MERTHYR TYDFIL COUNTY BOROUGH COUNCIL
DATE WRITTEN 23 rd September 2008
REPORT AUTHOR Karen Rees
HEAD OF SERVICE Steve Jones
COMMITTEE DIVISION Accountancy
COMMITTEE Cabinet
COMMITTEE DATE 15 th October 2008
TO: Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen
BIFFA PROFIT SHARING SCHEME
PURPOSE OF REPORT:
To receive information on how Ward Members have allocated their share of the Biffa Profit Sharing scheme funds since May 2007.
INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND
1.0 In May 2007 under delegated powers authorisation of the approvals for the allocation of funds within the Biffa Profit Sharing scheme has been passed to the Director of Finance. Previously it had been necessary to report to Cabinet all such approvals received from the Ward Members.
1.1 Detailed below are the approvals for each Ward which have been received since May 2007:
Vaynor £
Cefn Coed Community Centre 8,000.00
Cefn Coed Community Centre (mother & baby play session) 1,000.00
Cefn Coed Community Centre 6,000.00
CEFN COED COMMUNITY CENTRE TOTAL 15,000.00
Trefechan Nursery 1,000.00
Trefechan Nursery pre-school 1,000.00
TREFECHAN NURSERY TOTAL 2,000.00
Cefn Coed Football Club 500.00
Pentecostal Church 500.00
Vaynor Show 250.00
St Gwynno's Church 1,250.00
Trefechan Community Centre 8,000.00
Trefechan OAP Club 500.00
Cefn Coed Rugby Club 500.00
St Johns Church 2,500.00
Ysgol Y Graig 2,500.00
Cefn & Trefechan Dance Group 500.00
Merthyr Golf Club 2,000.00
Schools In Play 3,000.00
Trefechan Communities First 400.00
Trefechan Partnership Board 8,000.00
Hen Dy Cwrdd chapel 500.00
Cefn Coed & Trefechan Gardeners Association 300.00
VAYNOR WARD TOTAL 48,200.00
Bedlinog
Taff Bargoed Development Trust 2,850.00
Taff Bargoed Development Trust 1,565.00
TAFF BARGOED DEVELOPMENT TRUST TOTAL 4,415.00
Carol Difford (representing Wales in Bowls in 2007 Indoor Series) 200.00
Carol Difford (representing Wales in International Bowls tournament) 350.00
CAROL DIFFORD TOTAL 550.00
Trelewis OAP Association 4,810.00
Trelewis OAP Association 143.80
TRELEWIS OAP ASSOCIATION TOTAL 4,953.80
Bedlinog Going for Green 3,000.00
Bedlinog Going for Green 3,000.00
BEDLINOG GOING FOR GREEN TOTAL 6,000.00
Alan Powell (Taff Bargoed Valley Regeneration Strategy Brand) 384.00
Bedlinog & Trelewis Partnership Board 5,000.00
Taff Bargoed Angling Association 879.00
Bedlinog Allotments Association 2,500.00
Trelewis School PTA 2,000.00
Christmas lights in Trelewis & Bedlinog 1,800.00
Upgrade of Lewis Street Play Area 10,000.00
Cancer Aid 250.00
Cymdeithas Cymraeg Bedllwynog 300.00
Trelewis Stay Young at Heart 2,300.00
Bedlinog Leisure Association 250.00
Bedlinog Ladies bowling club 750.00
BEDLINOG WARD TOTAL 42,331.80
Dowlais
Dowlais Forum (donation to Christmas Fayre) 500.00
Dowlais Community Development Forum (support to fishing day) 900.00
Dowlais Community Development Forum (Summer Scorcher scheme) 2,500.00
Dowlais Community Development Forum (for Youth Service Funky Day) 50.00
Dowlais Community Development Forum (for pathways around the mini pitch) 5,000.00
Dowlais Community Development Forum (catering at 'Funky fun Day') 50.00
DOWLAIS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FORUM TOTAL 9,000.00
Pantyscallog Primary school 1,000.00
