County Councillors' Divisional Fund
The County Councillors' Divisional Fund, launched at the beginning of August 2011, gives Worcestershire County Councillors the opportunity to put localism into practice. The scheme allocates £10,000 to each county councillor to spend on items or activities that support their local community, and local people are encouraged to contact their councillor with ideas.
The aim of the fund is to improve the economic, social and environmental well being of an area or those in it and two or more county councillors can agree on joint proposals benefitting their division.
The fund is aimed at one-off items of expenditure or community activity, local and national charities or voluntary organisations within the local division. It is not intended to be a grant for profit-making enterprises or for ongoing commitments. The scheme will be implemented on an initial two-year trial period.
Cllr Adrian Hardman, Leader of Worcestershire County Council, said: "The role of the local member is to lead their communities and this is a new and innovative way of embracing the principles of localism to support truly local initiatives. I believe that giving them control over how they support local projects will assist them in that role and will help ensure the funding support the County Council provides is directed at those groups and projects which need it most."
Visit the County Council's website
http://www.worcestershire.gov.uk/cms/council-and-democracy/councillor-information/postcode-search.aspx to find the councillor for each division using a postcode search.