8 STRATEGIC EVENTS AND FESTIVALS FUND - ROUND 5 2023/2024 PDF 318 KB
Report by Executive Director with responsibility for Development and Economic Growth
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Minutes:
The Committee gave consideration to a report providing an update on Round 5 – 2023-24 of the Council’s Strategic Events and Festivals Fund (SEF).Ìý The report provided details of the applications submitted and recommendations regarding all eligible applications put forward to receive grant funding. The report also sought agreement to allocate any underspend from this round to a future SEF round (Round 5.2); and agreement to allocate funding to allow a future round (Round 6) for 2024-25.
Decision
The Policy and Resources Committee –
1.
agreed to
the award of eligible SEF Round 5 grants amounting to £78,975 as detailed in
Table 1 of Appendix 1 to the submitted report;
2.
agreed to
award £3,600 to West Highland Yachting Week on the basis declared in the body
of the report as detailed in Table 2 of Appendix 1 to the submitted
report;Ìý
3.
agreed
that any SEF grant offer only be formally issued upon confirmation from the
individual event organisation that the event is formally confirmed, is
definitely going ahead and still meets the SEF Round 5 criteria.Ìý These grants are detailed in Appendix 1,
Tables 1 & 2, to the submitted report;
4.
agreed to
continue delegation of powers to the Executive Director with responsibility for
Development and Economic Growth to allow any subsequent amendment to existing
grant requests to be made brought about as a consequence of changes to the
event/event budget. Any amendment to a current grant request/offer would only
be considered if the amendment related to either the same level or a reduction
in the request from and constitute up to 75% of legitimate and eligible
expenditure;
5. agreed to continue to assist with the economic
recovery of the fragile events and festivals sector within 51³Ô¹ÏÃâ·ÑApp and Bute and
agree that any underspend from SEF Round 5 is made available to a second call
for applications (SEF 5.2) with a deadline of April 2023; and
6.
agreed to
recommend to the Council that as part of the budget in February 2023, that they
agree £90,000 base funding for Strategic Events and Festivals in order that the
application process can commence during 2024/25 and that this fund be augmented
by any underspend remaining from the current financial year.Ìý
(Reference: Report by Executive Director with
responsibility for Development and Economic Growth dated 23 December 2023,
submitted
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