Received a report from the Corporate Director of Children’s Services regarding details of grant funding awarded to the Council by the Department for Children Schools and Families (DCSF) to support two initiatives; (a) The fund to improve School Kitchens and Dining Rooms and (b) to support the co-location of workers onto school sites and the need to reflect these additional resources in a revised and updated investment plan.
Agreed, in order to assist the Council to achieve all of its Community Priorities to:
(i) the addition of new projects into the Capital Programme, as follows:
- Investing in School Kitchens (DCSF grant) £908,632
- Co-location Capital Grant (DCSF grant) £641,000; and
(ii) note the success of these two bids and that additional grant funding has been secured to support existing programme initiatives.