Councillors will discuss whether to allocate funding to a Burntwood community group to create poppies for an Armistice display.
Burntwood Action Group and Chase Terrace Academy have applied for £350 from Burntwood Town Council for the initiative.
The money would be spent on materials to create poppies for the annual display in Princes Park.
A statement supporting the application said:
“The project aims to show a community spirit between a local school and community groups.”
A decision on the funding application will be made by the town council’s community and partnerships committee on Thursday (7th September).
Why wouldn’t this be approved?! Lest we forget.
The display is lovely every year. Why shouldn’t get funded? lest we forget
Surely they’ve got a bit of cash to spare after ditching miniatures of chains of office etc??
Yes, @ Who signed this off?!, Lest We Forget.
This is a new application for grant funding. As such, regardless of any obvious merits or otherwise, it has to be discussed by Community and Partnerships Committee as part of the approval process. That’s how these applications are reviewed.
The display is a credit to those involved in creating it. Great to hear that one of our local schools is part of such a worthwhile project. Good luck to them in getting the funding.
If they can’t find the money they should be ashamed of themselves let’s we forget
Does this really need discussion? We still have a duty to those who gave their lives, even if is only a day of remeberence.
This may need a discussion but it’s got to be approved. The park has for many years been used as a very moving tribute to all who gave so much. #lessweforget
Should be no question of approval. Lest we forget! They gave their tomorrow’s for our todays, honouring them is the lest we can do.
Hopefully an such grant comes with conditions or we could end up with the kind of tasteless monstrosities they put up in Peslsall every year.
It’s about remembrance, not some gaudy village carnival type rubbish.