Decision details

At its meeting of 18th January 2023, Council approved the use of UKSPF funds to fund cultural activities grants. An allocation of up to £100,000 was subsequently set aside for an ‘Arts Trail’. This programme has since been renamed Arts in East Herts. This will be a district-wide programme of participatory arts and cultural events and activities taking place in September and October 2024. A total £50,375 of the available funding has been allocated to date. Another £500 from a second tranche of grant funding is now being allocated to a grant for activities and an event which has met the eligibility and assessment criteria.

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

Subject to confirmation by the recipient of their agreement to the funding criteria, fund one application made during the Arts in East Herts grants: second tranche bidding window which fully met the eligibility and assessment criteria. The grant recipient and maximum amount is as follows:
• Coruscate Stained Glass – £500.

Option 1 - Not fund the application listed above. NOT RECOMMENDED because the application to be funded was eligible, assessed within the approved policy and will clearly contribute to the Arts in East Herts programme and the UKSPF outputs on which the council is required to report to government.
Option 2 - Make a £500 grant from the second tranche of grant funding as the event has met the eligibility and assessment criteria. RECOMMENDED.