Councillor Bill Stevens
Title: Chair of Planning Committee
Party: Labour
Ward: Devonport
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Contact information
Home address:
48 Edgcumbe Park Road
Plymouth
PL3 4NL
Bus. mobile: 07773717826
Bus. email: william.stevens@plymouth.gov.uk
Twitter : @CouncillorBill
Facebook : www.facebook.com/bill.stevens.52643/
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Committee appointments
- Audit and Governance Committee
- City Council
- Housing and Community Services Scrutiny Panel (Committee Member)
- Planning Committee (Chair)
- Standing Advisory Council on Religious Education (Committee Member)PCC
Terms of Office
- 01/05/1997 - 04/05/2000
- 06/05/2003 - 08/05/2006
- 09/05/2006 - 10/05/2010
- 10/05/2010 - 26/05/2014
- 26/05/2014 - 03/05/2018
- 03/05/2018 - 05/05/2022
- 05/05/2022 - 07/05/2026
Appointments to outside bodies
- Devonport Local Liaison Committee
- Pembroke Street Estate Management Boardwilliam.stevens@plymouth.gov.uk
Additional Information
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Community Grants 2024/25 |
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Description |
Amount |
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May 24 |
£300.00 |
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To support the Red Velvet Cinema with a contribution towards purchasing films, screening rights and refreshments. This will allow elderly and socially isolated residents to watch classical films and socialise. |
£300.00 |
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Jul 24 |
£450.00 |
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To support Horizons with a contribution towards the Horizons Summer School project which allows disabled and disadvantaged young people to participate in maritime based activities. |
£200.00 |
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To support the community garden by Tavy House, |
£250.00 |
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Aug 24 |
£934.00 |
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To support Devonport Live with a contribution towards food and music for the Day of the Dead event. |
£167.00 |
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To support Keyham Neighbourhood Watch with a contribution towards bouncy castle hire, kids entertainment and discounted food for a community event on the 7th of September |
£167.00 |
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To support making Mount Wise Pool free to use to encourage more swimming in the City |
£500.00 |
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To support the Morice Town Fun Day with a contribution towards children's activities, food and drink. |
£100.00 |
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Oct 24 |
£200.00 |
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To support grant funding for bringing noticeboards
within the Devonport area back into use by local groups for local
residents in the area. Up to 12 notice |
£200.00 |
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Grand Total |
£1,884.00 |
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Community Grants 2023/24 |
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Description |
Amount |
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Jul-23 |
£200.00 |
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To support the Plymouth Pie Club with a contribution towards the work they do within the community and the supplies they need to help serve meals to vulnerable people within the community |
£100.00 |
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To support Friends of Devonport Park with a contribution towards a band for the Devonport Park Proms in the Park event |
£100.00 |
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Jun-23 |
£600.00 |
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To support Pottery Quay Residents Group with a contribution towards a shed to store their furniture and other equipment needed for local events. |
£600.00 |
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May-23 |
£650.00 |
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To support St Levan Neighbourhood Watch Group with a contribution towards the cost of the newsletter delivered to local residents and the work they do within the community. |
£250.00 |
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To support the Keyham Kolts with a contribution towards the cost of new football kit and other items needed for the team. |
£400.00 |
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Nov-23 |
£150.00 |
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To support a Santa Claus Christmas event at Keyham Barton Primary School |
£150.00 |
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Aug-23 |
£350.00 |
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To support Plymouth Active with a contribution towards the costs of organising a Swimming Gala at Mount Wise to encourage children and the community to enjoy swimming |
£350.00 |
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Oct-23 |
£167.00 |
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To support the Kintsugi Project with a contribution towards the cost of equipment needed to upgrade their facilities to aid in their work in the community. |
£167.00 |
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Jan-24 |
£400.00 |
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To support Keyham Neighbourhood Watch with a contribution towards Easter eggs and support for the annual Easter egg hunt. |
£100.00 |
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To support the Wolseley Trust Youth Group with a contribution towards boxing sessions and transport to allow young people from Keyham and North Prospect to participate in a free sports activity. |
£150.00 |
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to support a small parent and toddler |
£150.00 |
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Feb-24 |
£283.00 |
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To support Clean Our Patch with a contribution towards new litter picking equipment for Devonport Litter Pickers. |
£283.00 |
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Mar-24 |
£200.00 |
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To support the running of the Bazaar which is a monthly marketplace at The Box including local vendors. |
£200.00 |
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Grand Total |
£3,000.00 |
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Community Grants 2022/23 |
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Description |
Amount |
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May-22 |
£466.66 |
