Decision details

The required 10-year review of the Starbeck Grant fund with the Residents Association has been completed.

There are three main changes for this year’s grant allocation, amounts have doubled to a maximum of £400 for individuals and to £2,000 for groups. Following discussions with the Residents Association on how the local community could best benefit from the funds, it has been recommended we draw down a maximum of £60,000 from the capital funds to offer larger grants for capital projects, this new opportunity would offer grants of up £20,000.

The Starbeck Community Fund was established in 1992, the allocation of £300,000 for the purpose of creation or improvement of recreation/community facilities in Starbeck was a set requirement of a development scheme to build Morrisons Supermarket on land in Starbeck. The fund has been managed by the local authority since then as a no single community development opportunity was identified.

The Starbeck Small Grants Fund was established in the absence of a single project to provide grants from the interest accrued to voluntary, community and individuals for one-off items that enhanced or created recreation or community facility opportunities.

The ten-year review took place in Spring 25, the fund manager (North Yorkshire Council) in partnership with Starbeck Residents Association and North Yorkshire Council elected members whose division is all or in part in the defined fund area.

Fund one – Increase of £200, grants now available to the sum of £400 to recognise societal financial increases

Fund two – Increase of £1,000, grants now available to the sum of £2,000 to recognise societal financial increases

Fund three – This is a new grant, to provide an opportunity for organisations to apply for a larger amount of funds to contribute to a capital project.

It was considered and rejected that the funding opportunities remain as they were prior to the review taking place in Spring 2025.