The Skerne and Wansford Parish Council adheres to the Transparency Code for Smaller Authorities 2015: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/transparency-code-for-smaller-authorities
The parish council must prepare an annual budget that covers expenditure for the forthcoming year and request
the amount
needed from the East Riding of Yorkshire Council, this is know as the parish precept.
The amount that each household within the
parish contributes can be seen on your annual council tax bill
that is issued by the local authority.
In November 2021 the parish council signed a Community Fund Contribution Agreement with the solar power company Harmony Energy. This will provide the parish with an additional £10,000 of funding annually; the first payment was received in January 2022 and will continue until January 2042.
The fund is not to be used for the annual expenditure of the parish council but for projects
that aide community cohesion
and improve the environment for everyone who live in and visit the villages. To date projects have
included a new website and social media presence that complies with the government’s Website Content Accessibility Guidelines that
came into force in September 2020, the villages’ Queen’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations and the new Wansford bus shelter that
commemorates King Charles II coronation.
If you have any ideas for projects for which the funds could be used please contact the parish council
or come along to one
of the meetings.
The Nafferton Foeffees is a Charitable Trust that covers the ecclesiastical parish of Nafferton, Wansford and Pockthorpe.
It has
provided grants to young people in Wansford to help them pursue their studies and has more recently contributed to the cost of the
new Wansford bus shelter. More information can be found here: https://www.feoffeetrust.co.uk
Grants are available from the parish council. The policy and grant application form are available here.
All applications and subsequent evidence of expenditure will be published on this website.
Grants have been awarded to both St Leonard’s and St Mary’s churches, the Beverley Ramblers Association
and Wansford Village Hall.