Issue details

To provide details of the matched funding request received by the Council during the third quarter of the 2017/18 financial year.

A matched funding bid has been received from 1^st Sarisbury Scout Group towards the cost of installing a new purpose-built scout hut at Burridge Recreation Ground.  It is anticipated that the hut, in addition to providing a permanent base for the group’s activities, will increase the facilities available for hire by the local community.

The total cost of the project is £190,000, of which 1^st Sarisbury Scout Group has received commitments for donations and grant applications totalling £158,000.  In addition, the group currently has several grant applications outstanding, although none of these have been confirmed to date.

1^st Sarisbury Scout Group has requested £25,000 towards their project to install a purpose-built scout hut.  This grant award is critical to the delivery of the project and is also needed to secure other sources of grant funding.

The group received a small community grant of £750 from Fareham Borough Council in March 2016 towards the cost of purchasing a marquee.  Under the current community Grant Fund criteria any organisation that has received a grant award must wait two years before being able to submit another bid for community funding.

However, building the new scout hut is a major building project.  The Scout group has accumulated a significant amount of funding and is ready to proceed with the building works.  Without the award of the Community Fund Grant the project will be in jeopardy.