Community Committee Meeting

Minutes of the Community Committee Meeting held on 15th July 2025

 

In attendance:

Cllr Dawn Clark

Cllr Alan Coiley

Cllr Sally Graham

Cllr Dennis Straine Francis

Cllr Kevin Murray

Cllr Jill Rhodes

Cllr Lena Hogben

Cllr Toni Mortimer

Cllr Irene Faseyi

Cllr Martin Edwards

 

C/25/2/1 To receive apologies for absence:

Cllr Ben Wye

C/25/2/2 To note declarations of Members’ interests:

Cllr Dennis Straine Francis declared a non-pecuniary interest in Agenda item 6.4

C/25/2/3 To confirm and sign the Minutes of the Community Committee meeting held on 27th May 2025

RESOLVED: That the minutes are approved as a true record of the meeting

C/25/2/4 Public Participation:

A period not exceeding 15 minutes for members of the public to ask questions or submit comments that relate to the items within the agenda.

No questions submitted

C/25/2/5 To review the year- to- date financial position for the Community Committee.

The report was noted

C/25/2/6 To consider matters related to grant applications received from:

  Organisation Purpose Amount
1 Crewe FC

RESOLVED:

Sports Equipment

To approve the application full

£2396.27
2 Alpha Omega WPS

RESOLVED:

Connect & Protect (resubmission)

To decline the application

£2500.00

 

3 Hope Church

RESOLVED:

Hope Tots

To approve the application in full

£2465
4 Crewe Sir Cadets (95 Squadron)

RESOLVED:

Promotional Event Equipment

 

To approve the application in full

£1166
5 Community Recycle Cycles

RESOLVED:

Training for growth

 

To partially approve the application

£ 1664

 

£1500

6 St Mary’s Caritas Centre

RESOLVED:

Community Garden

 

To approve the application in full (with conditions)

£1978.65
7 Crewe Brass Band

RESOLVED:

Build Crewe Brass

To approve the application in full

£2500
C/25/2/7 To provide an update to members on the grant allocated to Friends for Leisure. Variation request:

RESOLVED: To approve the variation request

C/25/2/8 To provide an update to members on grants that have ended since the last meeting.

The update was noted

C/25/2/9 To request a virement of funds to support the Remembrance Sunday service and recommend to

council for approval.

RESOLVED: To approve the virement as detailed and recommend to council for approval

C/25/2/10 To provide an update to members on the progress of the Business Delivery Plan 2025-26.

The update was noted

C/25/2/11 To ask members to consider and inform the draft budget setting proposal for 2026/27

The update was noted

 C/25/2/12 To note the proposed date of the next meeting on Tuesday 7th October 2025 at 6pm.

The meeting date was noted

Meeting closed: 7.01pm

Clerk:   J.Dow

Chair    D.Clark

Meeting documents

Community Committee Meeting Pack 150725

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