Item 5 - Performance of Grants Programme 2017-21 (G20/19)

 

 
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 to 2021, subject to delivery, compliance with grant conditions and continued availability of resources.
At its meeting of 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 funded by boroughs’ contributions to the Grants Programme of £3 million and matched by £3 million from the London Councils European Social Fund Programme under an agreement with the Greater London Authority. Commissions for this Priority 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 Priorities 1 and 2 this report presents an update for the period April 2017 to December 2018 (quarters one to seven). For Priority 3 this report presents an update on delivery from October 2016 to December 2018.
Recommendations 
 
The Grants Committee is asked to note:
a) outcomes at priority level:
i) Priority 1, combatting homelessness, overall is 17 per cent above profile for quarters one to seven
ii) Priority 2, tackling sexual and domestic violence, overall is on profile (a marginal 0.87 per cent above) for quarters one to seven
iii) Priority 3, tackling poverty through employment, overall is -52 per cent below profile for the period October 2016 to December 2018
b) the number of interventions delivered in the relevant periods:
i) Priority 1, combatting homelessness – 39,849
ii) Priority 2, tackling sexual and domestic violence - 184,970
iii) Priority 3, tackling poverty through employment – 4,766
c) project level performance, using the Red, Amber, Green (RAG) performance management system (explained at Appendix 1):
i) Priorities 1 and 2: 12 projects are rated Green and one is Amber 
ii) Priority 3: as previously discussed with Grants Committee members, all projects remain rated Red to ensure performance management actions support continuous improvements in delivery (Section 4)
d) that options for using the underspend related to the withdrawal of a Priority 3 partner and the under delivery across the Priority, were discussed with Grants Executive in February 2019; Grants Executive Committee member’s deliberations are presented to this committee under item 6
e) the progress on administration of £200,000 on behalf of the Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime to enhance training to front-line professionals on identifying harmful practices (paragraph 3.16)
f) the borough maps (Appendix 2), and borough engagement (Section 6).
 
Appendix 1 RAG Rating Methodology
Appendix 2 Priorities 1 and 2 Borough Maps
Appendix 3 Project Delivery Information and Contact Details