Pantyscallog Primary school 1,000.00
PANTYSCALLOG PRIMARY TOTAL 2,000.00
Gwernllwyn Junior School 1,000.00
Gwernllwyn Junior School 1,000.00
GWERNLLWYN JUNIOR SCHOOL TOTAL 2,000.00
Dowlais Infants School 1,000.00
Dowlais Infants School 1,000.00
DOWLAIS INFANTS SCHOOL TOTAL 2,000.00
St Illtyds Primary School 1,000.00
St Illtyds Primary School 1,000.00
ST ILLTYDS PRIMARY SCHOOL TOTAL 2,000.00
Play Forum 500.00
Wesley Chapel 2,000.00
Chrysanthemum Society 1,000.00
Yellow lines at Victoria St & Pant Road 3,800.00
Merthyr Angling Association 100.00
Caersalem Chapel 1,000.00
Dowlais Ladies Hockey Club 1,000.00
Clara Thompson (fundraising for cancer treatment) 500.00 Hands Across the World (Penydre High School) for twinning with S African township 500.00
Parent Action Group 1,000.00
Guest Keen Sports & Social Retired members 500.00
Guest Keen Bowls Association 1,000.00
Yellow lines at Victoria St 1,000.00
Merthyr People First 500.00
Pant & Dowlais Scouts Group 500.00
Pant & Dowlais Girl guides 500.00
Refurbishment of Pant Childrens playground 16,000.00
Dowlais Pony Improvement Society 500.00
3G's First Responders for equipment 300.00
Safer Merthyr Tydfil (for bogus caller intercoms) 850.00
Hafal Merthyr (security lighting & CCTV) 2,600.00
DOWLAIS WARD TOTAL 52,650.00
Town
Ex-serviceman's Club 1,000.00
Town Ward Community Committee 1,000.00
Nicholas Brill (National Youth brass Band of Wales in Canada) 250.00
Merthyr mini & junior RFC 2,000.00
St Tydfil's Court (replace facilities in day room & for days out) 2,000.00
Baili Football Club 500.00
Anchor Football Club 500.00
Merthyr Tydfil Tennis Club 1,000.00
Mountain Hare Community Fete 1,000.00
Lower Twynyrodyn Neighbourhood Watch Association 1,000.00
Thomastown Bowls Club 1,000.00
Courthouse Football Club 500.00
Fit Handrailings at Cross Thomas Street 1,500.00
Mountain Hare Community Group 3,000.00
Royal Welsh Fusiliers Comrades Association 2,000.00
Cancer Aid Merthyr Tydfil 4,000.00
Warden of Greenwood Close 1,500.00
Caedraw Primary School 3,000.00
St Marys RC Primary School 3,000.00
Twynyrodyn Community School 3,000.00
Ysgol Gymraeg Santes Tudful 3,000.00
Bishop Hedley High School 3,000.00
Cyfarthfa High School 3,000.00
Twynyrodyn Action Group 550.00
TOWN WARD TOTAL 42,300.00
Park
Instal & maintain 2 streetlights at Llwyn Berry, Georgetown 3,875.00
Resurfacing works at Penydarren Park & Gardens 19,000.00
Resurfacing works at Gwendoline street 5,713.00
Completion of road surfacing at Penydarren Park & gardens 23,000.00
Instal grids at Heritage Court 1,000.00
Quar Park Rangers Football Club 250.00
Georgetown Residents Association 250.00
Walk & Quar OAP Group 250.00
Merthyr Tydfil FC Supporters Trust 500.00
Brecon Road Infants School 3,000.00
Speed Indicator Camera 750.00
Merthyr Tydfil FC Supporters Trust 500.00
Georgetown Tenants Association 250.00
Resurfacing of rear lane Llewellyn street 2,000.00
PARK WARD TOTAL 60,338.00
Plymouth
Repairs to footpath at Old Dyffryn, Pentrebach 1,150.00
Talking Newspaper for ground maintenance 150.00
Pentrebach Old Age Group 1,500.00
Abercanaid Old Age Group 500.00
Troedyrhiw Old Age Group 500.00
Highways scheme at Lewis Square, Abercanaid 4,620.00
Highways scheme at Hamilton St, Pentrebach 11,775.00
