Issue - decisions
To allocate up to £38,000 UKSPF funding to Art of Protest to work with the local community to design and deliver a mural and transform 8 wooden benches at Acomb Front Street
17/12/2024 - To allocate up to £38,000 UKSPF funding to Art of Protest to work with the local community to design and deliver a mural and transform 8 wooden benches at Acomb Front Street
York has been allocated £5.1m from the
UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF) to implement the investment plan
that was agreed by DLUHC in January 2023. In October 2022, CYC
Executive gave delegated authority to the Corporate Director of
Place to implement this Investment Plan, in consultation with the
relevant Executive Members and the York UKSPF Partnership Board.
This delegation was reconfirmed in October 2023. Due to the senior
management restructure, the decision has been made by the Interim
Director of City Development who now has responsibility for
UKSPF.
Details for Acomb Front Street Phase 2 were approved by the
Executive Member for Economy and Culture at his decision session on
24th September 2024. These included a provision for public artwork
as part of the scheme, with the agreement of the detailed design
and implementation delegated to the Interim Director of City
Development. The artwork has been further defined as a mural to
mark the new gateway to Acomb Front Street and the refurbishment of
8 benches along the street, with a funding competition launched in
November 2024 to find an artist to work with the local community
and develop suitable designs which would reflect the local
neighbourhood and respond to the views of the local community as
revealed in consultation.
The funding competition attracted interest from across the world
and has now completed. Eighteen requests were made for the
application pack, leading to eleven proposals being received for
the development of the mural, and five proposals for the benches.
Following appraisal of those proposals, the highest scoring
applications for both projects were submitted by Art of Protest,
who scored 84/100 for the mural and 78/100 for the benches. Their
proposal involves working with The Place at Sanderson House and
includes further public consultation on the detailed designs. The
proposed cost for both projects is £34,770 plus an allowance
for contingencies, and the total costs will be no more than
£38,000.
UKSPF funding must all be spent by the end of the current financial
year, when the current programme finishes and any unspent funds
must be returned to Government.
Decision:
To award up to £38,000 from UKSPF to Art of Protest to work
with the local community to design and deliver a mural and
transform 8 wooden benches at Acomb Front Street.