Issue - meetings

Cabinet Member: Adult Social Care

Forward Plan Ref: 2018/052

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

Report by Deputy Director for Joint Commissioning (CA11).

The Innovation Fund for Daytime support 2018-19 was open to applications from all community and voluntary organisations to deliver new innovative projects for daytime support in Oxfordshire.

The aim of the funding is to provide one-off funding to support the development of self-sustaining projects, delivering new opportunities for adults in Oxfordshire.

As per the agreed cross-party decision-making process, the cross-party panel reviewed the applications and assessed them against grant criteria. Decisions on recommendations for award were coproduced with people who use services and supported by officer recommendations.

This paper sets out the final cross-party panel recommendations for allocation of the Innovation Fund for daytime support 2018-19, for decision by Cabinet.

Cabinet is RECOMMENDED to:

(a)          Congratulate the voluntary sector for its continued commitment and dedication to innovation and provision of new opportunities to people using services in Oxfordshire.

(b)          Consider and agree the criteria for the Innovation Fund 2018-19 - in line with the agreed process and scope for the same as decided by Cabinet in January 2017 as part of the overall changes to daytime support.

(c)          Review and agree the cross-party evaluation panel’s recommendations for Innovation Fund grant awards as set out under 17 above.

(d)          Approve utilisation of the remaining amount as set out under 18 above for a second round of applications to the Innovation Fund 2018-19.

Recommendations agreed.

The Innovation Fund for Daytime support 2018-19 was open to applications from all community and voluntary organisations to deliver new innovative projects for daytime support in Oxfordshire.

As per the agreed cross-party decision-making process, the cross-party panel reviewed the applications and assessed them against grant criteria.

Cabinet considered a report setting out the final cross-party panel recommendations.

Councillor Afridi whilst speaking in support of the recommendations commented on the need to ensure a rigorous process and queried how to ensure projects carried on when the funding ran out.

Councillor Stratford, Cabinet Member for Adult Social Care, introduced the contents of the report and moved the recommendations. He noted that some groups were using the funding to apply for match funding. Benedict Leigh added this was one of two funds and it focussed on innovation.

RESOLVED: to:

(a)          congratulate the voluntary sector for its continued commitment and dedication to innovation and provision of new opportunities to people using services in Oxfordshire;

(b)          consider and agree the criteria for the Innovation Fund 2018-19 - in line with the agreed process and scope for the same as decided by Cabinet in January 2017 as part of the overall changes to daytime support;

(c)          review and agree the cross-party evaluation panel’s recommendations for Innovation Fund grant awards as set out under 17 above; and

(d)          approve utilisation of the remaining amount as set out under 18 above for a second round of applications to the Innovation Fund 2018-19.