To present proposals for funding agreements to assist each organisation with the cost of rent to paid to the borough council.

(a)       That a grant of £4,125 per annum be awarded to Portland Museum Trust in order to help the Trust meet cost of the rent charged by the council for the Portland Museum premises in Wakeham, Portland, for up to a 4-year period from 1 April 2018 and that any such grant be the subject of a grant agreement;

(b)       That a grant of £5,000 per annum be awarded to Weymouth Angling Society in order to help the Society meet the cost of the rent charged by the council for The Angling Centre, Commercial Road, Weymouth for up to a 4-year period from 1 April 2018 and that any such grant be the subject of a grant agreement;

(c)       That a grant be awarded to the Islanders Club for Young People in order to help the Club meet the cost of the rent to be charged by the council for the Club’s premises at East Weare Road, Portland, for up to a 4-year period from 1 April 2018 and that any such grant be the subject of a grant agreement;

(d)       That authority be delegated to the Strategic Director, in consultation with the relevant briefholder, to agree the terms of the grant agreements with any of the above organisations to which the committee agrees to award a grant.