The Director of Children & Families agreed to:
· Approve expenditure by the Council as Lead Partner for the Building Better Opportunties Programme, totalling approximately £3,500,000 over two years (2017-2019);
· Enter into partnership agreements with third sector organisations to award on a grants basis funds totalling approximately £3m to deliver the programme over a period of two years, subject to satisfactory performance; and
· Note that the Head of Commissioning and Market Management is responsible for the implementation of these decisions within the timescales proposed by the Big Lottery.