EXECUTIVE – FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT & STRATEGY

Report of Meeting held 1st November 2018

PRESENT : Executive Member – Resources Councillor N Daniels (CHAIR)

Councillors L. Parsons L. Winnett G. Thomas D. Wilkshire T. Sharrem R. Summers G. Paulsen H. Trollope (covering for J.C. Morgan)

WITH : Rhian Daly – Group Accountant John Griffin – Assistant Portfolio Accountant

WELCOME

The Chair welcomed Members and Officers to the meeting of the Grants Working Group.

The Group agreed a consistent approach, (and grant amount) be undertaken across the various applicant groups unless a lower amount had been requested by an organisation.

GENERAL GRANTS

Details of the applications received were submitted, whereupon it was

RESOLVED to recommend that the following grants be made:-

Abertillery Bluebirds AFC £250.00

Councillor N. Daniels declared an interest in the following applications Excelsior’s Football Club £250.00 Abertillery Excelsior’s Junior Football Club £250.00

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Abertillery FC £250.00 RFC £250.00 Garnlydan AFC Juniors £250.00 Garnlydan AFC £250.00 Glyn Ebwy Under 7's Football Team £250.00 JFR £250.00

Councillor L. Parsons declared an interest in the following application Llanhilleth RFC £250.00

Oak Football Club £250.00 Old Tyleryan RFC £250.00 AFC £250.00 Rainy Day RTB Mini & Junior RFC £250.00 RTB Briery Hill AFC (Seniors) £250.00 RTB 2005 Under 13's £31.25 RTB Ebbw Vale Junior Football 2018 £31.25 RTB Mini Bees £31.25 RTB Under 10's £31.25 RTB Under 11's £31.25 RTB Under 8’s, Ebbw Vale £31.25 RTB Youth 2018/19 £31.25 AFC Juniors £250.00 Tredegar Mini and Junior Section £250.00 Tredegar Women and Girls AFC £250.00 RFC £250.00 Abertillery Town Cricket Club £250.00 Ebbw Vale Cricket Club £250.00 Abertillery Junior Netball Club £250.00 Abertillery Netball Club £250.00 Tillery Dragons Junior Netball £250.00 Tredegar Junior Netball Club £250.00 Tredegar Ladies Netball Club £250.00 Gymfinity £250.00 Ebbw Vale Wheelchair Sports Club £250.00 Waunlwyd Wanderers £200.00 Cwm Weightlifting Club £250.00 Falcons Martial Arts £250.00 Friends of Valleys Karate Club £250.00

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Councillor N. Daniels declared an interest in the following application Abertillery Bowls Club £250.00

Blaina Bowls Club £250.00 Blaina Ladies Bowls Club £250.00 Ladies Welfare Bowls £250.00 Abertillery & District Angling Club £250.00 Angling Club £250.00 Tredegar Angling Club £250.00 Abertillery Amateur Dramatic and Musical Society £250.00 (AADMS) Young Stars £250.00 Brynmawr Musical Theatre Company £250.00 Ebbw Vale & District Operatic & Dramatic Society £250.00 Encore Theatre Academy £250.00 Cwm Male Choir £250.00 Ebbw Fach Choir £250.00 Ebbw Vale Choir £250.00 Blaina Monday Night Dance Club £150.00 Ffin Dance £250.00 Tredfest £250.00 Beaufort Hill Pond & Woodlands £200.00 Brynmawr Millennium Fund £200.00 Southend Allotment Association £200.00 Tredegar Gardeners Club £200.00 Vale View Allotments £200.00 Southend Beekeepers Association £200.00 The Bee Initiative £200.00 1st Cwm Scout Group £200.00 275 ( & Blaina) Squadron ATC £200.00 Tredegar Fire Cadets (Blaze) £200.00 Brynithel Coffee Morning £200.00 Crafty Knitters £200.00 Knit & Natter £200.00 Moose International, Tredegar £200.00 Over 50's Club £200.00 Chillzone Disability Support Group £200.00 Parentz R Us £200.00 Supporters of Mini Me's £200.00 New Cwm Institute £200.00 Brynmawr Institute £200.00 Ebbw Vale Festival Of Remembrance £200.00

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Royal British Legion (Tredegar Branch) £200.00 Brynmawr Town Centre Partnership £200.00 Tredegar Twinning Association £200.00 Cruse Bereavement Care – Gwent £200.00 Cymru Creations £200.00 Made in Tredegar £200.00 Tredegar Arts £200.00 Gwent Area Association of the Welsh Pony & Cob £200.00 Society Tredegar Horse Show £200.00 Heads of the Valley Astronomical Society £200.00 Re-Liance Bus Preservation Group £200.00 Blaenau Gwent Districts Under 15's Rugby Team £250.00 RTB Ebbw Vale Mini & Junior Football Club £31.25 Brynmawr Amateur Pantomime Society £250.00 St. Georges Church Choir £250.00 Phoenix Domestic Abuse Services £250.00

and the following applications not be acceded to:-

RTB Development, Ebbw Vale FC - declined, as already supporting ten RTB clubs. Tredegar Ironsides RFC (Clubhouse) - declined, as it was felt that the request was not eligible. Parc Bryn Bach Running Club - declined, as it was felt that the request was not eligible. Parent Focus Group (Blaen-y-Cwm Primary School) - declined, as it was felt that this is the school’s responsibility.

