Issue - decisions

European Structural and Investment Funds Programme 2014-2020: Routeways 2 and WYCA Gainshare Programme to support unemployed and underemployed Leeds residents

07/09/2021 - European Structural and Investment Funds Programme 2014-2020: Routeways 2 and WYCA Gainshare Programme to support unemployed and underemployed Leeds residents

The Director of City Development:

a) Subject to a successful bid outcome, the Director of City Development

has agreed to enter into a formal contract with DWP as part of the Routeways

for Young People Programme and enter into a Service Level Agreement (SLA)

with City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council, Kirklees Council and C&K

Careers as programme Delivery Partners.

b) Approved total expenditure of up to £2.1m by the Council, inclusive of

£1.05m maximum match funding to deliver the Routeways for Young People

Programme between 2021 and end 2023.

c) Agreed to enter into a formal contract with WYCA to accept the £2.06m

Gainshare funding.

d) Noted that the Head of Employment and Skills will be responsible for the

implementation, anticipated to commence in September 2021 and end in

December 2023