Decision details

Approval to hold fund on behalf of Public Health England towards grant funded purchase a building for Leeds BRiC Centre

Reference: D42902

Decision Maker: Director of Public Health

Is Key decision?: Yes

Is subject to call in?: Yes

Purpose:

Request approval for injection of £382,000 into the Capital Programme and request Authority to Spend £382,000.

 

The funding is from the Public Health England Capital Grant 2014/15.  The application was supported by Doug Meeson (Chief Finance Officer) and Ian Cameron in January 2015.

This is a key decision as expenditure is over £250,000.

Decision:

The Director of Public Health gave approval to inject £382,000  into the Capital Programme and gave Authority to Spend the same £382,000 so that DISC (Developing Initiatives Support communities) are able to use the capital funding to purchase a building in Leeds from which a recovery centre can be developed as described in DISC’s application to the Public Health England capital funding programme. The building will be owned and operated by DISC and their purchase of the building will not create any additional capital or revenue investment by the Council. 

 

Reason Key: Expenditure > £250,000;

Wards Affected: (All Wards);

If the decision has not been published in the List of Forthcoming Key Decisions for at least 28 clear days, the reason why it would be impracticable to delay the decision:: This decision was published on the forthcoming list of decisions on 27 August 2015

Other reasons / organisations consulted

DISC, in partnership with BARCA Leeds, St Martins Healthcare, St Anne’s Community Services and Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, have recently been awarded the Leeds Community Drug and Alcohol Prevention, Treatment and Recovery Service. As part of the procurement process the partnership undertook extensive Service User consultation to ensure that the new recovery service effectively addressed the needs of individuals in Leeds.

Initial consultation included a service user focus group and a service user questionnaire with over 70 respondents.  The proposed model is based on the feedback received from service users. The approach taken addresses current gaps in service provision and will provide those in recovery with additional space and time to develop the recovery capital needed to achieve, sustain and inspire recovery.

Consultees

Cllr Mulherin

Key partners and stakeholders (alcohol and drug service providers, service users and members of the recovery community)

Contact: Ian Street, Commissioning and Contracts Officer Telephone 0113 247 5062 Email: ian.street@leeds.gov.uk.

Publication date: 20/11/2015

Date of decision: 30/11/2015

Effective from: 08/12/2015

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