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Report of the Cabinet Member for Resources and Leisure on recommendations for the process of allocating the grants to voluntary organisations budget to March 2019, attached.

DECISION MADE: (Ref: CAB 14/15 14013)

On consideration of the report of the Cabinet Member for Resources and Leisure, Cabinet agreed the following:

(i)  To agree another three year funding cycle using the outcomes based commissioning approach, from April 2016 to March 2019, with a budget of £1,543,980 per year, subject to budget setting each year.

(ii)  To formally give notice to existing three year outcomes-based commissioned grant recipients in April 2015 that their existing funding arrangement will end on 31 March 2016 and any future funding applications will be considered without reference to previous grant allocation.

(iii)  To agree that funding for domestic abuse and sexual violence services from the corporate grants budget between April 2016 and March 2019 will be allocated by the Council’s Integrated Commissioning Unit to commission services within the PIPPA (Prevention, Intervention, Public Protection and Alliance) service model from voluntary organisations.

(iv)  To end Southampton Nuffield Theatre Trust’s current three year funding arrangement one year early, on 31 March 2015, and enter into a new four year funding arrangement with the Nuffield from 01 April 2015 to 31 March 2019, covering both their current activities and the new Arts Complex activities.

(v)  To delegate authority to the Assistant Chief Executive following consultation with the Cabinet Member for Resources and Leisure to agree the outcomes grants between April 2016 and March 2019 will be awarded against and to do anything necessary to give effect to the recommendations contained in this report.