Issue - decisions

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

12/07/2019 - To accept funding to continue the Connecting Opportunities project to support migrants in Leeds City Region

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.