Decision details

The Council's delegated budgets scheme allocates budgets of £15,000 to each Ward covered for the financial year 2020/2021. The funding for this scheme can be spent on supplementing funding public services, for the benefit of the local community.

Councillors Galley and T Williams of Anchorsholme Ward have requested:

(i)£695 as funding to the Parks Department for the purchase and installation of a defibrillator at Anchorsholme Park.

(ii)£1,530 as funding to the Illuminations Department for the purchase and installation of 18 6ft Christmas Trees to be placed on businesses in Anchorsholme Ward.

Councillors Burdess and Hutton of Clifton Ward have requested £3,788 as further funding to Mereside Boys and Girls Club towards a Gardening Initiative to encourage young people of the Club to pursue outdoor activities and learn to grow their own food.

Councillors Brookes and Critchley of Hawes Side Ward have requested £530 as part funding to the Illuminations Department for the purchase and installation of a large lit LED Christmas Tree at Oxford Square together with Marton and Tyldesley Wards.

Councillors Benson and Mitchell of Layton Ward have requested £180 as funding to the Traffic Management Department for the road closure and use of equipment to install lights on the Sustainable Christmas Tree in Layton Ward.

Councillors D Coleman and Stansfield of Marton Ward have requested £530 as part funding to the Illuminations Department for the purchase and installation of a large lit LED Christmas Tree at Oxford Square together with Hawes Side and Tyldesley Wards.

Councillors Hugo and Smith of Talbot Ward have requested £75 as funding to the Grounds Maintenance Department for the weeding and replenishing of planters on Whitegate Drive with winter plants.

Councillors Collett and Matthews of Tyldesley Ward have requested £530 as part funding to the Illuminations Department for the purchase and installation of a large lit LED Christmas Tree at Oxford Square together with Hawes Side and Marton Wards.

Councillors O’Hara and Robertson of Waterloo Ward have requested £2,000 as funding to Counselling in the Community (CiC) towards the purchase and installation of security doors for the building used by the group.