Issue - meetings

Cabinet Member: Adult Social Care & Public Health

Forward Plan Ref: 2018/155

Contact: Rebecca Lanchbury, Commissioning Officer Tel: 07584 481255

Report by Deputy Director – Joint Commissioning (CA11).

There are grant funds available to support the continuation and development of community and voluntary sector daytime support opportunities in Oxfordshire; these funds include the Innovation Fund to support new initiatives and the sustainability fund to support existing services. 

This paper relates to the Sustainability Grant Fund for 2019/20, to support community and voluntary sector daytime support services to continue and flourish.  There is £250,000 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. 

The report sets out the cross-party panel's final recommendations for allocation of the Sustainability Fund in 2019-20, 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 their work towards self-sustainability

(b)         Approve for funding the bids listed under 31 (a) above.

(c)         Approve the recommendations for funding the bids listed under 31 (b) above.

(d)         Approve the recommendations for funding the bids listed under 31 (c) above, subject to conditions as set out in the cross-party panel recommendations (Annex 2). 

(e)         Approve for funding the combined bids listed under 31 (d) above.

(f)           Approve the recommendation to reject the bids listed under 31 (e) above.

(g)         Approve transferring the remaining amount, as set out under 31 (f) above, to the Innovation Fund 2018

(h)         Approve the recommendations set out under 37 (1-5) above.

Recommendations agreed.

There are grant funds available to support the continuation and development of community and voluntary sector daytime support opportunities in Oxfordshire; these funds include the Innovation Fund to support new initiatives and the sustainability fund to support existing services. 

Cabinet considered a report relating to the Sustainability Grant Fund for 2019/20, to support community and voluntary sector daytime support services to continue and flourish.  There is £250,000 available in this fund.

As per the agreed cross-party panel decision making process, the report set out the panel's final recommendations for allocation of the Sustainability Fund in 2019-20, for decision by Cabinet. 

Councillor Stratford moved the recommendations.

Councillor Mark Gray, Cabinet Member for Local Communities, thanked the cross party working group and service users for their involvement. Councillor Gray explained the approach taken by the Working Group in making their recommendations and noted that almost all recommendations had unanimous support of the Working Group members.

RESOLVED:            to:

(a)         Congratulate the voluntary sector for its dedication and commitment to continuing to provide much valued services, and their work towards self-sustainability

(b)         Approve for funding the bids listed under 31 (a) above.

(c)          Approve the recommendations for funding the bids listed under 31 (b) above.

(d)         Approve the recommendations for funding the bids listed under 31 (c) above, subject to conditions as set out in the cross-party panel recommendations (Annex 2). 

(e)         Approve for funding the combined bids listed under 31 (d) above.

(f)           Approve the recommendation to reject the bids listed under 31 (e) above.

(g)         Approve transferring the remaining amount, as set out under 31 (f) above, to the Innovation Fund 2018

(h)         Approve the recommendations set out under 37 (1-5) above.