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Cabinet Member: Adult Social Care

Forward Plan Ref: 2017/111

Contact: Rebecca Lanchbury, Commissioning Officer (Older People) Tel: 07584 481255

Report by Deputy Director for Joint Commissioning (CA9).

There are grant funds available to support the continuation and development of community and voluntary sector daytime support opportunities in Oxfordshire.  Further information about these funds is available on the council website: https://www.oxfordshire.gov.uk/cms/public-site/daytime-support.

This paper relates to the Sustainability and Transition Grant Fund for 2018/19, to support community and voluntary sector daytime support services to continue and flourish.  There is £500,000 available in this fund.

As per the agreed cross-party panel decision making process, the cross-party panel reviewed the applications and assessed them against the grant criteria as set out in the guidance.  This process was supported by officer recommendations.

This paper sets out the cross-party panel's final recommendations for allocation of the Sustainability and Transition Fund in 2018-19, for decision by Cabinet.

Cabinet is RECOMMENDED to:

(a)     Congratulate the voluntary sector for its dedication and commitment to continuing to provide much valued services, and managing this transition process;

(b)    approve for funding the bids listed under 27 (a) above;

(c)      approve for funding the bids listed under 27 (b) above, subject to conditions as set out in the cross-party panel recommendations (Annex 2);

(d)      approve for funding the bids listed under 27 (c) above, recognising the split between the sustainability and transition elements, with the transition elements awarded for specified to increase sustainability and innovation;

(e)      approve the recommended funding amount for the bids listed under 27 (d) above;

(f)        approve the recommended funding amount for the bids listed under 27 (e) above, recognising the split between the sustainability and transition elements, with the transition elements awarded for specified initiatives to increase sustainability and innovation;

(g)      approve transferring the remaining amount, as set out under 26 (f) above, to the Innovation Fund 2018-19.

Recommendations agreed.

There are grant funds available to support the continuation and development of community and voluntary sector daytime support opportunities in Oxfordshire.  Cabinet had before it a report relating to the Sustainability and Transition Grant Fund for 2018/19, to support community and voluntary sector daytime support services.

Following consideration of the applications by the cross-party panel against the grant criteria as set out in the guidance Cabinet considered a report setting out their recommendations.

Councillor Glynis Phillips, Shadow Cabinet Member for Adult Social Care, referred to the recommended funding for Age UK services and queried this when they were closing centres. Councillor Stratford explained that the two were not connected and that Age UK was making closures because of the lack of take up of services and that they were concerned to meet need in the best way that they could. He had no qualms in supporting the recommendation of the working group.

Councillor Stratford in moving the recommendations highlighted the huge voluntary sector that worked well and fulfilled need. If people came up with sustainable and innovative ways of meeting need the Council wanted to be supportive. Benedict Leigh, Deputy Director, Joint Commissioning paid tribute to the voluntary sector that was so dedicated, innovative and dynamic in looking to provide for need

RESOLVED:             to:

(a)       Congratulate the voluntary sector for its dedication and commitment to continuing to provide much valued services, and managing this transition process;

(b)       approve for funding the bids listed under paragraph 27 (a) of the report;

(c)       approve for funding the bids listed under paragraph 27 (b) of the report, subject to conditions as set out in the cross-party panel recommendations (Annex 2);

(d)       approve for funding the bids listed under paragraph 27 (c) of the report, recognising the split between the sustainability and transition elements, with the transition elements awarded for specified to increase sustainability and innovation;

(e)       approve the recommended funding amount for the bids listed under paragraph 27 (d) of the report;

(f)        approve the recommended funding amount for the bids listed under paragraph 27 (e) of the report, recognising the split between the sustainability and transition elements, with the transition elements awarded for specified initiatives to increase sustainability and innovation; and

(g)       approve transferring the remaining amount, as set out under paragraph 26 (f) of the report, to the Innovation Fund 2018-19.