Issue - meetings

To consider an application for Ward Flexibility Funding received from Drawing Board Productions Community Interest Company – Heatons Post Hub for a grant of £700 (£250 from Heatons North, £150 from Heatons South, £150 from Reddish North and £150 from Reddish South ward allocations) towards the cost of a community hub for the Heatons and Reddish by taking on one of the units on Tatton Road South which has opened as a community Hub for the Heatons and Reddish. The Hub will act as a base for Heatons Post community newspaper, a place to pick up local information (community groups, businesses, events etc), a base where community groups, support groups, charities and representatives from official bodies can run drop-in sessions for the local community and a space where small, local businesses can showcase their products.

A representative of the Strategic Head of Service (Legal & Democratic Governance and Monitoring Officer) submitted an application received on behalf of Drawing Board Productions Community Interest Company – Heatons Post Hub for a grant from the Ward Flexibility Budget towards the cost of a community hub for the Heatons and Reddish by taking on one of the units on Tatton Road South which has opened as a community Hub for the Heatons and Reddish. The Hub will act as a base for Heatons Post community newspaper, a place to pick up local information (community groups, businesses, events etc), a base where community groups, support groups, charities and representatives from official bodies can run drop-in sessions for the local community and a space where small, local businesses can showcase their products.

RESOLVED – That approval be given to an application from Drawing Board Productions Community Interest Company – Heatons Post Hub for a grant of £700 from the Ward Flexibility Funding Budget (£250 from Heatons North, £150 from Heatons South, £150 from Reddish North and £150 from Reddish South ward allocations) towards the cost of a community hub for the Heatons and Reddish by taking on one of the units on Tatton Road South which has opened as a community Hub for the Heatons and Reddish. The Hub will act as a base for Heatons Post community newspaper, a place to pick up local information (community groups, businesses, events etc), a base where community groups, support groups, charities and representatives from official bodies can run drop-in sessions for the local community and a space where small, local businesses can showcase their products.