County Councillors Local Initiative Budget

The ‘Local Initiatives Budget 2008/9’ is a scheme which provides an allocation of £15,000 per County Councillor to help deliver projects to benefit local communities within their areas. The scheme is targeted at promotion and delivery of local initiatives that help us to achieve the Somerset Local Area Agreement outcomes, and priorities within the Somerset Sustainable Community Strategy. The Scheme replaces the former Area Working Panels pooled budgets.

The Local Area Agreement is a 3-year countywide agreement between central Government, the local authorities, Government Office South West (GOSW) and Local Strategic Partnerships. The agreement identifies priorities for action to improve the most important issues in Somerset.

The Somerset Sustainable Community Strategy looks further ahead to 2025. It focuses on long term sustainability of our county and our plans for future generations and how Somerset will fulfil its potential to become one of the South west’s most vibrant counties for people who live, work and visit.

The Local Initiatives Budget must be spent in ways that help to deliver Local Area Agreement (LAA) outcomes and the Somerset Sustainable Community Strategy priorities. If you have an idea of how these priorities can be achieved locally, please make contact with your local County Councillor - contact details are included within the Public Briefing Pack

LIB Public Briefing Pack [ 354.0k]

Q. How do I put forward a project proposal for the LIB scheme?
A. Please make contact with your local County Councillor. Contact details are provided within the LIB Public Briefing document.

Q. What criteria must projects comply with?
A. Projects must help to deliver the outcomes of the Somerset Local Area Agreement and Somerset Sustainable Community Strategy, details of which are included within the LIB Public Briefing document. Projects must also demonstrate outcomes within 2008/9.

Q. What is the deadline for County Councillors to submit their LIB applications?
A. The deadline for receiving applications is 28th November 2008.

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