F reedom of Information

Enquiry Number - 1-720906619 – Allocation of area budget

Request and Response:

Can you please disclose what community groups or friends grroups have applied forrf unding through the area budgeet and by what amount. Can you also included what wards these appply to. I wouuld like this information from dates going back to 2010 up to the present date.

Please find attached the information you have requested; please also note that the information is presented in a variety of formats.

LAB 6 TOWNS 2010-11

Oldbury Name of Group Allocation

Chi-Kenpo Karate 3,012 Branzone 840 Oldbury Local History Group 500 Loaves 'n' Fishes 700 Co-op 1,200 Bradbury House Day Hospice 350 Road East Allotment Project 4,340 New Henry Street TRA 600 Seniors Dance club 460

TOTAL £ 12,002.00

Smethwick Name of Group Allocation

St Alban's Community 2,925.00 Association Royal 2,467.00 British Legion Cape Luncheon Club 1,500.00 1st Warley Woods Scout Group 5,000.00

The Albion Estate Youth Group 2,500.00

Galton Village 290.00 Playcentre (S.A.P.A.) Friends of Victoria 5,000 Park Committee Rood End Community 1543 Association

Charles Pearson 769 Court Residents Association

Midland Heart (on behalf of Penmakers Residents group) 350.00

Victoria Playcentre & 998 Out of School Club Warley Woods Community Trust 1420

Friends of Lightwoods Park 5000

TOTAL 29,762.00

Tipton Name of Group Allocation Community Association 350 Centenary Methodist Denbigh Playscheme 150 British Legion Tipton Salem Tea Dance 500 Loaves 'n' Fishes 500 Veterans Club & Youth Club c/o Alexandra High & 6th Form 800 Tipton Young Asian Women's Forum 2,500 Junior Club 800 Grace Community Church Friday Club 1,000 Teanscene 500 98 Club 250 Tipton Operatic and Dramatic Society (TOADS) 500 Wednesday Coffee Club 500 OSCAR 500 Great Bridge Community Forum 500 Domino League 500 Sandwell Young African Caribbean Achievers 500 Food and Culture Group 600 Black Country 5 Bird Flying Club 330 Tipton Community Association 350 Cotterills Farm Tenant Management Organisation 595 Wednesday Coffee Club 300 Tipton Young Asian Women's Forum 2500 Park Lane Dominoes Leaue 300 Centenary Methodist Denbigh Playscheme 150 Churchfield Caravan Project 2000 Tipton Green Junior Club 350 Grace Community Church Friday Club 1000 Golden Opportunities 500 Jubilee Park Youth Club - “Let’s Get Ready For Work” 1500

20,825.00

Wednesbury Name of Group Allocation Royals Football Club 300 Friends of Brunswick Park 1,000 Central Methodist Church 1,520 Hill Top Community Association 801 6th Boys Brigade 703 Woods Methodist Church 2,000 Wednesbury History Society 750 Loaves 'N' Fishes 500 Friar Park Tenants & Residents Association (fun day) 2,000

OSCAR Sandwell Co Ltd 300 Friar Park TRA (talent show) 500 APPA (Wednesbury Women's Group) 2,000 Wednsbury Young Firefighters Assoc 1,000 Wednesbury Sons of Rest 505 Hill Top Sons of Rest 360 Sandwell Visually Impaired 450 Friar Park Millennium Centre 3,000

Total 17,689.00

West Bromwich Name of Group Allocation The Branch (St Phillips Project) 2,500 Bromford Lane Allotment Association 2,750 West Bromwich Community Centre Management Committee 1,725 Cre-8 Young People Group 1,000 The Friends of Dartmouth Park 1,500 Loaves 'n' Fishes 700 Yew Tree & Tamebridge Residents Group 600 W Brom Senior Citizens Angling Society 2,300.00 OSCAR Sandwell Ltd 182 Sandwell Valley Trails Group 3,000 Greets Green Afro Caribbean Stg Group 1,715 S'well Young African Caribbean Achievers Events 1,500 African Caribbean Centre Point 965 Friends of Dartmouth Park 1,000.00 Young Sparks Children's Centre 722 West Bromwich Chess Club 400 Sonshine UK 416 Sandwell Visually Impaired 500

