Meeting documents

ORGANISATION

1 Year Funding Applications

CURENT FUNDING

£ p.a.

AMOUNT REQUESTED

£ p.a.

RECOMMENDED

AWARDED

£ p.a.

SCORE Max 20

COMMENTS

FUND?

Bath Pop Poetry Festival

N/A

3,000

1,000

17.25

Would expect to see effective partnership working with existing providers: Bath Lit Fest, Poetry Can, etc. Recommend this is a made a condition of funding

P

Keynsham Music Festival

1,500

3,000

1,100

17.25

Would like to see better and more timely marketing, particularly to South Bath audience

P

Bath City Farm

N/A

3,000

1,000

16.25

Good project in priority area of B&NES. Would like notification/confirmation regarding additional income

P

Eshoda Arts

N/A

1,000

1,000

15.25

Need letter of confirmation of partnership from Keynsham Youth Theatre

P

Timsbury Youth Club

N/A

3,000

500

15

More detailed budget would be helpful. Need to clarify relationship with Youth & Community Service

P

The Quest

750

3,000

800

14.25

More detailed budget required re other income

P

The Rainbow Foundation

500

3,000

500

14

Would expect to see partnership with Schools Music Service. Project already well-funded.

P

Midsomer Norton & District Carnival Assoc.

N/A

20,000

1,000

13.75

It is beyond capacity of this service to be sole funder of this activity

P

Bath Dance Forum

N/A

1,000

800

13

Good bid - no queries

P

Take Art!

2,100

2,100

2,100

11.75

Good bid - no queries

P

Somer Scene

N/A

3,000

500

11.75

Better monitoring procedure required. Suggest input from South West Arts Marketing

P

Mid-Somerset Competitive Festival

750

3,000

0

11.5

This organisation is already well-resourced with £50K+ in unrestricted reserves alone. This figure has actually increased from last year

X

Widcombe Studios

N/A

3,000

700

10.75

Better monitoring procedure required. Make this a condition of award

P

Bath Community Culture Company

N/A

3,000

500

8.75

Unsatisfactory budget submitted. This has now been addressed by applicant

P

Keynsham Youth Theatre

750

3,000

500

7.5

Unsatisfactory budget submitted, which officers will address with applicant. Good work poorly represented in this application. No reference to joint work with Eshoda

P

Poetry Can

1,510

1,510

1,000

50

Submitted a disappointing 3 year application in much- needed area of artform development. Recommend move to 1 year funding arrangement to drive improvement in performance

P

Available budget : £13,000

58,610

TOTAL AWARDS

13,000

ORGANISATION

PREVIOUS AWARD

£ p.a.

AMOUNT REQUESTED

£ p.a.

RECOMMENDED

AWARD

£ p.a.

SCORE (Max 20)

COMMENTS ON APPLICATION

RECOMMENDED CONDITIONS FOR FUNDING

Keynsham Music Festival

1100

3000

1500

16

Good application. No real concerns.

Standard conditions for voluntary sector award

Bath City Farm

1000

3000

1000

14

Good application. No real concerns

Standard conditions for voluntary sector award

Widcombe Rising/Natural Theatre Company

N/A

3000

1500

13.5

Good application. No real concerns

Standard conditions for voluntary sector award + stress that funding is for artistic programme, not core costs

Take Art!

2100

2100

2100

13

Good application. No real concerns

Standard conditions for voluntary sector award

Bath Dance Forum

800

1500

1200

11.75

Good application. Well argued case for support.

Standard conditions for voluntary sector award

Innerroom Theatre Company

N/A

2539

1000

11.75

Good application. Well argued case for support. Some concerns re longer term sustainability of activity.

Standard conditions for voluntary sector award + emphasise to the organisation a need for longer term strategy for financial support

Contemporary Art Talks Programme

N/A

1500

1000

9.5

Good application. No real concerns

Standard conditions for voluntary sector award + stress need for programme, marketing and promotion to address access and inclusion issues.

Royal United Hospital Arts Project

N/A

3000

1000

9

Some weaknesses in meeting criteria. High level of capital items in budget. Would prefer to offer funding for workshop element only.

Standard conditions for voluntary sector award + stress that funding is offered in support of workshop element only.

Keynsham Youth Theatre

500

1000

500

8.5

Acceptable application. Could have been better argued. Lacks clarity of vision re future development

Standard conditions for voluntary sector award + request to work more closely with organisation of development

Midsomer Norton & District Carnival Association

1000

3000

1000

7

Concerns re level of developmental activity within overall artistic programme.

Standard conditions for voluntary sector award + state that organisation needs to develop a more coherent longer term strategy for financial support.

TOTALS

23,639

11, 800

TOTAL AVAILABLE FUNDS

13,000

13,000

BALANCE NOT COMMITTED

1,200

Officers propose that this sum be used to develop activity (including a programme of professional arts events) in the Norton Radstock area, with the aim of encouraging community engagement and raising the profile of the arts in the Norton Radstock area.