Issue - meetings

To consider Report No. DSP2003 (copy attached), which sets out a review of the Rushmoor Community Lottery, following the second year of operation, and proposes changes to its working arrangements.

The Cabinet considered Report No. DSP2003, which set out a review of the Rushmoor Community Lottery, following the second year of operation.

Members heard that the Lottery had been operating since July, 2017 and had raised over £53,000 of new money for the 97 local good causes that had signed up. The Cabinet was reminded that it had, at its meeting in January, 2019, approved the creation of a Community Forum to allocate amounts from the Community Fund to good causes in respect of which a grant application had been received. The Forum had met in July, 2019 and had allocated grants to 16 organisations. Following a review of the allocation process by the Democracy, Strategy and Partnerships Portfolio Holder, it was proposed that, in future, a fresh round of grant applications would be invited each time the balance of the Community Fund exceeded the sum of £10,000.

It was also reported that, in future, the annual report would be published on the Council’s website and that any adjustments to the scheme in future should be made by the Portfolio Holder.

The Cabinet RESOLVED that

(i)           the contents of Report No. DSP2003 be noted;

(ii)          in future years, information concerning the Rushmoor Community Lottery be included on the Council’s website;

(iii)         the proposed process of the triggering of subsequent grant application processes, when the balance of the Community Fund reached a minimum level of £10,000, be approved; and

(iv)         the Democracy, Strategy and Partnerships Portfolio Holder, in consultation with relevant officers, be authorised to make any future adjustments to the scheme.