The Brentwood Community Fund had been set up to give Brentwood’s communities the opportunity to provide local initiatives to improve the quality of life for local people living in the borough. The Community Fund of £36,300 is currently allocated within and existing 2020/21 budget, and grants of up to £4,000 are available to applicants.

The funding was open from 1 April until 30 September 2020. A summary of the applications and the officers scoring sheet is attached in Appendix B.

Mrs Anderson summarised the report. 

A motion was MOVED by Cllr Poppy and SECONDED by Cllr Tierney to

approve the recommendation in the report.

A vote was taken and it was RESOLVED UNANIMOUSLY to:

Agree to fund those projects highlighted in green as outlined in

Appendix B out of the Community Fund.

Reasons for Recommendation

The Brentwood Community Fund had been set up to give Brentwood’s communities the opportunity to provide local initiatives to improve the quality of life for local people living in the borough.  Each application has been subject to a robust, independent and transparent scoring process to ensure fairness in the funding allocation.