securities of a body where

 

(a)       That body (to your knowledge) has a place of business or land in the area of the authority; and

 

(b)       Either –

 

(i)      The total nominal value of the securities exceeds £25,000 or one hundredth of the total issued share capital of that body; or

 

(ii)     If that share capital of that body is of more than one class, the total nominal value of the shares of any one class in which the relevant person has a beneficial interest exceeds one hundredth of the total issued share capital of that class.

In addition, you must also disclose other non-pecuniary interests set out in the Code of Conduct where these have not already been registered.

 

Note

 

A “disclosable pecuniary interest” is an interest of a councillor or their partner (which means spouse or civil partner, a person with whom they are living as husband or wife, or a person with whom they are living as if they are civil partners).  

 

Minutes:

There were no disclosures of interest made on this occasion.

59.

EXCLUSION OF PRESS AND PUBLIC

To consider whether the press and public should be excluded from the meeting during consideration of any item on the agenda.

 

Minutes:

RESOLVED that,     The Committee exclude the press and public during consideration of Item 8 on the Agenda (Property Matters).

 

60.

MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING pdf icon PDF 307 KB

To receive the minutes of the previous meeting held on 10 March 2021 (copy enclosed).

 

Minutes:

RESOLVED that,     the minutes of the previous meeting held on the 10 March 2021 be confirmed as an accurate and complete record.

61.

CUMBRIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION AGREEMENT pdf icon PDF 287 KB

To consider a report from the Executive Director – Corporate, Customer and Community Services (copy enclosed).

 

Additional documents:

Minutes:

Members considered a report from the Director of Finance (s151 Officer) which set out the details of the Trust’s income and expenditure and asked the Trust to agree the funding to be allocated to grants for the forthcoming year.

 

Members discussed the possibility of adding the 2020-21 year’s unallocated funding which amounted to a sum of £ 5,992 to the allocations which would be available from the years 2020-23 which totalled £50,000. It was explained that this would bring the amount available for distribution in the financial years 2020-23to £ 55,992 and this was AGREED.

 

RESOLVED that,                 members agreed to add the 2020-21 year’s unallocated amount of £ 5,992 to the allocation of £50,000 covering the years 2020 through to 2023 increasing the amount available for distribution in those years to £ 55,992.               

 

62.

GRANT APPLICATIONS pdf icon PDF 464 KB

To consider grant applications received by Cumbria Community Foundation (copy enclosed).

 

Additional documents:

Minutes:

Members considered the recommendations of the Senior Grants & Donor Services Officer from Cumbria Community Foundation.

 

RESOLVED to approve the following grants:-

 

23034 Euphoric Circus

HAF Summer and Christmas activities

Requested £3,360.00

AGREED £3,000.00

Priority – Children & Young People

Charitable objectives - to provide activities to beneficiaries.

 

23021 Stainton Institute

Completion of internal renovations

Requested £2,500.00

AGREED £2,500.00

Priority – All age groups

Charitable objectives - to provide facilities to beneficiaries

 

22997 Warcop Parish Council

Upgrade of Warcop play ground

Requested £2,000.00

AGREED £2,000.00

Priority – Children & young people

Charitable objectives - to provide activities to beneficiaries.

 

23031 Kendal Torchlight Procession

Garden of delight                                                                                      

Requested £2,000.00

AGREED £2,000.00

Priority – All age groups

Charitable objectives - to provide activities to beneficiaries.

 

23024 Kendal Windows on Art

Digital Dialogue

Requested £2,625.00

AGREED £2,625.00

Priority – Older people, people with a disability and the community

Charitable objectives - to provide services to beneficiaries.

 

23025 Queen Katherine School Association

Youth Wellbeing and Resilience Worker

Requested £2,000.00

AGREED £2,000.00

Priority – Children & Young People

Charitable objectives - to provide services to beneficiaries.

 

22963 Askham & District Community Centre

Community Centre Refurbishment phase 3 – Large Hall

Requested £10,000.00

AGREED £2,000.00

Priority – All age groups

Charitable objectives - to provide facilities to beneficiaries.

 

23016 South Windermere Sailing Club (SWSC)

Two removable slipways

Requested £5,530.00

AGREED £2,000.00

Priority – All age groups

Charitable objectives - to provide facilities to beneficiaries.

63.

DATE AND TIME OF NEXT MEETING

The next meeting will be held on 9 September 2021 at County Hall, Kendal.

 

Minutes:

The date and time of the next meeting is 13 September 2021 and will take place at County Hall, Kendal.

64.

PROPERTY MATTERS

To consider a report from the Land Agent (to follow).

 

Minutes:

The representatives from Savills land agents attended the meeting and presented a report on activity in relation to individual properties owned by the Trust. The report covered the following up until 8 July 2021:-

 

·         Leonard Cheshire

·         Lakeland Horticultural Society

·         Estate Woodlands

·         Low Borrans Cottage

·         Estate Audit – Valuation renewal

·         Estate Insurance renewal