Decision details

RESOLVED:

That Cabinet approve:

1.  The timetable for the Hackney Voluntary and Community Sector Open Grants Programme for 2023/24.

2.  That the following funding streams can be launched through the programme:

a.  Community Infrastructure core grants of up to £19,800 per year for two years with allocation of these grants subject to Cabinet approval in July 2023

b.  Project Grants (including the Public Health Physical Activity Grants) for up to £20,000 for one or two years from April 2023

c.  Community Chest grants for up to £1,000 for one year for short term projects or one-off activities from April 2023 (with four grant rounds spread throughout the year)

d.  Children and Young people activity based grants of up to £20,000 over one year totalling £225,000 from April 2023

3.  That the funding of advice services in the borough for three years following an open and competitive programme as set out in Appendix Two, totalling £922,500 and the use of remaining advice grant budget to meet some of the identified gaps in provision.

4.  That the one year funding for Specialist grants totalling £719,066 as set out in Appendix One.

5.  That in regards to Community Infrastructure grants to

a.  award a second year of funding (of a total of three) for existing Community Infrastructure organisations at £19,800 each per annum, which includes a 10% uplift (see Appendix One)

b.  award those organisations in receipt of Community Infrastructure grant in 2022/23 an increase of the in-year funding by £3,000 to provide a total of £18,000

c.  carry over £25,000 development funding that can be deployed to support development and capacity building to enable gaps in geography or community to be addressed.

6.  To set aside £200,000 of the grant programme budget provision for financial intervention for organisations at risk of closure and delegate authority to approve grants to the Head of Policy and Strategic Delivery in consultation with the Portfolio Holder for Health, adult social care, voluntary sector and leisure.

7.  To contribute to the London borough’s grant scheme administered by London Councils 2023/24 and note that the contribution will be in the region of £208,093.

8.  To delegate authority to approve the Project Grants 2023/24 including Community Chest, Physical Activity and Children and Young People’s Grants, as well as the deployment of resources to address and/or meet any gaps in Advice Services or Community Infrastructure grants, to the Head of Policy and Strategic Delivery in consultation with the Portfolio Holder for Health, adult social care, voluntary sector and leisure, and the Portfolio Holder for education, young people and children’s social care