Decision details

To provide the conclusions and recommendations from the Member Task and Finish Group having reviewed the Council’s funding arrangements to the voluntary sector.

i.  Approves the award of two contracts, one for advice based services and the other for infrastructure services, as detailed as Option 4, paragraph 3.5 of the report;

ii.  That the contract term and funding be until the 31st March 2020;

iii.  That the overall budget model be Option 3 (amended) as detailed in the first Table in paragraph 4.4 of the report;

iv.  Approves the funding split for the contracts as 65% to 35% in favour of advice based services but with flexibility through negotiated contract award of 10% either way; and

v.  That the existing Task and Finish Group be retained and to work with the Executive Councillor for Community Resilience to develop the contract terms including performance metrics and reporting frameworks. 

In January 2016 the Cabinet resolved to establish a Task and Finish group to review the arrangements for allocating Council funding to the voluntary and community sectors.

The various options were listed within the Officer’s report. 

The financial implications for the various options were detailed within the Officer’s report.