Decision details

At its meeting of 18th January 2023, Council approved the use of UKSPF funds to establish a community chest for hyperlocal environmental sustainability projects. An allocation of £20,000 was subsequently set aside for the awarding of grants in 2023/24.

At the same meeting, Council delegated decision-making on all environmental grants and contracts to the Head of Housing and Health acting in consultation with the Executive Member for Environmental Sustainability.

A grants application for environmental sustainability grants ran from November 2023 to January 2024, alongside the community grants and UKSPF-funded cultural activities grants application process.

A total of ten applications for hyper local environmental sustainability grants were received which were assessed using the grants policy approved by Council on 18th October 2023.

Fund the eight applications which met the eligibility and assessment criteria. The grant recipients and amounts are as follows (full details in the attached document):
* Age Concern Ware - £3,000
* Anstey Village Hall - £3,000
* St Andrews Parish Church, Hertford - £750
* Sawbridgeworth Town Council - £3,000
* Little Berkhamsted Parish Council - £2,830
* Hertford Town Council - three grants for separate projects of (a) a capped maximum of £2,000, (b) £450 and (c) £369.

Do not fund two applications which did not met the eligibility or assessment criteria or will be considered under other funding programmes (full details in the attached document):
* Hertford Town Council - £1,000
* Hearts for Herts Charity - £3,000.

Option 1 - Not fund all or some of the applications received. NOT RECOMMENDED because the applications it is proposed to fund were eligible, assessed within the approved policy and will clearly contribute to the UKSPF outputs on which the council is required to report to government.
Option 2 - Fund the proposed applications. RECOMMENDED.
Option 3 -