Item 14 - Grants Programme 2017-21 (G13/16)

Summary    

Following recommendations from Grants Committee, Leaders’ Committee considered a report at their meeting 22 March 2016 and agreed  that there should be a Grants Programme from April 2017 to March 2021, operating in accordance with the current principles and focused on the following priorities -
Priority 1: Combatting Homelessness
Priority 2: Tackling Sexual and Domestic Violence
Priority 3:Tackling Poverty through Employment (ESF match funded)

This report provides an update on this process regarding Priority 1 and Priority 2, and timetable of next steps. Priority 3 receives match-funding from the European Social Fund (ESF) and therefore operates under a slightly different timetable and is covered in a separate report on this agenda. 
Officers have taken the evidence outlined in the March Grants and Leaders’ Committee reports and used this to draw up draft proposed service areas. These have been used to work with boroughs and key stakeholders to co-produce specifications (Appendix One). Members of the Grants Executive also reviewed the draft service area tables at their meeting on 22 June 2016 and comments are included in Section Two, paragraph 2.8.

Recommendations      

Members are asked to,
1.    Note the process which has led to the co-production of service specifications in Appendix One, as outlined in Section Two, including the involvement of relevant borough officers, key stakeholders and Grants Executive (22 June 2016).
2.    Agree the specifications in Appendix One, for services to be delivered from April 2017 to March 2021.
3.    Agree one of the three options for potential indicative funding levels set out in Appendix Two, which reflect where there has been a steer to place greater emphasis on certain areas as outlined in Section Three. Indicative funding levels are designed to assist potential applicants and are subject to agreement of available resources by the Grants Committee and Leaders’ Committee in November/December 2016. These indicative sums may be increased or decreased by committee within an agreed budget when decisions on the commissions to be funded by London Councils are made in February 2017. Funding to commissions is also subject to the annual budget setting process. 
4.    Note the timetable outlined in Appendix Four as presented to Grants Committee 9 March 2016, with further detail.

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