Agenda item

Report of the Cabinet Member for Efficiency and Improvement seeking approval on recommendations for the allocation of the grants to voluntary organisations budget (subject to Budget setting), attached.

DECISION MADE: (Ref: CAB 12/13 9278)

On consideration of the report of the Cabinet Member for Efficiency and Improvement, Cabinet agreed the following:

(i)  To approve the grant recommendations set out in the attached Appendix 1.

(ii)  To delegate authority to the Communities and Improvement Manager, following consultation with the Cabinet Member for Efficiency and Improvement, to allocate Community Chest grants during the year until the new Small Grants Programme takes effect.

(iii)  To delegate authority to the Senior Manager, Communities, Change and Partnerships, following consultation with the Cabinet Member for Efficiency and Improvement, to agree a process for a One-Off Grant Scheme, should sufficient funding become available.

(iv)  To delegate authority to the Senior Manager, Communities Change and Partnerships, following consultation with the Cabinet Member for Efficiency and Improvement, to:

·  determine transitional relief, where appropriate, where grants have been reduced or discontinued

·  do anything necessary to give effect to allocation of grants for 2013/14 to 2015/16.