Total 23,475

Rowley Regis Name of group Allocation Brickhouse Residents Association 1000 OSCAR Sandwell 500 Oakham Evangelical Church 700 Disability Centre 1000 OH Festival 4400 Elmswood Chase Neighbourhood Watch 700 Grange Road Mission 1000 Park Avenue and Rowley Neighbourhood Watch 450 3rd Cradley Heath Unit 5 500 The Kingfisher Club 400

Total 27691

LAB 6 TOWNS 2011-12

Name of Provider Town/Area of Value 2011/12 Benefit

Wednesbury War Memorial Fund Wednesbury £6,500.00 Campaign Group Friar Park Millennium Centre Wednesbury £5,000.00

Wednesbury Amateur Boxing Club Wednesbury £500.00

Manor No. 2 Darby and Joan Club Wednesbury £951.00

Friends of Millfields Green Spaces Wednesbury £410.00

Wodensborough Amateur Boxing Club Wednesbury £1,000.00

Wednesbury Young Firefighters Wednesbury £500.00 Association and Wednesbury Navy Training Corps

True Spirit Karate Kai Wednesbury £1,500.00

Wednesbury District Guides Association Wednesbury £1,600.00

The Friends of Wednesbury Museum and Wednesbury £500.00 Art Gallery St. Bartholomew’s Church Wednesbury £1,000.00

Leabrook Church Council Wednesbury 1,000.00

The Wesley Centre Wednesbury £500.00

Wednesbury Sons of Rest Wednesbury 1,000.00

Mesty Croft Darby and Joan Club Wednesbury 1,000.00

Bilston Road Residents and Tenants Wednesbury £1,000.00 Association

Sandwell Confederation of Indians Wednesbury £600.00

Royal British Legion Tipton £500.00

The Great Bridge Community Forum Tipton 850.00

Tipton Green Junior Club Tipton 800.00

Club 98 Tipton 292.00

Cotterills Farm Tenant Management Tipton 500.00 Organisation

Tipton Young Asian Women’s Forum Tipton 500.00

Princes End Dominos League Tipton £500.00

Lee’s Memorial Sons of Rest Tipton £495

Tipton Green Junior Club Tipton £300

Tipton Young Asian Women’s Forum Tipton £5,000

The Wednesday Coffee Club - Queen’s Tipton £500 Diamond Jubilee

Golden Opportunities Tipton £500

St. Paul’s Community Association Tipton £3,000

Princes End Domino League Tipton £400

Park Lane Dominoes League Tipton £300

Queen Diamond Jubilee Celebration - St. Tipton £300 Paul’s Community Association

Lost City TRA Tipton £100

Centenary Methodist Denbigh Playscheme Tipton £400

St. Peter’s Church Tipton £500

Tipton Towns Women Guild (Methodist Tipton £200 Church, Tipton Green) Rood End Comm Association Smethwick 1,543.00

Brush Strokes Smethwick 350.00

Oldbury

Bristnall Neighbourhood Watch 2,015.00

Complete Kidz Community Sports Club Oldbury £1,500.00

Oldbury

Rounds Green Church 500.00 3rd Cradley Heath Guides Rowley £500.00

Brickhouse TRA Rowley £1,000.00

Sandwell Sea Cadets Rowley £650.00

Rowley £700.00 Elmswood Neighbourhood Watch Scheme Rowley £500.00 Good Companions West Friends of Dartmouth Park Bromwich 1,000.00 West Charlemont TRA - youth club Bromwich 541.44 West Cre-8 Bromwich 500.00 West Unity in the Community Bromwich 800.00 West Charlemont TRA Bromwich 300.00 West Sporting Club Albion Bromwich 2,000.00

LAB 6 TOWNS 2012-13

Tipton Neighbourhood Activity Allocation Great Bridge TRA - FISSH - (Fisher Street, 525.00 Henly Close and Slater Street) Great Bridge St. Peter's Church, Greets 500 Green

