Q: Do the Chairs of the Pride in Place Neighbourhood Boards receive any remuneration, allowance, honorarium or expenses beyond reimbursement of actual costs?
A: The Chair of the Pride in Place Neighbourhood Board in Pendleton does not receive any remuneration, allowance, or honorarium. The Chair will be encouraged to claim out-of-pocket expenses, which is seen as best practice in the Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise sector.
Q: If an organisation has a representative on the Neighbourhood Board, can it still receive Pride in Place funding?
A: Yes. Any conflicts of interest will be managed in line with standard governance processes. Board members will be required to declare any relevant interests and will not take part in discussions or decisions relating to their own organisation.
Q: Can funding only be spent within the neighbourhood’s designated boundary?
A: Not necessarily. Funding can be used to support activity or organisations outside the boundary where this clearly benefits residents within the neighbourhood. This may include services or provision that have a significant impact on the local community.
Q: I have ideas, how can I get involved?
A: We welcome ideas from across the community. You can share your thoughts in our short survey, at engagement events or by contacting us directly at emma.eastwood@salfordcvs.co.uk. All contributions will help inform the Board’s discussions and decisions. You can also find out more on our Get Involved page.
Q: Can it be for potholes and road repairs?
A: Generally no - filling potholes on adopted roads is the council's statutory maintenance duty and has its own budget, so the fund can't cover it. It can tip into eligible when it's a lasting improvement to a place rather than routine repair - e.g. resurfacing and widening pavements as part of a high-street scheme, dropped kerbs, or step-free crossings. Doorstep line: "Routine road repairs are the council's job with their own budget - but making streets safer and easier to get around, like better pavements and crossings, is something we can look at."
Q: Can it pay someone's wages?
A: Yes, within limits. Staff time can be funded from the revenue pot (roughly 25%) where it delivers a specific project - e.g. a youth worker running sessions, a project coordinator. It can't be an open-ended salary subsidy with no project attached, or a job another budget is already meant to pay for.
Q: Can a local business get the money?
A: Not for private profit - no buying stock, fit-out or equipment for one business's own gain. Yes where there's clear public benefit open to the wider community, such as shopfront improvement schemes, bringing empty units back into use, or start-up and skills support.
Q: Can we fund a service the council is cutting?
A: No if it simply replaces a statutory service or plugs a gap in another budget. Possibly yes if it's a genuinely additional, community-led offer that goes beyond what the council is legally required to provide.
Q: Can we spend it just outside our area?
A: Only if we can clearly evidence it benefits people who live in our designated neighbourhood and the decision came out of engagement. The default is that spend stays within the boundary.
Q: What things will it definitely not fund?
A: These things are never eligible - whatever the theme
- Party-political, campaigning or lobbying activity.
- Anything that only benefits a private individual or business commercially, with no wider public benefit.
- Spend that duplicates or replaces another body's statutory duty (schools, policing, NHS, statutory council services).
- Retrospective costs - things already bought or paid for before approval.
- Activity or assets outside our designated Pride in Place neighbourhood.