Brentford Community First Panel

Brentford Community First Panel

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The inaugural meeting was held on June 29th 2012 and the full minutes can be downloaded.

During the meeting the key priorities were set and registered on the Community First website as:

Youth from 0-18 (widening access to existing programmes with practical and inclusive activites and clubs)
Vulnerable people (physically or mentally disabled or isolated) removing barriers to access to local assets.
Community cohesion (inter-generational and inter-ability relationship building and working through activites and clubs).

It was decided to invite (as the deadline for application was imminent) Brentford Toy Library to apply for funding for £1,000 for the Great Brentford Picnic and Brentford FC Community Sports Trust to apply for the balance for targeted summer events.

Meeting on 20/09/12 (AJ, KR, SM)
Both projects have received funding. Reviewed projects and discussed Community Plan

Meeting on 14/12/12 (SM, KR)
Cancelled due to non-attendance

Meeting on 15/02/13 (AJ, KR, SM, AD)

We are to put forward allocations for Year 2:

£1000 for history tent, guided walk and exhibition for the Brentford Festival (Linda Massey)

£1200 for Brentford Toy Library Arts & Crafts session twice monthly for a year. (Sally Malit)

£1000 for BRAG's next newsletter (Hugh Picton)

£1045 for BRAG's cotton bags (Hugh Picton)

Draft Community Plan for Brentford:

Brentford is a town that is constantly in transition, with an estimated 10,000 new inhabitants to arrive when current developments with planning permission are built as well as two major developments not yet submitted that will add about 900 households each.

The infrastructure has not been developed alongside and there is a great need for community spaces both outdoors and indoors for all ages.

There are a number of supporting documents that look at differing areas of need and the important ones can be found at http://brentfordcommunity.org.uk/brentford-links/community-strategy/

Meeting on 11/07/13 (AJ, SM, KR)
Item 1 - Crowd funding
Action - to register interest and review material returned by CDF in order to reach final decision on if we wish to pursue this particular opportunity for more funding.

Item 2 - Community Plan
Action - Kath and Sally to compile by end of August. Due to work involved in creating the plan, they will be using some funds (max £2K) allocated for Year 3 to cover their costs.
Additional Info - I've attached a copy of feedback from CDF concerning the return of our community plan (which as mentioned, I had previously suggested we could have submitted to them by end of July and have now advised this will be August).

Item 3 - Feedback from projects currently being funded (i.e. Year 2)
>Arts Club (Brentford Toy Library) - club is in operation and going well. Further details can be seen on the BTL Facebook page.
>History Tent and Walk (Brentford festival) - undergoing planning; takes place in September 2013
>Newsletter and Promotional Cotton Bags (BRAG) - design underway

Item 4 - possible projects to be considered for Year 3 and Year 4 funding
Yr3 - Brentford Heritage walks
Yr3 - Speak Out
Yr4 - Chambers Brentford Volunteer Awards
Yr4 - Glads Club
Yr4 - Age UK Brentford
Yr4- Speak Out

Meeting on 4th November (AJ, SM, KR)

Community plan and miniwebsite approved by CF

Allocation of £4244 for Year 3 to the following:
- £250 to KR for plan and website
- £2500 to Brentford Toy Library for 40 sessions, covering 20 weeks
- £494 towards BrentfordHistory.com for publicising/posting heritage asset register
- £1000 to Speak Out in Hounslow for a 8 week jewellery workshop (ending in sale at market stall); tutor £80 + rent £40 per session = £960 + £40 for admin/publicity

Meeting - 14 July 2014 (AJ, SM, AD, KR)

Application for Film Skool looked at and further questions to organisation submitted.

Meeting - 10 September 2014 (AJ, SM, KR)

Application for Film Skool turned down as not known by local schools and not sufficiently targeted at Brentford.

Application from Spark! for event turned down as not being targeted at Brentford or offering value for money.

To avoid losing the funding available, it was agreed that the details for any other projects be submitted by 3/10/14 for our review by virtual panel meeting on 10/10/14 after which the approved projects will be forwarded through to CDF on 14/10/14.

During today’s meeting, mention was made of the following projects: Brentford Chamber of Commerce (Dragon Den event), Brentford History Walks, Speak Out in Hounslow (for courses at St Mary's Convent Residential home in the Butts ongoing , and 2 courses at the Steam Museum one starts next month and the 2nd early next year) and Age UK Brentford.

Future applications must be approved by the panel and submitted online by 31st March 2012 (Year Two), 31 March 2012 (Year 3) and 31 Decembr 2014 (Year 4).

September 15, 2014