Great Bridge Total 1025.00 Princes End Tipton Young Asian Womens 500.00 Forum

Princes End Total 500.00

Tipton Green 0.00 Total All Wards Royal British Legion 500.00 All Wards Grace Community Church 500.00 Friday Club - capacity building of the Group All Wards West Bromwich Senior Citizens 500.00 Angling Society- capacity building of the Group All Wards Club 98 310.00

All Wards 1810.00 3335.00

Wednesbury Neighbourhood Activity Allocation Friar Park Friar Park Millennium Centre 5000

Friar Park Total 5,000.00 Wednesbury North Baptist Church 200

Wednesbury North Total 200.00

Wednesbury South 0 Total All Wards West Bromwich Rail Model 777 Club (May 2012) All Wards Beech Road Rugby Club for 932 Pensioners All Wards Confederation of Indians 2000 All Wards West Bromwich Senior Citizens 500 Angling Society All Wards Oakswell Residents 825 Association All Wards Friends of Fudgestock 1500 All Wards Wednesbury Water Polo Club 2500

All Wards 9,034 Total

14,234.00

West Bromwich Neighbourhood Activity Spend

CGV Total Spend 0.00 Great Barr & YT - Friends of Great Barr Library 813.60 Great Barr & YT - Cre-8-2-Accumulate 304.00 GBYT Total Spend 1,117.60

GGL Total Spend 0.00

Hateley Heath Total Spend 0.00 Newton - Management Committee Tanhouse 2,500.00 Newton - Tanhouse community Centre Youth Club 1,500.00 Newton Total Spend 4,000.00 West Bromwich Central - Dartmouth Park Friends of Dartmouth Park 700.00

WBC Total Spend 700.00 All Wards Sandwell Arts Trust 300.00 All Wards Spend 300.00 OVERALL TOTAL EXPENDITURE 6,117.60

Smethwick Neighbourhood Activity Spend

Abbey Total Spend #REF! St Pauls Brasshouse Lane Community Centre - ‘Fund a Brick’ 100.00 St Pauls Community Speedwatch equipment 410.00

St Paul's Total Spend 510.00 Smethwick 3H's Organisation 125.00

Smethwick Total Spend 125.00

Soho & Victoria 3H's Organisation 125.00 Soho & Victoria Victoria Park Friends Group 350.00

Soho & Victoria Total 475.00 Spend

All Wards 0.00 OVERALL TOTAL EXPENDITURE

Rowley Regis Neighbourhood Activity Allocation

Blackheath Total 1,500.00 Tividale Holy Cross Community Centre 2,750.00

Tividale Total 2,750.00 Cradley Heath SAPA (Riddings Mound Play Centre) 500.00

Cradley Heath Total 500.00 Brick House TRA (Community Fun Day) 1,000.00

Rowley Total 1,000.00 All Wards OH Festival (Annual Event)

4,000.00 Dudley Golf Club 500.00 Oakham Evangelical Church 500.00 Friends of Rowley Libraries 955.00

All Wards 5,955.00

11,705.00

Oldbury Funding Type Neighbourhood Activity Allocation

Oldbury Total 0.00

Bristnall Total Total 0.00

Old Warley Total 0.00 LAB Langley Brandhall Lib Friends 824.00

Langley Total 824.00

All Wards

Total 824.00

LAB 6 TOWNS 2013-14

Tipton Neighbourhood Activity Allocation

Oldbury Total 0.00 Bristnall Londonderry Baptist Church 2,200.00

Bristnall Total Total 2,200.00

Old Warley Total 0.00 Langley Langley Traders Association 500.00

Langley Langley Band 150.00

Langley Total 650.00

All Wards 0.00

2,850.00

Wednesbury Neighbourhood Allocation

Friar Park Total - Wednesbury Society of Arts Music Club 500

Wednesbury North Total 500.00 Oakswell Residents Assocaition 500

Madina Education Trust 1,000 Mesty Croft Darby & Joan Club 500

Wednesbury Celebrates 5,000 Wednesbury Arts & Heritage Society 1,000

Wednesbury South Total 8,000

Charlee's Angels Cheerleading Youth Teams 250

New Street Neighbourhood Watch 300

Wednesbury Youth Club 1500

Millfields Forum (Wednesbury Celebrates) 375

Livingston Academy of Dance 1000

Wednesbury Avicultural Society 300

Tipton Young Asian Womens Forum £250.00 5 Star Performance Academy 1450 All Wards 5,425

