Issue - meetings

1)         That the Cabinet notes the contents of the report

2)         That the Cabinet supports the proposal to launch the ‘Newcastle under Lyme Community Fund’ in January 2014 with the support of all sectors and partners in the Borough

3)         That the Cabinet requests further consideration be given to other areas of potential collaboration between the Staffordshire Community Foundation and Newcastle-under-Lyme BC and also agrees that NuLBC offers support to the SCF in arranging fund raising events, raising the profile of the Fund and also in making best use of the Fund to assist local people in the area

A report was submitted regarding the proposal to formally launch a Community Fund for the Borough of Newcastle under Lyme – in partnership with the Staffordshire Community Foundation (SCF).

Each area in Staffordshire had its own Community Fund, run by the community and held by the SCF on an endowment basis. A number of Staffordshire districts had formally launched their own Community Funds and it was proposed that this is now done for Newcastle under Lyme Borough.

Resolved:     1)         That the Cabinet notes the contents of the report

2)         That the Cabinet supports the proposal to launch the ‘Newcastle under Lyme Community Fund’ in January 2014 with the support of all sectors and partners in the Borough

3)         That the Cabinet requests further consideration be given to other areas of potential collaboration between the Staffordshire Community Foundation and Newcastle-under-Lyme BC and also agrees that NuLBC offers support to the SCF in arranging fund raising events, raising the profile of the Fund and also in making best use of the Fund to assist local people in the area