• Decision details

    • Decision details

    To accept funding to continue the Connecting Opportunities project to support migrants in Leeds City Region

    Reference: D49891

    Decision Maker: Director of Communities, Housing & Environment

    Is Key decision?: Yes

    Is subject to call in?: Yes

    Purpose:

    To accept funding to continue the Connecting Opportunities project to support migrants in Leeds City Region Grant funding would be received and re-distributed by the Council to delivery partners to deliver support services for migrants throughout the Leeds City Region.

    Decision:

    The Director of Communities and Environment approved the requests to:

    • Accept a grant agreement from the Community Fund (formerly known as the Big Lottery Fund) to continue manage the Connecting Opportunities programme of support for migrants across Leeds City Region.
    • Extension and Variation to the existing partnership agreements with other organisations for continued local delivery of the Connecting Opportunities programme in accordance with Contracts Procedure Rule 21.1 (contract extensions).
    • The following delivery partner organisations whose contracts will be extended and varied are:
      • The Children's Society
      • Halifax Opportunities Trust
      • Horton Housing Support Limited
      • Leeds Asylum Seekers Support Network [LASSN]
      • Nova Wakefield District Limited
      • PATH Yorkshire
      • SOLACE
      • Touchstone
      • WomenCentre
    • Enter into agreements with other organisations that the Head of Migration Yorkshire believes are required to deliver the Connecting Opportunities programme.
    • Enter into such other documents that the Head of Migration Yorkshire believes are needed to enable Leeds City Council to deliver the Connecting Opportunities programme.

     

    Wards Affected: (All Wards);

    Other reasons / organisations consulted

    Consultation with strategic and delivery partners and funders

    Consultees

    Executive Member for Communities

    Contact: David Brown, Head of Migration Yorkshire 07891 276062 Email: david.2.brown@migrationyorkshire.org.uk.

    Publication date: 12/07/2019

    Date of decision: 22/07/2019

    Effective from: 30/07/2019

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