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To support St Levan Park Neighbourhood Watch with a contribution towards the St Levan Jubilee Party. |
£166.66 |
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To support St Joseph's Catholic Primary School's organisation of a visit by children to the Eden Project. |
£300.00 |
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Jun-22 |
£350.00 |
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To
support Keyham Kolts Kickers Programme, a community football scheme
designed to |
£350.00 |
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Jul-22 |
£500.00 |
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To support Pembroke Street Estate Management Board Ltd with their wellbeing group to promote and stop social isolation in the community. |
£167.00 |
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Supporting Friends of Devonport Park with a contribution towards a new base in the park for growing and cultivating plants for Devonport Park. |
£333.00 |
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Aug-22 |
£400.00 |
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To support the Pottery Quay Residents Association by providing food and drink for the beach clean party held by Pottery Quay. |
£400.00 |
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Sep-22 |
£409.35 |
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To support the Plymouth PIE Club in their work around the community providing meals to the elderly and the vulnerable residents of Plymouth. |
£150.00 |
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To support with the installation and one fill for a non - maintained grit bin to be positioned within Marlborough Primary Academy for staff, parents and locals of the road leading up to the school to keep everyone safe during the winter months. |
£159.35 |
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A donation via Big Give Christmas Challenge, in order for the charity to get match funding for their donation. Funding goes towards Trevi House with plans for further projects in progress to support more women and children across the city. This donation will be paid in December. |
£100.00 |
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Oct-22 |
£300.00 |
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To support Crops Keyham Green Places with a contribution towards the purchasing of food items for their food bank. |
£300.00 |
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Nov-22 |
£850.00 |
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To support Wolseley Community Trust with a contribution towards a community christmas tree and associated decorations for Keyham |
£250.00 |
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To support the Salvation Army's Debt Support Service with their weekly face to face outreach service from The Salvation Army Hall at Devonport Morice Town supporting the an ever-increasing number of very vulnerable clients in Devonport. |
£300.00 |
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To support Devonport and Stonehouse Help a Neighbour with a contribution towards providing food and clothing donations to residents in need of support. |
£300.00 |
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Dec-22 |
£1,332.88 |
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To support the Keyham Scouts Squirrels with a contribution towards the reading materials and shelving units required to set up community library in the Keyham area encouraging literacy. |
£300.00 |
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To support the OWSI project working with the Peninsula Dental School to bring dental health education to primary schools within the Devonport Ward with a contribution towards to costs of books and other items. |
£232.00 |
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To contribute towards the cost of placing and filling three grit bins in Keyham at the top of Warleigh Avenue, Cotehele Avenue, and Parkside to benefit residents through winter. |
£800.88 |
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Jan-23 |
£391.11 |
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To support Marlborough Primary Academy with a contribution towards materials to improve the play area for pupils. |
£391.11 |
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Grand Total |
£5,000.00 |
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Community Grants 2021/22 |
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Description |
Amount |
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Jul-21 |
£1,266.67 |
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To provide gardening tools for Devonport Community Baptist Church Allotment for the local people, providing fresh produce for the people in Devonport |
£300.00 |
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To support TGS Coaching Holiday Club in providing football equipment for a young person’s football team in Devonport. |
£166.67 |
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To contribute towards kit and equipment for Keyham Kolts U15s Football Club. Keyham Kolts is a well establised, well respected, football team at the heart of Keyham. |
£300.00 |
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To provide funding for Keyham Green Places, who run an on-going foodbank project to combat poverty in Keyham. |
£250.00 |
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To support Friends of Devonport Park with a contribution towards plants and fencing for the Mayflower memorial within Devonport park. |
£250.00 |
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Aug-21 |
£250.00 |
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A donation via Big Give Christmas Challenge, in order for the charity to get match funding for their donation. Funding goes towards Trevi House, Sunflower House, Daffodil House and with plans for further projects in progress to support more women and children across the city. This donation will be paid in December. |
£250.00 |
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Sep-21 |
£616.60 |
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To support the Keyham Community with a noticeboard to be placed within North Down Crescent for the benefit of the residents. |
£66.60 |
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To help fund the Plymouth PIE Club in delivering and supporting meals. |
£250.00 |
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To provide funding for a community children reading project. |
£300.00 |
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Oct-21 |
£350.00 |
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To fund the St Levan Park Neighbourhood Watch in providing newsletter and other communication to local residents. |
£350.00 |
