Item 12 - Grants Programme 2017-21: Annual Review Year One 2017-18 (G11/18)

Summary    

At its meeting of 8 February 2017 Grants Committee agreed funding for 13 commissions under the following two priorities:
Priority 1 Combatting Homelessness
Priority 2 Tackling Sexual and Domestic Violence
Commissions were agreed for the period 2017-21, subject to delivery, compliance to grant conditions and continued availability of resources. The commissions followed an extensive Grants Review process which concluded in March 2016 and a robust application process. Both the Grants Review and application and award processes were in line with the Commissioning Performance Management Framework, of which the revised version was agreed by members of Grants Committee at their February 2017 meeting. 
At its meeting 6 July 2016 members of the Grants Committee agreed funding to six commissions under the following priority:
Priority 3 Tackling Poverty Through Employment. 
This Priority is half funded by boroughs’ contributions to the Grants Programme (£3 million), matched by £3 million from London Councils European Social Fund (ESF) Programme under an agreement with the Greater London Authority (GLA). These commissions were agreed in 2016 as the ESF timeframe is not aligned with that of the Grants Programme.
This report provides members with an update on the three priorities of the Grants Programme. 
For Priority 1 and 2 this represents an update at the end of the first year of funding, April 2017 to March 2018. For Priority 3 this represents an update on delivery from October 2016 to March 2018.