Presentation by Dave Brennan, Chief Executive, Castle Cavendish
Minutes:
Dave Brennan, Chief Executive, Castle Cavendish gave a presentation updating the Committee on use of the Area 4 grant in 2014/15 and 2015/16, highlighting the following:
(a)
Castle Cavendish is the lead organisation in area 4 and receives a
grant from the Council to spend on, primarily, funding for children
and young people in the area;
(b)
the main provision in
2014/15 was linked to the needs
analysis endorsed by the Area Committee in September 2014. It
funded 16 delivery partners, which was an increase from 8 the
previous year. Over 600 young people were engaged, with over 40,000
hours of supported activity at £1.39 per person, per
hour;
(c)
The funding in 2014/15 totalled £129,964 and was made up from
£92,882 from the Nottingham City Council area based grant,
and £37,082 from Castle Cavendish funds;
(d) For the 2015/16 programme, all but one of the providers successfully passed their performance review. The activity programme for 2015/16 is as follows:
Ward |
Provider |
CYP Activities |
Dunkirk and Lenton (grant commitment of £14,000) |
The Lenton Centre |
Free gym & swim sessions, and various after-school activities |
Lenton Health & Wholeness Project |
After-school club |
|
Radford and Park (grant commitment of £19,500) |
Shiefton Youth & Community Enterprise |
Diversionary programmes for ages 5-18, min. 6 hrs/wk. Educational programme around homework support & lifestyle. |
Building Bridges Breaking Barriers |
Weekly youth club (ages 11-16). |
|
Notts County Football in the Community |
Football sessions to increase positive behaviour and confidence. |
|
Switch Up CIC |
Boxing & team sports, mentoring and coaching involvement |
|
Independent Street Carnival Troupe |
Weekly dance class |
|
9th Nottingham Girls Brigade |
Weekly Girls Brigade sessions on Lenton/Radford border, covering ages 5-15 |
|
Arboretum (grant commitment of £26,000) |
Hyson Green Youth Centre |
Weekly 2 nights open access youth club, 2 sessions parent & play (Roma), 2 sessions homework support, 2 sessions basketball, outreach with families, 6hrs table tennis, 6hrs boxing, music inclusion project, 3 football sessions. Set up Youth Forum. |
New Horizon Trust |
Tutorial classes and youth club |
|
Nottingham Health & Education Support (NHES) |
Saturday morning 3hr sessions at Djanogly, educational support and sports break. |
|
Take 1 Studios |
Dance, running, KS2 workshops |
|
East African Education Centre |
Basketball, recreational activities, informal learning sessions, health food, parents/young people meetings, 1:1 advice and guidance |
|
The Bridge Centre |
Reading and homework club for parents and KS2 children |
|
Across all wards (grant commitment of £5,500) |
Think Children |
1:1 support for around 20 children with personal issues impacting on ability to concentrate at school, in partnership with schools. |
New Art Exchange |
Activities in partnership with other organisations. |
(e) £25,000 was also used to fund a summer activities programme. In Summer 2015 23 groups were funded to deliver activities including sporting events, arts and craft based activities, dance courses and fun days for local communities;
(f) The summer activities programme 2015/16 is as follows:
Provider |
Event |
Grant awarded |
New Horizon Trust (Bobbersmill Community Centre) |
Sports and education activities, 4hrs/day for six weeks |
£1,500 |
Take 1 Studios |
Various activities and trips, 4 days/week for 3 weeks |
£1,500 |
Hyson Green Youth Club |
Sports/arts/crafts; beauty therapy course; weekly pamper and fitness sessions; trips out; Roma sessions |
£1,500 |
BOBS |
Parent & Play sessions ; bike rides, seaside trip, fun day, litter picks |
£1,400 |
Nottingham Health & Education Support |
Sports & Education activities |
£1,500 |
7th Nottingham Scout Troupe |
International Scout Activity Camp |
£1354 |
Dunkirk Community Centre |
Sports, crafts, trips etc. |
£640 |
Lenton Health & Wholeness Project |
Seaside trip – adults pay, kids free |
£550 |
Breaking Barriers, Building Bridges |
Football & activity day at John Carroll |
£1,500 |
The Bridge Centre |
Reading and homework support; seaside trip |
£1,366 |
The Lenton Centre |
Sporting and other activities; weekly swimming sessions |
£1,500 |
FC Cavaliers |
Football tournament, 30th August |
£1,400 |
Hyson Green Cultural Festival |
Crafts, stalls, food, kid’s play |
£1,000 |
Notts Clubs for Young People (Monty Hind) |
Family fun day; roller disco |
£750 |
Primary (with Independent Street Carnival Troupe) |
Costume making workshops for ISCT |
£750 |
Switch Up CIC |
Multi-sports sessions |
£1,000 |
East African Education Centre |
Weekly swimming sessions |
£750 |
Muslim Women’s Organisation |
Family sports & fun day |
£500 |
New Art Exchange |
‘Around me’ workshop; dance course |
£1,200 |
Al-Madad Trust |
Cricket at Forest Rec |
£500 |
Playworks |
Play and craft sessions at Tennyson Play Centre |
£1,340 |
Hoop Dreams |
Basketball sessions |
£1,000 |
United Communities Network |
Games, sports, craft activities at The Vine |
£500 |
(g)
the funding available for children and young people in 2015/16
totals £103,655 and is made up from £88,291 from the
Nottingham City Council area based grant and £15,364 from
Castle Cavendish funds;
(h)
other community activities planned for 2015/16 include continued
funding for the Dunkirk and Old Lenton
Community Association (DOLCA); funding a community cohesion grant
to the Mojato Foundation, the
Nottingham Arimathea Trust and the
Vineyard Arches Trust; and a potential European transnational young
people’s exchange to Romania, under the Erasmus+
programme;
(i) other schemes supported by Castle Cavendish include the Dolly Parton Imagination Library, the Step Into Work scheme, and local job clubs.
RESOLVED to thank Dave for the presentation