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Feb-22 |
£1,132.00 |
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To support residents in Devonport with a contribution towards establishing Devonport Job Club, this will benefit all residents in the area and help them with any job related issues. |
£166.00 |
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To support the new Keyham Barton School Toddler Group with a contribution towards the purchasing of Toys, Play equipment and Learning Materials. |
£500.00 |
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To support students at St Joseph Primary School with a contribution towards an end of year social event, allowing students to engage with each other and celebrate the end of the school year. |
£166.00 |
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To support Pembroke Street Planting day and purchase plants, flowers, bulbs and gardening equipment. |
£300.00 |
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Mar-22 |
£1,756.43 |
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To support the Salvation Army Devonport and Morice Town with their Community Café. Funding will support the preparing of an unused room for meetings that tackling mental health issues, social isolation, CV and career advice and volunteering opportunities. |
£300.00 |
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To support a new local group - the Keyham Krafties with a contribution towards a range of crafting material. |
£300.00 |
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Devonport Theatre Children's Club - subsidising access to the theatre club for Devonport children who's family cannot afford the cost. |
£100.00 |
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To support Young People in Plymouth with a Contribution towards the Youth Service Team, this will help provide recovery for Young People affected by the Keyham Shooting. |
£400.00 |
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Donation to Clean Our Patch to support their partnership with Drake Primary School to litter pick with pupils around the school. |
£500.00 |
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Contribution to the Keyham Neighbourhood Watch Community Easter Egg Hunt. |
£156.43 |
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Grand Total |
£5,371.70 |
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Community Grants 2020/21 |
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Description |
Amount |
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Apr-20 |
£260.00 |
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Contribution to Keyham Neighbourhood Watch. They are a rapidly growing community group who undertake a wide range of activities and they are need of administrative supplies. |
£260.00 |
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Jun-20 |
£803.30 |
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To support The Kintsugi Project to build a wheelchair friendly garden for community use in Keyham. |
£100.00 |
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To enable Motor Neurone Disease to continue providing a level of support and equipment needed for patients and carers living in Plymouth. |
£100.00 |
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To support Keyham Kolts Football Club with the purchase of rain jackets for the U14 players |
£300.00 |
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Supporting AFC Devonport local junior under 10s football team by providing all weather coats for the young players in winter. |
£303.30 |
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Jul-20 |
£100.00 |
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To donate to the Crowdfunding page - Jack Leslie Statue Campaign |
£100.00 |
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Aug-20 |
£400.00 |
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To Support Plymouth Community Homes with the Towers Bench Donation. Placing a bench outside Lynher House so residents can enjoy community garden. |
£350.00 |
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To support Plymouth Vineyard with the pop-up Uniform Store Plymouth project with the purchase of vital equipment to get children ready for school such as pencil cases, water bottles as well as the cost of running the project which involves washing, printing and ironing equipment. This will hugely benefit families who have been struggling in Plymouth. |
£50.00 |
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Sep-20 |
£165.00 |
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To support 1st Keyham Scout Group with adding new clear plastic roofing on the outside areas to enable outdoor activities to be run whatever the weather. This will benefit 100+ youth members and adults who regularly meet at these premises. |
£165.00 |
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Oct-20 |
£300.00 |
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To support Clean our Patch with the equipment needed for the volunteers to maintain the streets in the Mount Wise area. |
£300.00 |
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Jan-21 |
£600.00 |
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To Support Keyham Green Places with their Food Bank which is helping families within the Keyham area and other areas in Plymouth unable to cope on low incomes and as a result are struggling to feed themselves. |
£300.00 |
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To support The Village Hub, who are a Community Benefit Society providing support for the vulnerable in Stoke and Devonport, with a contribution towards refurbishments towards premises, toiletries and sanitary products for the community larder and plants for the community garden. |
£300.00 |
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Mar-21 |
£500.00 |
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To support the Green Ark Nursery in Devonport with the purchase of books and other written materials for the Great Big Read 2021. |
£250.00 |
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Support with providing materials to help facilitate activities and support sessions provided by Friends and Families Special Children for local families who have at least one child with a disability. |
£250.00 |
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Grand Total |
£3,128.30 |
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Community Grants 2019/20 |
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Description |
Amount |
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May - 19 |
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To provide a grit bin and contents beside Hildyard House on Mizzen Road, Mountwise for the Community to use.
