Councillor Ian Darcy

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Title: Chair of Performance, Finance and Customer Focus Overview and Scrutiny Committee and Shadow Cabinet Member for Finance and Economy

Party: Conservative

Ward: Plympton St. Mary

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Contact information

Correspondence address: 
The Council House
Civic Centre
Plymouth
PL1 2AA

Email:  ian.darcy@plymouth.gov.uk

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Committee appointments

Terms of Office

  • 04/05/2012 - 09/05/2016
  • 09/05/2016 - 06/05/2021
  • 05/05/2022 - 05/05/2026

Additional Information

 

 

Community Grants 2023/24

Description

Amount  

Aug-23

£200.00

To support Plympton Library with a contribution towards paint for a mural painting.

£200.00

Oct-23

£550.00

To support LightUp Plympton with a contribution towards Christmas light replacements and the operational aspects of the Christmas Switch On in Plympton Ridgeway

£250.00

Shekinah Stonehouse Creek Refurbishment Project Crowdfunder

£300.00

Dec-23

£100.00

A contribution to the Trevi's Big Give

£100.00

Grand Total

£850.00

 

 

 

 

Community Grants 2022/23

Description

Amount  

Oct-22

£3,100.00

To support St Mary's Parish Church with a contribution towards the repair and restoration of the church clock which will benefit the people of Plympton

£1,000.00

To support Plympton Cricket Club with the building improvements to their Clubhouse at Harewood Park. Benefiting the Plympton community.

£1,500.00

To support the Rees Centre Wellbeing Hub by contributing to additional resources for their activities benefiting residents in Plympton.

£500.00

A contribution towards fuel for the South West Blood Bikes that provides free volunteer out of hours emergency courier services to the NHS and other medical facilities (including University Hospitals Trust Plymouth and St Luke's Hospice)

£100.00

Dec-22

£340.00

To support the OWSI project working with the Peninsula Dental School to bring dental health education to primary schools within the Plympton St Mary Ward with a contribution towards to costs of books and other items.

£240.00

To contribute to the cost of placing and filling a grit bin on High Glen Drive in Plympton to benfit residents in the area through winter.

£100.00

Jan-23

£1,000.00

To Support Plympton Tennis Club with a contribution towards their Light Up Plymptons New Courts Crowdfunder.

£1,000.00

Feb-23

£150.00

To support the Woodford School Parent-Teachers Association with a contribution towards setting up a pre-loved uniform store to help families attending primary school.

£150.00

Mar-23

£410.00

To support the Rees Wellbeing Hub with a contribution towards all the activities organised to help young people and vulnerable groups.

£210.00

To support Plympton Litter Pickers with a contribution towards equipment and resources needed to run litter picking events in the community.

£100.00

To support Plympton Foodbank with a contribution towards the purchasing of essential items for those in need

£100.00

Grand Total

£5,000.00

 

 

 

Community Grants 2020/21

Description

Amount  

Apr-20

£500.00

The team from Plympton St Maurice Church have teamed up with The Brook Inn to provide cooked meals to elderly and isolating residents in Plympton Erle Ward during the Covid-19 crisis.

£500.00

Jun-20

£750.00

To support Adrenalin Devon Junior Minor League Crowdfunder that provides football opportunities for young people aged 6 - 18 years in the City of Plymouth.

£250.00

To Support Plympton St Maurice Church door to door food deliveries for those self isolating during the Covid pandemic.

£500.00

Jul-20

£600.00

To Support BASICS Devon, to contribute towards the cost of a volunteer responder and help reduce the strain on the ambulance service. Help reduce response times, reach vulnerable communities faster and save lives.

£100.00

To support Light Up Plympton with the renewal and repair as well as the installation of the Christmas lights on the Ridgeway in Plympton.

£500.00

Nov-20

£200.00

To support Team Ministry Plympton with providing Christmas lunches to the doors of vulnerable, needed and lonely residents on Christmas day across Plympton.

£200.00

Feb-21

£1,800.00

To support Community Photographic Studios CIC with the group that enables people attending to create great photo's whist enjoying company, help and support whist recovery from mental health.

£300.00

To support The Friends of Yealmpstone Farm Primary School with contributing towards a slide for the trim trail to be used by children who attend the school and the wider community.

£300.00

To provide Ridgeway Methodist Church with stock for their Community Larder, and support for their Mental Health Support Project for residents across Plympton.

£500.00

To support the Plympton St Maurice Child Care Centre by providing a contribution towards the provision of puddle suits for out-door play.

£300.00

To support Plympton St Maurice Primary School with the purchase of books no matter what they cost and sell them to the children for £1.00. This encourages children with their reading and interests in books.

£200.00

To support Friends and Families of Special Children with the running of their workshops for families struggling with Emotional Fitness Training for Parents and Carers. This will help families to deal with their emotional fitness, especially with all the changes during Covid-19. The families will be taught how to use preventative measures to minimise the consequences of this and improve their mental health. The grant will support families unable to afford and will provide them with a support book to continue their learning afterwards. 

£200.00

Grand Total

£3,850.00

 

 

 

Community Grants 2019/20

Description

Amount

Aug-19

 

Special Olympics 2019 as part of the Mayflower 400 celebrations

£200.00

You can do it achievement awards, celebrating the achievements of children and young people in care. Sponsorship for the award, magician and glitter tattoos.

£125.00

Dec-19

 

To support the Christmas Lights switch on in Plympton and the Fayre. This will benefit the local community, charities and businesses. It will go towards upgrading lights to LED ones and replace old wires.

