Issue - decisions

Authority to establish the Positive Destinations Grant Fund and enter into competitive application process.

18/10/2019 - Authority to establish the Positive Destinations Grant Fund and enter into competitive application process.

The Director of Children and Families agreed to:

• authorise the establishment of a Positive Destinations Grant Programme and award four locality based grants of £50,000 each to voluntary sector providers who have the highest scoring grant applications following a competitive application process; and

• approve a one year grant programme with the option to extend for a further six or twelve months until the end of the youth work review and completion of the subsequent commissioning activity up to a total potential value of £400,000.