The Constituency Manager introduced a report which provided an evaluation of projects funded by Wallasey Constituency Committee through Your Wirral (Wallasey) 2015/16 funding. 25 projects had been funded to an amount of £50,000. Groups had been required to deliver projects within one year of receipt of the funding and submit an evaluation report of their completed projects on or before 15 November 2016. An appendix provided a collation of the evaluation reports submitted by each group and included the summary of each project as originally outlined by the respective applicant.

The evaluation report required all groups to provide a full breakdown of spend and provide receipts for each and every transaction. The Constituency Engagement Officer had reviewed spend on all projects to ensure that they were within the parameters agreed by the Committee (i.e. in line with each original application) and had cross-referenced the receipts provided.

A short slide show presentation took place, detailing the outcomes of individual projects with photographs of team members and facilities that had benefitted from both funds.

The Chair then introduced Claire Owens, Ian Calder and Darren Widdowson, who provided the Committee with verbal updates on the following projects:

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·  Wallasey Sea Cadets – installation of a new Jib Crane at the Cadet’s boathouse, Wallasey Docks

·  New Brighton Community Centre – installation of publicly accessible defibrillators

Claire Owens introduced three of the peer mentors who each gave testimony to the way in which their involvement in the project had helped them.

Members expressed their appreciation of the projects which had been funded and to those who had spoken and also the fact that a small amount of funding could provide such enormous benefits to communities.

A Member commented that he hoped Cabinet could be convinced not to withhold £50,000 of funding from the Constituency Committee in the next municipal year as it had been shown how much this funding benefitted the community.

The Chair thanked the groups for their presentations and invited all groups present to receive a certificate acknowledging the success of their projects.

Resolved – That the reports and presentations be noted.