Community Grant Fund 2025 – Funding Awards Tranche 1

1.      that the
Cabinet record their thanks to the many organisations and
individuals who support the Communities of Torbay and also record
their thanks for the significant response that has been received to
the Community Grant Fund 2025; and

2.      that the
Community Grant Fund 2025 tranche 1 funding awards as set out in
Appendix 1 to the submitted report be approved and delegated
authority be given to the Director of Finance, to enter into
funding agreements with the relevant parties in accordance with the
Community Grant Fund Policy 2025/26.

To provide funding to
the voluntary and community sector organisations in support of the
Council’s long-term objectives for the Bay.

This fund was
considered in the approval of the budget for 25/26. The option to
not spend this allocation has been discounted as it does not meet
the aims and objectives of the Council.

This decision will
come into force and may be implemented on 29 September 2025 unless
the call-in procedure is triggered (as set out in the Standing
Orders in relation to Overview and Scrutiny).

Torbay Council
introduced a Community Grant Fund for 2025 to further support the
voluntary and community sector organisations. The Council received
69 applications for funding. All of the applications had been
evaluated by the Chief Executive and the Director of Finance who
made their recommendations for the first tranche of awards. There
will follow a second tranche of awards, to be determined at the
Cabinet meeting in November 2025, following clarification questions
relating to a small number of applicants.

At the meeting
Councillor Jackie Thomas proposed and Councillor Tyerman seconded a
motion that was agreed unanimously by the Cabinet, as set out
above.