Community News
Keeping Saffron In Your Hands - Budget decisions announced
Published: 01/12/2008
Keeping Saffron In Your Hands, was Leicester's first Participatory Budgeting exercise, held as part of the SAFTA's volunteering celebration on Friday Evening. During the event, local organisations and projects were given the chance to make their pitch for a share of £40,000 on offer.
The votes were counted, and the preliminary results announced on Friday evening.
The results announced were as follows:
Successful Projects
18 Active Lifestyle (Setting up a community group) £4,000 Votes: 331 Total spend: £4,000
9 St Christopher's Friendship Group (Arts session and transport for trips) £1,186 Votes 331 Total Spend: £5186
13 Saffron Young People's Project (Running costs for project activities) £10,000 Votes: 319 Total spend £15,186
5 Saffron Resource Centre (To train volunteers to advise on disability benefits) £4,625 Votes: 314 Total spend £19,811
4 Saffron Resource Centre (Equipment costs to support the welfare advice project) £2,686 Votes: 312 Total spend £22,497
2 Saffron Community Enterprises Ltd (Saffron Summer Fete 2009) £5,000 Votes: 310 Total Spend £27,497
11 Fit & Active Families Saffron's "Ministry of Food" £2,720 Votes: 305 Total Spend £30,217
1 Samworth Enterprise Academy (Primary schools sports programme with tournament and awards event) £1,000 Votes: 297 Total Spend £31,217
15 Saffron Resource Centre (School inclusion project costs) £5,467 Votes: 291 Total Spend £36,684
19 Lighthouse Learning (Family Learning activities) £2,250 Votes: 288 Total Spend £38,934
Partly Successful project
14 Saffron Community Enterprises Ltd "Sow and Grow" allotment project £3,000 (awarded £1,066) Votes:283, Total Spend: £40,000
Unsuccessful Project
17 Saffron Community Enterprises Ltd ("Keeping Saffron Hosted" community website), £300 votes: 268
8 Saffron Community Health Alliance ("Changing YOUR Mind" mental health Project) £10,000, votes: 266
16 Junior Youth Inclusion Programme (Provision of parenting support) £3,565 votes 260
6 Fit & Active Families (Linwood Walking Group) £628 votes: 258
10 Saffron Community Enterprises Ltd (Information for inclusion in Keeping Saffron Posted ) £4,800 votes: 252
3 Active Youth (Gym instructors at Southfields Drive) £9,600 votes:241
12 Groundwork ("Cash for Trash" recycling project) £5,635 votes:231
7 Saffron Community Enterprises Ltd ("Good News" for inclusion in Keeping Saffron Posted ) £1,600 votes: 228