Your councillors - Ghent, Eugene - Dunstable West

10am to midday, The Quadrant, Dunstable:

• Saturday, 3 February 2024
• Saturday, 2 March 2024
• Saturday, 6 April 2024
• Saturday, 4 May 2024
• Saturday, 1 June 2024
• Saturday, 6 July 2024

Councillor Ghent sits on the following committees:

• Corporate Resources Overview and Scrutiny Committee
• Dunstable Joint Committee (Substitute)
• General Purposes (Substitute)

Councillor Ghent - register of interests

Each Central Bedfordshire Councillor has access to £2,000 from which they can allocate grants to local projects that demonstrate a community benefit. Councillors can also work together across their ward to combine their grants if that’s what is most needed. Find out more about the Ward Councillor grant scheme.

Councillor Ghent's grant allocation 2023/24

Organisation: Beds RCC
Purpose of grant: Contribution towards outdoor gym equipment
Amount: £490

Organisation: Friends of Priory House and Gardens  
Purpose of grant: Contribution towards a new pergola and knee rail 
Amount: £500

Organisation: St Augustine's Academy   
Purpose of grant: Contribution towards a community library hut 
Amount: £510

Organisation: Dunstable Swimming Club 
Purpose of grant: Contribution towards swimming heart rate monitors 
Amount: £86.80

Organisation: Home Start Central Beds 
Purpose of grant: Contribution towards Helping Hands and Own My Life Books 
Amount: £273

Councillor Ghent's grant allocation 2022/23 Cost of Living Extension

Organisation: Dunstable Salvation Army
Purpose of grant: Contribution towards running costs
Amount: £1,000

Councillor Ghent's grant allocation 2022/23

Organisation: Dunstable Town Council 
Purpose of grant: Contribution towards outdoor gym equipment
Amount: £1,000

Organisation: Dunstable Town Council 
Purpose of grant: Contribution towards climate resillient planting scheme
Amount: £1,000

Councillor Ghent’s grant allocation 2021/2022

Organisation: The Methodist Church, Dunstable 
Purpose of grant: Contribution towards The Methodist Church garden project stage 2
Amount: £480.07

Organisation: Dunstable in Bloom
Purpose of grant: Contribution towards new planters and items 
Amount: £1,000

Organisation: Dunstable Town Council 
Purpose of grant: Contribution towards community showcase window 
Amount: £72.93

Organisation: Dunstable Swimming Club
Purpose of grant: Contribution towards new website 
Amount: £447

Councillor Ghent’s grant allocation 2020/2021

Organisation: Dunstable Town Council
Purpose of grant: Contribution towards Dunstable town centre enhancements 
Amount: £1,797

Organisation: Dunstable Swimming Club
Purpose of grant: Contribution towards production of swimming club website 
Amount: £203

Councillor Ghent’s grant allocation 2019/2020

Organisation: Dunstable Town Council
Purpose of grant: Contribution towards Dunstable town centre enhancements 
Amount: £2,000 

Councillor Ghent’s COVID-19 allocation

Organisation: Dunstable Swimming Club
Purpose of grant: Contribution towards Dunstable Swimming Club's virtual platform
Amount: £500

Organisation: Home-Start Central Bedfordshire
Purpose of grant: Contribution towards support of vulnerable families
Amount: £250

Organisation: Dunstable Men in Sheds
Purpose of grant: Contribution towards product equipment and parts costs affected by COVID-19
Amount: £250