Delegation was given by the City Executive Board on 13 February 2018 to the Head of Community Services to allocate awards to arts and culture voluntary organisations.

Funding was subsequently awarded to the following groups for 2020-21:

Arts at the Old Fire Station, £32,134

Ark T Centre, £10,000

Film Oxford, £20,000

Fusion Arts, £20,128

Modern Art Oxford, £70,000

OVADA, £10,000

Oxford Contemporary Music, £14,000

Oxford Philharmonic, £3,000

Oxford Playhouse, £24,000

Pegasus Theatre, £24,000

Story Museum, £19,000

Cowley Road Works, £25,000

While the delegation was granted in February 2018 and the allocations made in December 2018, publication of them was not until 11 September 2019.

Delegation was given by the City Executive Board on 13 February 2018 to the Head of Community Services to allocate awards to arts and culture voluntary organisations.

Funding was subsequently awarded to the following groups for 2019-20:

Arts at the Old Fire Station, £32,134

Ark T Centre, £10,000

Film Oxford, £20,000

Fusion Arts, £20,128

Modern Art Oxford, £70,000

OVADA, £15,000

Oxford Contemporary Music, £14,000

Oxford Philharmonic, £3,000

Oxford Playhouse, £24,000

Pegasus Theatre, £24,000

Story Museum, £19,000

Cowley Road Works, £25,000

Mandala Theatre, £5,000

Oxford Festival of the Arts, £5,000

Justice in Motion, £5,000

Tandem Collective, £5,000

While the delegation was granted in February 2018 and the allocations made in December 2018, publication of them was not until 11 September 2019.

Delegation was given by the City Executive Board on 13 February 2018 to the Head of Community Services to allocate awards to community groups.

Funding was subsequently awarded to the following community groups for 2020-21:

AFiUK £4,875

Archway Foundation £10,000

Ark T Centre £3,900

Asylum Welcome £10,000

BLAP £8,344

Dovecote Voluntary Parent Committee £8,000

Home Start Oxford £7,936

Thrive Mentoring project £4,000

Clockhouse Project £6,500

Leys News £10,000

Open Door £3,054

Oxford Against Cutting £1,500

Oxfordshire Association for the Blind £5,400

Sanctuary Hosting £10,000

South Oxford Adventure Playground £5,000

Wood Farm Youth Club £7,000

While the delegation was granted in February 2018 and the allocations made shortly thereafter, publication of them was not until 10 September 2019.

Delegation was given by the City Executive Board on 13 February 2018 to the Head of Community Services to allocate awards to community groups.

Funding was subsequently  awarded to the following community groups for 2019-20:

AFiUK £7,312

Archway Foundation £10,000

Ark T Centre £3,900

Asylum Welcome £10,000

BLAP £8,330

Dovecote Voluntary Parent Committee £8,000

Home Start Oxford £7,820

Thrive Mentoring project £6,000

Clockhouse Project £7,000

Leys News £10,000

Open Door £2,945

Oxford Against Cutting £1,500

Oxfordshire Association for the Blind £5,000

Sanctuary Hosting £10,000

South Oxford Adventure Playground £5,000

Wood Farm Youth Club £7,000

While the delegation was granted in February 2018 and the allocations made shortly thereafter, publication of them was not until 10 September 2019.

Delegation was given by the City Executive Board, to the Head of Community Services, at its meeting on 13 February 2018.

Funding was awarded to community groups for 2018-19 as follows:

Cutteslowe Community Association £2,500

Cutteslowe Seniors Group £1,000

JACARI £5,000

Asian Cultural Association £4,025

Restore – Elder Stubbs Festival £1,500

AFiUK £9,390

Archway Foundation £10,000

Ark T Centre £3,900

Asylum Welcome £10,000

BLAP £8,325

Donnington Doorstep Family Centre £10,000

Dovecote Voluntary Parent Committee £8,000

Home Start Oxford £7,704

Thrive Mentoring project £8,000

Clockhouse Project £7,000

Leys News £10,000

Open Door £2,456

Oxford Against Cutting £1,500

Oxfordshire Association for the Blind £4,400

Sanctuary Hosting £10,000

South Oxford Adventure Playground £5,000

Wood Farm Youth Club £7,000

Please note that these allocations were made soon after the delegation was granted in 2018 but were not published until 10 September 2019.

The Head of Community Services had submitted a report proposing the allocation of grants to community and voluntary organisations through the Community Grants Programme.

Cllr Sinclair, Board Member for Culture and Communities introduced the report which sought, among other things, to provide consistency and stability to the beneficiaries of grants through the move to three rather than annual allocations.

The Grant and External Funding Officer said that the annual open bidding process was in its final phase. The deadline for submission of bids was passed and those submitted would be reviewed the following week.

The Chair noted that Scrutiny Committee had welcomed the response to its recommendations about grant allocations.

Cllr Smith, Board Member for  Leisure, Parks and Sport, noted the importance of robust monitoring given the move to three year allocations. The Grant and External Funding Officer confirmed that such monitoring would be in place

The City Executive Board resolved to:

1.         Approve the recommendations for the commissioning programme as set out in Appendices 1 and 2;

2.         Delegate authority to the Head of Community Services, in consultation with the Executive Members for Customer and Corporate Services and Culture and Communities, to approve the recommendations for applications received to the grants open bidding programme for the period of 2018-21 and allocate funding to art and culture organisations that apply for funding through this theme from April 2019; and

3.         Delegate authority to the Executive Director for Organisational Development and Corporate Services in consultation with the Executive Members for Customer and Corporate Services and Culture and Communities to allocate the development fund in the Advice and Money Management commissioning theme for the period of 2018-21.