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Received a report detailing proposals on how the Council’s corporate grants programme will be utilised to support local voluntary and community sector organisations in 2005 / 2006.

Councillor Smith declared a personal interest in this item.

Agreed, in order to allocate the Corporate Grants Programme funding, and make decisions on the Council budget, to:

1.  The allocation of the grants programme managed by the Corporate Strategy Department as set out in Appendix 1 of the report, subject to the following conditions as discussed after the exclusion of the public and press:

a).  Citizens Advice Bureau – to be subject to closer monitoring to ensure the current level of service is maintained.

b).  Wellgate City Farm – to amend the second condition of grant to read ‘To achieve additional external funding, including from the London Borough of Havering, in order to become self sustainable’.

2.  The additional conditions of grant aid on community cohesion as set out in Appendix 1 of the report; and

3.  The allocation of the grants programme managed by the Social Services Department as set out in Appendix 2 of the report.