Further to Minute 32 (28 September 2010), received a report from the Cabinet Member for Crime, Justice and Communities on the corporate grants programme for 2011/12 and the commissioning programme for the three year period 2011-14.
The programmes reflect a revised approach to corporate grants and commissioning agreed by Cabinet last year, the importance placed by the Council on the work of the voluntary sector, full consideration of equalities impacts, the impact of known and projected reductions in funding as well as the changes to the London Councils grants programme.
Agreed, in order to support the Community Priorities “Fair and Respectful” and “Prosperous”, to:
(i) The award of commissions to provide capacity building services for 2011/12 - June 2014 to a total value of £425,000, as outlined in Appendix 2 to the report;
(ii) The award of commissions to provide strengthening community services for 2011/12 - June 2014 to a total value of £156,000 as outlined in Appendix 2 to the report;
(iii) Delegate authority to the Corporate Director for Adult and Community Services, in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Crime, Justice and Communities, to award the contract for Strengthening Communities at a total value in 2011/12 of £52,000, as detailed in paragraphs 2.2 and 3.11 of the report;
(iv) The award of grants from the Innovation Fund for 2011/12 to a total value of £60,000 as outlined in Appendix 3 to the report;
(v) Delegate authority to the Corporate Director for Adult and Community Services, in consultation with the Cabinet Member, to allocate the small grants from the Pump Priming budget of £5,000 in 2011/12;
(vi) The virement of £10,000 from the Community Cohesion divisional budget to the Leisure and Arts divisional budget to provide grants for talented and gifted young people;
(vii) The allocation of an additional £170,000 to support the appropriate recommissioning of services previously commissioned by London Councils Grants, and delegate authority to the Corporate Director for Adult and Community Services, in consultation with the Cabinet Member and relevant Directors, to allocate that funding as appropriate in full or part funding of such recommissioning;
(viii) Delegate authority to the Corporate Director Adult and Community Services, in consultation with the Portfolio Holder, to undertake an annual review of the corporate grants and commissioning programme contract values and grant awards, in light of the current level of uncertainty in this area and to enable adjustment to contract values where required; and
(ix) Delegate authority to the Corporate Director Adult and Community Services, in consultation with the Cabinet Member, to award the re-advertised contracts for the LGBT Forum and the Disability Forum, and for the Volunteering Support commission, as detailed in paragraphs 3.9 and 3.10 of the report.