£250.00

Feb-20

 

This funding will support an ongoing counselling support for exam stress. The Hub supports our families in Plympton Erle and offers so many supporting services and have asked for funding to support this ongoing project.

£300.00

To contribute towards wood chippings for the children's play area, organised by the Old Priory Friends Association.

£300.00

To encourage reading the school buys in books and sells them to the children for a pound. This makes books affordable for all and assist children from the poorest families to still have books to improve learning and reading skills.

£300.00

Jan-20

 

Tokens for the Erle Trust to give residents who are either very poor or those who are alone at Christmas in the Plympton Erle Ward.

£100.00

Jul-19

 

Contribution to Refurbish School Library. Redecoration of the shelves and for some new books for the Library

£500.00

Mar-20

 

Purchase equipment for the new community radio station being set up in Plympton to tackle loneliness in the community.

£1,000.00

To provide a book case and display unit for the Plympton Heritage Centre.

£25.00

Oct-19

 

To contribute towards the purchase of gardening equipment, plants, food and pleat to transform an overgrown planter in Mudgeway West car park for all the community to enjoy.

£100.00

To provide litter picking equipment for the ambassador in the Plympton Erle Ward- Catherine Loft, Jenny Ayrton and Carolyn Hadji.

£150.00

Sept-19

 

A charitable contribution towards the work that Working Well with Autism do supporting those with Autism in the Plympton Erle ward.

£150.00

Grand Total

£3,500.00

 

 

 

Community Grants Scheme 2018/19

Jun-18

 

Tokens for the Erle Trust to give residents who are either very poor or those who are alone at Christmas in the Ward

£100.00

Jul-18

 

To set up and purchase equipment for the parent and toddler group in Plympton St Maurice

£500.00

To purchase some playground equipment for the children at St Mary's infant school

£250.00

Aug-18

 

You can do it Achievement Awards 2018 Photographer age group 11yrs+

£100.00

Sep-18

 

Christmas lights for Plympton

£250.00

Oct-18

 

Stannators Charity - Home start to help families with difficulties in the Plympton Erle ward

£500.00

Funding for Plympton churches together for youth provision across Plympton

£500.00

To refurbish an outdoor play area for children who attend the Children's Centre for Barnardo's Children centre, Plympton

£500.00

Nov-18

 

A defibrillator for Plym Valley Railway, Marsh Mills

£168.00

Feb-19

 

To provide funds to the Annual Fostering Awards of Excellence on 01/03/2019

£200.00

Mar-19

 

To help fund a new pedestrian crossing in Larkham Lane

£432.00

Grand Total

£3,500.00

 

 

 

Community Grants Scheme 2017/2018

Jun-17

 

Sponsorship for Royal British Legion Plympton Branch Standard appeal - £100 donation from all seven ward councillors for Plympton (Plympton St Mary's, Plympton Erle, Plympton Chaddlewood).

£100.00

Two projects in the grounds of Castle Barbican - funding goes towards some garden statues, fruit bushes for the secret garden, and parasols, for the benefit of the local community

£150.00

Aug-17

 

Young Devon, Children in Care Award

£100.00

Jul-17

 

Plympton Christmas Lights with a contribution of £250 each from all 7 Plympton Councillors

£250.00

Jun-17

 

Replacement lights at Plympton St Maurice Church, for the benefit of the congregation and community

£500.00

Nov-17

 

Christmas vouchers for the Erle Trust to give to the less well and lonely of Plympton St Maurice

£100.00

Feb-18

 

For the installation of a defibrillator at Harewood House

£260.00

Fund two benches to be placed along the Pathfield, Plympton Erle

£985.90

Grand Total

£2,445.90

 

 

 

Community Grant Scheme 2016 to 2017

Description

Amount

Bench for Pathfields

£1,584.80

Christmas Party for Children in Care

£200.00

Contribution to the Erle trust to purchase gift vouchers for the poor and elderly in the ward

£100.00

Contribution towards a new boiler for Plympton St Mary's Church

£100.00

New dual purpose litter bin for the cycle/footpath behind Marsh Mills Sewage Treatment works

£288.00

Plympton Christmas Lights

£500.00

Resurfacing of the church path at Plympton St Mary's Church

£500.00

To fund solar lights for Dark Street project

£115.00

You Can Do It Achievement Awards for looked after children

£75.00

Grand Total

£3,462.80

 

 

 

Community Grant Scheme 2015 to 2016

Plympton Youth Partnership community Event (joint application with other Councillors)

£500

Plympton Chamber of Commerce Christmas Lights (joint application with Councillors Jordan £500, Salter £500, Beer £500, James £500, S Leaves & P Nicholson £500)

£500

Gift vouchers for the poor and lonely in the Erle Trust area (joint application with Councillor Beer £100)

£100

Weight restriction sign for the junction of Ridge Road & Plympton Hill

£86.53

Grant to FROGs for various activities at Plympton St Maurice Guildhall

£500

Zebra crossing for the Ridgeway (joint application with Councillor Mrs Beer £1650)

£1745.32

 

 

 

Community Grant Scheme 2014 to 2015

Grant towards Christmas lights for The Ridgeway, Plympton (joint application with Councillors Jordan £500, Salter £500,  Beer £500, James £500, S Leaves £500 & Patrick Nicholson £500)   

£500

Kitchen equipment for St Maurice Church (joint application with Councillor Beer £450)

£500

Donation to shed for 6th Plympton Scouts Group for a new shed to store equipment (joint application with Councillor Beer £500)

£500

Refurbishment & replacement of playground equipment – St Mary’s CofE Infant School

£1000