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£312.57 |
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Jul - 19 |
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Stiltskin Arts & Theatre Company- To install an emergency pull cord alarm in their new disabled toilet.
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£100.00 |
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To contribute towards tree planting and gardening equipment at Morice Town children's park, that will encourage families with young children to consider the plight of global warming and the changes this brings to our climate.
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£200.00 |
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Aug - 19 |
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To contribute towards football equipment and facility hire for the Keyham Kolts Active Autism FC which support children with additional needs and disabilities to play football in Plymouth
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£150.00 |
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Sept - 19 |
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To support the AFC Devonport under13s girls football team with the purchase of rain jackets.
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£166.00 |
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Oct - 19 |
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Defibrillator for Plymouth Petanque Club
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£699.10 |
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Jan - 20 |
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Timebank South West are launching a Devonport event to promote their work of brining local people together, tackling isolation and sharing skills.
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£100.00 |
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Feb - 20 |
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To support Operation Emotion's weekly support group and educational programmes for adult male survivors of sexual abuse in Plymouth.
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£200.00 |
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Contribution to St Levan Park Fun Day and Neighbourhood Watch Newsletter
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£300.00 |
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To support Devonport Live with bringing older people together to show old films and broadcasts, and afternoon teas as a respected Community Interest company.
|
£300.00 |
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To support with the transformation of a previously unused piece of greenspace to encourage the children with their outside learning.
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£200.00 |
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Mar - 20 |
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To contribute towards books and other reading materials for the pre-school children at Tops Nursery at the Green Ark Centre.
|
£200.00 |
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Grand Total |
£2927.67 |
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Community Grants Scheme 2018/19 |
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Description |
Amount |
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May-18 |
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Bingo machine for Helen Fox House |
£283.12 |
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Jun-18 |
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New football kit for the Keyham Kolts Under 12's |
£300.00 |
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Jun-18 |
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Contribution to a project called Time for YOU, a 12 week support group run at Routeways in Devonport for mothers of children with additional needs. |
£300.00 |
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Jul-18 |
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Keyham
Clean my Patch. The funds will be spent on buying equipment so that
we will be able to spread the initiative to other wards in the
city, starting with Mutley and Greenbank. |
£400.00 |
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Jul-18 |
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To help cover the costs of an arson attack in Devonport Park which destroyed a temporary toilet used by The Soapbox Children's Theatre. |
£100.00 |
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Oct-18 |
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Contribution towards the purchase and installation of 'Two Tommies' in Devonport Park to mark the end of the WW1 hostilities. |
£300.00 |
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Nov-18 |
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Keyham Green Places. Supporting sessions for children at a local Junior Youth group. |
£166.67 |
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Jan-19 |
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To provide a grit bin and grit in Milne Place, Devonport. |
£309.79 |
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To fund the planting of hanging baskets for the Community Planting Day held by Pembroke Street Estate Management Board |
£175.00 |
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To help St Keyham Scout Group develop a formally unused and overgrown area in their grounds into an outdoor classroom with artificial grass and extended canopy |
£400.00 |
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Grand Total |
£2,734.58 |
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Community Grants Scheme 2017/18 |
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Description |
Amount |
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Jul-17 |
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Red Velvet Theatre - Support with £500 funding for screening licence |
£500.00 |
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Jul-17 |
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Drake U14's Football Club - support with kit and equipment |
£100.00 |
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Friends of St Levans Park |
£200.00 |
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Jul-17 |
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Support for Pelican Childcare Centre |
£150.00 |
