Issue - meetings

Report of the Cabinet Member for Communities, Culture and Heritage seeking to secure approval to accept a European Social Fund (ESF) grant.

DECISION MADE: (CAB 20/21 32340)

On consideration of the report of the Cabinet Member for Communities, Culture and Heritage, Cabinet agreed to the following:

(i)  To delegate authority to the Executive Director, Communities, Culture and Homes to take all actions necessary to accept the grant and deliver the project until December 2023.

(ii)  To accept, in accordance with Financial Procedure Rules, a grant of £529,000 from DWP as match funding towards a total project budget of £1,059,000.

(iii)  To approve, in accordance with Financial Procedure Rules, a corresponding revenue virement totalling £1,059,000 to the Solent Get into Employment project over 2021/22, 2022/23 and 2023/24, along with the Council’s individual financial contribution of £324,000 from existing budgets, of which £215,000 is itself from secured external funding; and

(iv)  To approve the Council to act as Accountable Body for the administration of grant funding and the delivery of the Solent Get into Employment project.