Youth football club awarded cash grant (From Watford Observer)

Why couldn't they spend their own money? It can't be hard to raise £350 for a football club spread over 6 year groups.

ridiculous!

Last week a County Councillor told me that payments like this one are awarded by individual councillors from their own £10,000 pot of the locality budget. The WO does not publish the name of the councillor because they think that smacks of buying votes. But there is more information on the HCC website where you can see the grants made by each of the 77 councillors.
It is up to each councillor to decide how to allocate the money; they look for worthwhile projects in their community that promote social, economic or environmental well-being. Applications for funding can be submitted by community groups and organisations.
Some organisations like Watford Hospital Radio get grants from more than one councillor.
so if you feel strongly about any or all of the allocations you can complain directly to the relevant councillor(s).

Mike Ribble wrote:
Last week a County Councillor told me that payments like this one are awarded by individual councillors from their own £10,000 pot of the locality budget. The WO does not publish the name of the councillor because they think that smacks of buying votes. But there is more information on the HCC website where you can see the grants made by each of the 77 councillors. It is up to each councillor to decide how to allocate the money; they look for worthwhile projects in their community that promote social, economic or environmental well-being. Applications for funding can be submitted by community groups and organisations. Some organisations like Watford Hospital Radio get grants from more than one councillor. so if you feel strongly about any or all of the allocations you can complain directly to the relevant councillor(s).

Mars likes to moan about these grants, but he doesnt care enough to actually do anything pro active about it