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Community Activity Grant scheme outline 2025/26

 

 

Meeting: 11/06/2025 - Executive (Item 345)

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Purpose:

The purpose of the report is to consider the criteria for the latest round of the Community Activity Grant scheme which will be launched in the summer. The grant scheme will run alongside Westhive providing an opportunity for local groups to access Council funding for small scale activities which have an impact in communities.

 

Recommendation(s):

That the Executive resolves to:

1.         Approve the proposed criteria;

2.         Instruct officers to launch the Community Activities grant scheme;

3.         Agree that the grant award decisions are delegated to the Director of Place in consultation with the Executive Member for Stronger Healthy Communities.

 

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Minutes:

Councillor Rachel Crouch introduced the item, the purpose of which was to consider the criteria for the latest round of the Community Activity Grant scheme (CAG) which would be launched in the summer.

 

Councillor Crouch advised that following the review of Westhive in March 2025, it was determined that CAG would be redesigned and relaunched. The CAG scheme would complement Westhive but operated separately. CAG would provide small grants to local groups with the aim of encouraging residents to work together, helping residents to feel less isolated and creating inclusive communities. Councillor Crouch advised that grants would be awarded for a minimum of £500 up to a maximum of £1,000. Groups that were able to apply included voluntary sector groups, constituted groups, charities and informal groups. Groups excluded from applying were Parish and Town Councils, Schools and Colleges and groups outside West Oxfordshire.

 

In the discussion it was highlighted that the Community Funding Officer was able to support applications and residents were encouraged to contact the Officer for details.

 

Councillor Rachel Crouch proposed accepting the recommendations of the report.

 

Councillor Andrew Prosser, Executive member for Climate Action and Nature Recovery, seconded the recommendations.

 

This was voted on and approved unanimously.

 

RESOLVED:

That the Executive:

  1. Approved the proposed criteria;
  2. Instructed officers to launch the Community Activities grant scheme;
  3. Agreed that the grant award decisions are delegated to the Director of Place in consultation with the Executive Member for Stronger Healthy Communities.

 

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