Agenda item

To receive the report of the West North West Area Leader the report is to update Members on the projects funded through the Inner West Wellbeing Fund and Youth Activities Fund budgets. It asks Members to decommission projects that have not progressed, and includes three new applications and proposals to commission the remainder of the Youth Activities Fund budget.

The report of the West North West Area Leader provided the Community Committee with an update on the projects funded through the Inner West Wellbeing Fund and Youth Activities Fund budgets. It asked Members to decommission projects that have progressed, and included three new applications and proposals to commission the remainder of the Youth Activities Fund budget.

The deadline for applications for Wellbeing funding 2015/16 was 28^th January 2015.

Members were informed that most projects were progressing as planned with some positive outcomes for communities in the Inner West area. Monitoring information was presented at Appendix 1 of the submitted report.

Members were asked to consider decommissioning those projects which had not progressed or had spent less than expected so balances could be returned to the ward budgets. The projects were listed at 4 of the submitted report.

Members were informed that CASAC had ceased trading with burglary decreased across the city.

The Committee were asked to consider new proposals for the existing project for Armley and Bramley Apprenticeship Project and confirm if this project should be delivered through the two ‘Our Place’ programmes.

Members discussed the Armley and Bramley Apprenticeship Project requesting Area Support to provide information on Ahead Partnership. More discussion will take place on this matter at the next General Purposes meeting with a view to reviewing the boundaries of the project.

Members attention was drawn to 7 of the submitted report which highlighted the Wellbeing balances including the underspends listed at paragraph 4 of the submitted report, the remaining balances were as follows:

·  Armley  £35,269

·  Bramley & Stanningley  £10,549

·  Kirkstall  £3,500

Two new Wellbeing applications had been received:

·  Gotts Park Golf Club requested £5,000 to support the purchase of equipment and develop a café for all users of the park.

·  AIM Education who provide sports coaching and alternative education for young people who have low attendance or behaviour issues requested £4,310 to run an activity programme. The programme would be one day a week for twelve weeks for young people from Bramley and Stanningley in years 8 and 9 who are referred by schools. A member of the AIM Education staff was in attendance at the meeting and explained what the programme entailed and informed the Committee that the funding would be used to pay for staff time and room hire. The project would also be supported by two young volunteers who are not currently in work or training.

Members attention was drawn to Appendix 3 of the submitted report which provided the Committee with monitoring information for the projects supported by the Youth Activities Fund.

Members were asked to consider decommissioning the following two projects which had not progressed:

·  Herd Farm mini residential and three on site activity days

·  EQ Music Making course

Area Support informed the Committee that if the projects were decommissioned the remaining balances of the Youth Activity Fund would be as follows:

  Armley  £2,008

  Bramley & Stanningley  £8,028

  Kirkstall  £6,814

 It was proposed that the funding would be used for the provision of activities during the Easter holidays.

RECOMMENDED- That approval be given to provide the appropriate officer with authority to take a delegated decision in line with the recommendations below and in consultation with the Chair:

a)  To review the monitoring information for projects funded in 2014/15

b)  To decommission the projects listed at paragraph of the submitted report

c)  To change the focus of the projects at paragraphs 5 and 6 of the submitted report

d)  To approve the new applications listed at paragraphs 8 and 9 of the submitted report

e)  To review the monitoring information for the Youth Activities Fund at Appendix 2 of the submitted report

f)  To decommission the Youth Activities projects listed at paragraph 10 of the submitted report

g)  To commission the remainder of the Youth Activities Fund as described in paragraphs 13 and 14 of the submitted reports