13,925.00

West Bromwich Neighbourhood Spend Charlemont & Grove Vale Total Spend Great Barr & Yew Tree Parents 4 Parents 345.00 Cre-8 462.50 Cre-8 2,200.00 Total Spend 3,007.50 Greets Green & Lyng

Total Spend 0.00 Hateley Heath Total Spend Total Spend Newton Tanhouse Management Committee 2,250.00 Total Spend 2,250.00 West Bromwich Central Sporting Club Albion 1,000.00 Drama & Some CIC 700.00 Friends of Dartmouth Park 500.00 Total Spend 2,200.00 All Wards Spend West Browmich Hockey Club 377.00 Unity In the community 300.00 The Friends of Dartmouth Park 500.00 Wodensborough Amateur Boxing Club 500.00 Total Spend 677.00 OVERALL TOTAL EXPENDITURE

Smethwick Neighbourhood Spend Abbey Total Spend Whitehouse Drive Community Fun Day 0.00 Youth Project West Smethwick Park 120.00 West Smethwick Park Community Cafe 367.50

1,500.00 St Paul's Total Spend 1,987.50 Smethwick Total Spend

0.00 Soho & Victoria Total Spend 0.00

All Wards

3,975.00

Rowley Regis Neighbourhood Activity Allocation Blackheath Blackheath Asian Women's Group (EKTA) (Agewell CIC) 500.00 Blackheath Blackheath Live at Home Scheme 370.00 Blackheath Royal British Legion 1,000.00

Blackheath Total 1,870.00

Tividale Total - Cradley Heath OH Festival and Old Hill 2,500.00

Cradley Heath Friends of Mary MacArthur Gardens and Old Hill 325.00

Cradley Heath Total 2,825.00 Rowley Brickhouse TRA 847.00

Rowley Total 847.00

All Wards - 5,542.00

Oldbury

Neighbourhood Activity Allocation

Oldbury Total 0.00 Bristnall Londonderry Baptist Church 2,200.00

Bristnall Total Total 2,200.00

Old Warley Total 0.00 Langley Langley Traders Association 500.00

Langley Langley Band 150.00

Langley Total 650.00

All Wards 0.00

2,850.00

LAB 6 TOWNS 2014-15 OLDBURY

TOTAL BUDGET

ACTUAL

Bristnall Neighbourhood Watch 234.00

Friends Of Langley Library 348.90

Ebenezer Church 1,000.00

1,582.90

LAB 6 TOWNS 2014-15 ROWLEY REGIS ROWLEY REGIS

ACTUAL

Brickhouse Regis Tenants & Residents Association 1,086.00

OH Festival 1,500.00

Rowley Regis Parochial Church Council 941.00

3,527.00

SMETHWICK SMETHWICK ACTUAL

Breath Of Life Seventh Day Church 250.00

250.00

LAB 6 TOWNS 2014-15 TIPTON TIPTON TOTAL BUDGET

ACTUAL

Park Lane Dominoes League 300.00

New Road Community Consortium 500.00

Great Bridge Community Forum 1,500.00

7th Great Bridge Scout Group 500.00 TOTAL 2,800.00

LAB 6 TOWNS 2014-15 WEST BROMWICH WEST BROMWICH

TOTAL BUDGET

ACTUAL

Yew Tree & Tame Bridge Community Centre 540.00 Royal Naval Association Club 500.00

1,040.00

LAB 6 TOWNS 2014-15 WEDNESBURY WEDNESBURY

TOTAL BUDGET

ACTUAL

Tipton Young Asian Womens Forum 105.00 Hill Top Sons of Rest 471.00 Wednesbury 2000 500.00 Sandwell Allottment Gardeners Association 250.00 Wednesbury Celebrates 5000.00 6,326.00

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