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Cabinet Member: Adult Social Care & Public Health

Forward Plan Ref: 2019/056

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

Report by Director for Adult Services (CA17).

This report relates to the Innovation & Sustainability Funds for Support; administered by Adult Social Care to support the development of daytime opportunities for adults in Oxfordshire. These funds help support people to live well at home and in their communities.

It was agreed at Cabinet on March 19, 2019, that a review of the Innovation and Sustainability Funds process and timeline for future grant funding takes place prior to re-opening, and that this should include some detailed recommendations.

The amounts available for the period of April 2020 to March 2021 are £100,000 for the Innovation Fund and £250,000 for the Sustainability Fund.

Both funds have increased in popularity and it was deemed an appropriate time to review the application forms, criteria and process to enable us to improve our offer and to meet increased demand.

The review included holding a listening workshop, an on-line survey, meeting with colleagues whom support the grant process from beginning to end and obtaining specific feedback from the first cohort of successful applicants to the Innovation Fund, for an update on their progress to date and future plans, as they near the end of their funding period.

The information gathered from the above activities has enabled us to make these recommendations, for final decision by Cabinet on July 16, 2019, which will shape and improve the grant applications, guidelines, and the award selection and decision-making processes.

Cabinet is RECOMMENDED to:

(a)      Approve the recommendations set out under 27 (a-h)

(b)      Reallocate the remaining amount, as set out under 27 (h) to the next round of the Innovation Fund.

Recommendations agreed.

Cabinet had before it a report with recommendations following a  review of the Innovation & Sustainability Funds for Support; administered by Adult Social Care to support the development of daytime opportunities for adults in Oxfordshire. These funds helped support people to live well at home and in their communities.

The review included holding a listening workshop, an on-line survey, meeting with colleagues whom support the grant process from beginning to end and obtaining specific feedback from the first cohort of successful applicants to the Innovation Fund, for an update on their progress to date and future plans, as they neared the end of their funding period.

Cabinet was advised of a correction to Annex 2 where refernce to minisub should be corrected to read minibus.

Councillor Lawrie Stratford, Cabinet Member for Adult Social care & Public Health moved the recommendations

RESOLVED:  to:

(a)      approve the recommendations set out under 27 (a-h);

(b)      Reallocate the remaining amount, as set out under 27 (h) to the next round of the Innovation Fund.