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WELSH CHURCH FUND

Details of the applications received were submitted, whereupon it was

RESOLVED to recommend that the following Grants be made:-

Abertillery Methodist Church £250.00 Bethel Methodist Church, Beaufort £500.00 Blaenau Gwent Baptist Church. Abertillery £537.50 Blaenau Gwent Methodist Church, Abertillery £500.00 Caersalem Uniting Church, Waunlwyd £537.50 Central Baptist Church, Tredegar £537.50 Christ Church, Ebbw Vale £500.00 Cwmcelyn Methodist Church, Blaina £350.00 Ebenezer Baptist Church, Abertillery £430.00 Ebenezer Independent Chapel, Tredegar £537.50 Horeb Chapel, Trefil, Tredegar £537.50 Llanhilleth Parish Hall £537.50 Mount Pleasant Presbyterian Church, Ebbw Vale £250.00 Providence Baptist Church, Ebbw Vale £537.50 Sardis Chapel, Trefil, Tredegar £537.50 Saron Congregation Church, Tredegar £537.50 St. Pauls Church Hall, £50.00 St. Pauls Church, Cwmtillery £537.50 Tirzah Baptist Church, Ebbw Vale £537.50 Tredegar Methodist Church £537.50 Tyllwyn Methodist Church, Ebbw Vale £537.50 Sirhowy Senior Citizens, Tredegar £250.00 Waunlwyd OAP Association £250.00 Winchestown Pensioners Association £250.00 Sirhowy Community Centre £250.00 Six Bells Community Centre, Abertillery £250.00

Councillor T. Sharrem declared an interest in the following application Wyndham Vowles Community Centre, Abertillery £250.00

Ystrad Deri Community Centre, Tredegar £250.00 Blaina Heritage Action Group £500.00 Brynmawr and District Museum Society £537.50 Ebbw Vale Works Archival Trust £537.50 1st Abertillery Scout Group £200.00 1st Blaina Scout Group, Nantyglo £200.00

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3rd Abertillery (S.A.) Guides £200.00 Blaenau Gwent District Scout Council, Ebbw Vale £200.00 Blaenau Gwent Welsh Dragonz £200.00 Brynmawr Arts and Crafts Society £200.00 Ebbw Fach Creative Club, Brynmawr £200.00 Tirzah Kids and Community Group, Ebbw Vale £200.00 A.C.E.S.S., Abertillery £250.00 Cwm Community Care £200.00 New Life Community (NLC), Brynithel £250.00 Home Start Blaenau Gwent £200.00 Abertillery Business & Professional Ladies Association £200.00 Cwmtillery Luncheon Club £200.00 St George's Luncheon Club, Tredegar £200.00 St. George's Sunday School, Tredegar £200.00 Rassau & Beaufort Royal British Legion £200.00 Royal British Legion, Ebbw Vale Branch £200.00 Christopher Clarke, Brynithel £200.00 Blaenau Gwent Heritage Forum £350.00 Bethania Congregational Church, Tredegar £537.50 Garnlydan Presbyterian Church £500.00 Hilltop Presbyterian Church £500.00 St. James Methodist Church, Ebbw Vale £320.00 St. Johns Church, Abertillery £537.50 St. Michaels Church, Abertillery £250.00 St. Peters Church, Blaina £537.50 Tabernacle Church, Abertillery £250.00 Zion Baptist Church £500.00 Zion Miners Chapel. Llanhilleth £537.50 Community Centre £250.00

Councillor L. Parsons declared an interest in the following application Brynithel Welfare and Community Centre £250.00

Ebbw Fach Community Events Group, Aberbeeg £250.00 Georgetown District Community Association £250.00

Councillor D. Wilkshire declared an interest in the following application Rassau Resource Community Centre £250.00

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Councillor G. Thomas declared an interest in the following application Beaufort Tenants and Residents Association £250.00

Brynithel Senior Citizens £250.00 Waunlwyd OAP Luncheon Club £250.00

Councillor H. Trollope requested that an application from Tredegar Museum be considered in retrospect due to the recent bereavement of its Treasurer. It was agreed by the group that due to the extenuating circumstances, the following allocation would be granted to the organisation.

Tredegar Museum £537.50

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ALLOTMENTS

Briery Hill Allotments £300 Cwm Duffryn Allotment Association £300 Falcon Terrace Allotment Association £300 Glanffrywd Allotments £300 Henwaen Street Allotments £300 Mount Pleasant Allotment Association £300 Tyllwyn Allotments £300 Nantyglo & Blaina Allotment £300 Blaina Committee Allotment £300

The Chair thereupon thanked Members and Officers for attending and declared the meeting closed.

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