Footpath to playground, Pentrebach 1,750.00
Drop curb in Pentrebach 650.00
Highways scheme at South View, Troedyrhiw 9,450.00
Highways scheme at Elm street, Troedyrhiw 8,998.00
Highways scheme at rear of Carlton Terrace, Troedyrhiw 2,300.00
Highways scheme at Ash Road, Troedyrhiw 7,125.00
Fix a wall at Woodlands Terrace, Troedyrhiw 650.00
Jerusalem Baptist Church 2,000.00
PLYMOUTH WARD TOTAL 53,118.00
Treharris
Taff Bargoed Anglers Association 2,500.00
Taff Bargoed Angling Association 1,000.00
TAFF BARGOED ANGLING ASSOCIATION TOTAL 3,500.00
Fir Tree Drive Resource Centre 2,000.00
Lease for Fir Tree Drive Resource Centre 1,000.00
FIR TREE DRIVE RESOURCE CENTRE TOTAL 3,000.00
Treharris Area Community Trust (floodlight repairs at Treharris mini rugby ground) 3,000.00
Treharris Area Community Trust (Software for security cameras) 500.00
TREHARRIS AREA COMMUNITY TRUST TOTAL 3,500.00
Cilhaul Ladies Section 500.00
Cilhaul Ladies Section 2,000.00
CILHAUL LADIES SECTION TOTAL 2,500.00
Quakers Yard Community Association 948.00
Quakers Yard Community Association 500.00
QUAKERS YARD COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION TOTAL 1,448.00
Citizens Advice Bureau Outreach 2,500.00
CCTV at the library 3,250.00
Treharris Athletic Football Club 2,000.00
Eco Centre 3,000.00
Cost of lighting at steps at Twyn Y Garreg 1,500.00
Edwardsville United Reform Church 1,000.00
Woodlands Avenue Community Association 1,000.00
Treharris St John Ambulance 1,500.00
Tabernacl chapel 1,000.00
Joshua Foundation 200.00
Treharris Nursery School 1,000.00
Fir Tree Drive Community Association 2,000.00
Wales Air Ambulance 500.00
Merthyr PHAB 500.00
Treharris Boys & Girls Club 1,000.00
Rebecca Thomas (attending a Global Young Leaders conference) 250.00
Merthyr Tydfil swimming club 250.00
TREHARRIS WARD TOTAL 36,398.00
Gurnos
Gurnos Nursery 5,000.00
Gurnos Nursery School (John Laski fund) 500.00
GURNOS NURSERY SCHOOL TOTAL 5,500.00
Environmental scheme at Lakeside Gardens 1,000.00
Y.I.P. Project 500.00
Cancer Clinic 2,000.00
Citizens Advice Bureau Out Reach Worker 2,000.00
Safer Merthyr Tydfil (Intercom doors systems) 2,000.00
Friends Senior Citizens Group 500.00
Ty Gwaunfarren Residents Group 500.00
Gurnos Senior Citizens 500.00
Gurnos Action Group 500.00
St Aloysius Senior Citizens 500.00
Gurnos After School Club 500.00
Goetre Infants School 1,000.00
Goetre Junior School 1,000.00
St Aloysius School 1,000.00
Harvest Trust 500.00
Community degree in Community 500.00
Penydre High School (South Africa visit) 500.00
HCPT - Pilgrimage Trust 800.00
Two Spotlights 800.00
Gurnos & Galon Uchaf under 12s football team 300.00
First Responders scheme 200.00
Traffic scheme at Gurnos Road 1,500.00
Traffic scheme at Birchgrove 500.00
Repair pelican crossing at Goetre School 1,200.00
Traffic scheme at Maple Close 1,000.00
Traffic scheme between Gurnos Nursery & Cyfarthfa Park 1,000.00
Extra cost for traffic scheme at Cypress Close 600.00
Gurnos Women Ramblers Section 250.00
Northern Valley Cluster group Community Focus schools 50.00
Life Support Summer Programme 350.00
Back to Basics Skills group 100.00
Community transport service from Lakeside Gardens to Town centre 1,500.00
Friends of Penydre School 750.00
Drop kerbs at Ty Gwaunfarren 450.00
Merthyr PHAB 250.00