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Jul-17 |
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Replace barbeque at Morice Town Primary School |
£160.00 |
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Aug-17 |
|
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Autism Active project with Keyham Kolts |
£200.00 |
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Oct-17 |
|
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Blenheims - Contribution to community noticeboard at Mountwise |
£209.60 |
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Jun-17 |
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Salvation Army Supporting - Morice Town Community Event |
£200.00 |
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Jun-17 |
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Contribution towards new boilers for Welcome Hall |
£300.00 |
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Friends of Devonport Park |
£300.00 |
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Jun-17 |
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Contribution toward a vandal proof notice board for the neighbourhood centre in Devonport |
£380.40 |
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Install urns on behalf of Friends of Devonport Park. |
£300.00 |
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Support with £300 funding for screening licence for Welcome Hall. |
£0.00 |
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Dec-17 |
|
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Donation towards activities for Youth Group at Keyham Green Places. |
£100.00 |
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Dec-17 |
|
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Dandelion Pop is a community based business that aims to create a central place in Keyham, Ford and Stoke to provide a safe and open space for people to come together through Play, Learning and Food. |
£200.00 |
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Feb-18 |
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Donation for the Lego Club at Devonport Library |
£75.00 |
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Contribution towards the Welcome Hall, Devonport |
£50.00 |
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Grand Total |
£3,425.00 |
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Community Grant Scheme 2016 to 2017 |
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Description |
Amount |
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Contribution to Petanque piste in Devonport Park. |
£300.00 |
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Contribution towards the Morice Town Celebration of the Queen's Birthday |
£200.00 |
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Renewal of outdoor community play equipment, inclusive of safety floor at CROPS - Keyham Green Places community centre. Total Cost £2,688. This will benefit the local community, school, junior group and parents with children aged 3 to 10. |
£500.00 |
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Tea Dance with a Twist project supporting the elderly |
£200.00 |
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Grand Total |
£1,200.00 |
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Community Grant Scheme 2015 to 2016 |
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Description |
Amount |
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Grant to Clowance Street Fire Appeal Fund |
£1500 |
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Devonport Community Fun Day (joint application) |
£1000 |
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Morice Town Fun Day (joint application with Councillors Coker £100 & K Taylor £100) |
£100 |
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Part funding of equipment for NORPRO to help disadvantaged adults (joint application with Councillors Coker £200 & K Taylor £350) |
£200 |
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Part funding of CCTV cameras for Devonport Park (joint application with Councillor Stevens £250) |
£250 |
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Support for Community Health in Lipson (joint application) |
£50 |
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Grant towards a concrete base for a table tennis area in the Keyham area |
£100 |
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Scoot-a-long – grant to help disabled people get mobile |
£100 |
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St Levan’s Road – Summer Fayre Fun Day |
£300 |
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Community Grant Scheme 2014 to 2015 |
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Description |
Amount |
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Keyham & Devonport Community Theatre Group (KADCAT) |
£300 |
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Scoot-a-long Charity Event |
£100 |
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Devonport Community Festival (joint application with Councillors Coker £1000 and K Taylor £1000) |
£1000
|
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St Aubyn’s Work Club |
£500 |
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Christmas Lunch for the elderly at Welcome Hall (joint application with Councillors Coker £83 and Kate Taylor £83) |
£84 |
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Supporting Friends of Alexandra Park with community events (joint application with Councillors Coker £67 & Kate Taylor £66) |
£67 |
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Litter bin for Parkside |
£526 |
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Painting of communal benches outside neighbourhood centre (joint application with Councillor Coker £100) |
£100 |
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Design a poster competition for children of Keyham Barton School (joint application with Councillor Coker £250) |
£250 |
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Community planting project with Friends of Devonport Park (joint application with Councillor Coker £100) |
£100 |
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Community activities day at Welcome Hall (joint application with Councillor Coker £100) |
£100 |
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Community dance activities (joint application with Councillor Coker £50) |
£50 |