By e-mail:
Request-124893-e3cb32aa@whatdo they know .com /
Dave Peasley
Council Manager
Reading Borough Council
Civic Centre, Reading, RG1 7AE 0118 937 3737
Fax: 0118 937 2155
Our Ref:
Your Ref:
Direct: 0118 937 2387
e-mail: irene.cameron@@reading.gov.uk
7 September 2012
Dear Gary
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST
Thank you for your recent request received in this office on 9 August 2012.
You have requested the following information under the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act 2000:
1. The number of community projects to which funding was given that related specifically to the Norcot electoral Ward area in the financial year 2011/12. (I define 'community project' as any project that is designed to help the people's... education, health and fitness, participation in sports; improving the environment (excluding roadworks, vandalism repair, general up-keep of the environment, etc); artistic endeavours; helping with careers; general enjoyment/celebration)
2. Descriptions of the community projects that were funded in the above period.
Our response is as follows:-
1.Open Hand Open Space was awarded a Culture & Sports Partnership grant of £720 for a series of talks, discussion evenings and events at The Keep. In addition, Reading Borough council agreed to provide £90,000 for building maintenance to upgrade the Keep to current fire safety standards.
2.Community Grants to the value of £1,770 were given to help stage the Oxford Road Fun Day. Although this event is held in Kensington Road Recreation Group which is in Battle Ward, it equally benefits resident living in the Oxford Road area in Norcot Ward. Southern Housing Group were given £1,000 to help stage the event, and A number of groups were given small grants ranging from £120 to £200 to take part and organise activities, including the 103rd Oxford Road Scout Group, Open Hand Open Space, Reading Refugee Support Group, Reading community Learning Centre and SPARK. Activities included drumming workshops, henna painting, art and craft activities, printmaking and storytelling.
3.The Housing Neighbourhood Team gave a community grant of £150 to the Dee Park Residents Association to provide a Christmas party for the residents of Orrin and Helmsdale Close sheltered housing units.
4.The Housing Neighbourhood Team gave a community grant of £150 to the Pride of Dee Park group to assist in the buying of Christmas presents for local children at the Christmas Market in Lyon Square.
5.Housing worked on a number of other projects with local residents but which did not materialize into a formal funding request.
You are free to use any information supplied to you for your own personal purposes or for non-commercial research, private study or news reporting. However, you do not have the right to re-use the information in a way which infringes copyright, for example, by distributing, making copies of or publishing the information, without the permission of the copyright holder, which in most cases will be Reading Borough Council. If you wish to obtain permission for such use, please contact Mr C Brooks, Head of Legal and Democratic Services, at Reading Borough Council.
Please note that your request may itself be the subject of a FOI request and will be disclosed in that event.
If you are unhappy with this response to your request for information under the Freedom of Information Act thenyou may ask for an internal review. Please make a request in writing to Mr C Brooks, Head of Legal and Democratic Services, at Reading Borough Council. If you request such a review and are not content with its outcome, then you have a right to apply directly to the Information Commissioner for a decision. The Information Commissioner can be contacted at:
Information Commissioner’s Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF
Yours sincerely
Irene Cameron