GURNOS WARD TOTAL 32,100.00
Penydarren
Merthyr Tydfil Play Forum 500.00
Merthyr Tydfil Play Forum 375.00
MERTHYR TYDFIL PLAY FORUM TOTAL 875.00
3 G's Development Trust for Harvest Trust holidays 500.00
3 G's Development Trust for Community degree in Community Development 500.00
3 G's Life Support Family Summer Programme 700.00
3 G’S DEVELOPMENT TRUST TOTAL 1,700.00
Cobi Jones (Karate/Kickboxing Championships in Germany) 100.00
Penydarren Boys & Girls Club 1,000.00
Galon Uchaf Residents Board 500.00
Galon Uchaf OAP 500.00
St Illtyds OAP Club 500.00
Penydarren OAP Complex 500.00
Penydarren Old Age Welfare 500.00
Parent Carers United 500.00
Merthyr People First 500.00
Hands Across the World 500.00
HCPT 500.00
Lease of street cleaning machine for 3 years 57,728.00
Citizens Advice Bureau Outreach Worker 1,250.00
Lloyds Terrace Senior Citizens Group 500.00
1st Penydarren Brownies & Guides 500.00
Galon Uchaf & Gurnos Boys & Girls Club 300.00
Cancer Aid Merthyr Tydfil 1,000.00
First Reponder scheme 200.00
Safer Merthyr Tydfil (Intercom doors systems) 425.00
Merthyr PHAB Club 250.00
The Friendly Walkers 250.00
Storm Kick Boxing Academy 300.00
Gurnos Nursery 250.00
Dowlais Development Forum (Funky Fun Day) 50.00
Penydre High School 500.00
PENYDARREN WARD TOTAL 71,678.00
Merthyr Vale
Ynysowen Community First Partnership Board 400.00
Merthyr Vale ward Communities First Partnership (Cancer Aid fund event) 500.00
Ynysowen Community Regeneration Partnership Board for Carers Pamper Day 2,500.00
YNYSOWEN COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP BOARD TOTAL 3,400.00
Aberfan Wives Group 1,000.00
Smyrna Poject 30,000.00
Ynysowen Rugby Club 1,000.00
Aberfan & Merthyr Vale Darby & Joan Club 1,000.00
Heart Links Ynysowen 1,000.00
Aqua Young at Heart swimming club 500.00
Ynysowen Carnival 500.00
Merthyr PHAB club 500.00
MERTHYR VALE WARD TOTAL 38,900.00
Cyfarthfa
Grounds maintenance work at Ynysfach 2,000.00
Old Age Pensioners Ynysfach 1,000.00
Old Age Pensioners Heolgerrig 1,000.00
Old Age Pensioners Gellideg 1,000.00
3 G's First Responder Scheme 200.00
Paige Price (work with the Joshua Foundation) 500.00
Double yellow lines on approach road to Ynysfach Estate & Llwyncelyn Lane 3,500.00
Crime Concern Trust Ltd 500.00
Calfaria Chapel (fire doors) 860.00
CYFARTHFA WARD TOTAL 10,560.00
2.0. FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS
2.1. There are no financial implications for the Authority with these schemes.
3.0 RECOMMENDATIONS
3.1 I recommend that Cabinet:-
(i) Receives and notes this report;
(ii) Receives 6 monthly information reports on Biffa spending;
(iii) Encourages all Members to maximise the use of Biffa funds wherever possible by seeking to use the funding as a match funder.
HUGH O’SULLIVAN DIRECTOR OF FINANCE, AUDIT & RISK MANAGEMENT
INTERNAL REPORT CONSULTATION:
The following officers have been consulted in respect of the proposals and recommendations set out in this report.
Chief Executive Deputy Chief Director of Director of Director of Director of Executive / Customer Integrated Integrated Adult Corporate Director of Community Children’s Services Centre Customer Services Services Corporate Services
BACKGROUND PAPERS:
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