The Director of Communities, Housing and Environment approved:
i) Receipt of the grant allocation of £3,812,144 from DLUCH for the period 1st April 2023 – 31st March 2025 (£1,888,259 for 2023/24 and £1,923,885 for 2024/25)
ii) In accordance with PCR Regulation 72(1)(c):
· DN194503 (Lot 1): £839,788 to Leeds Women’s Aid for the Leeds Domestic Violence Service
· DN194503 (Lot 2): £734,076 to Leeds Women’s Aid for the Leeds Domestic Violence Service
· DN199026: £124,689 to Turning Lives Around for the Beacon Service
iii) In accordance with PCR Regulations 72(1)(f) and Regulation 72(5):
· DN421340: £344,182 to Gipsil Limited for the Our Way Leeds Service
· DN415655: £87,274 to Basis Yorkshire
iv) Grant allocations to the following organisations
· Up to £490,020 to Leeds Women’s Aid to provide additional support to people living in the independent LWA refuge
· Up to £510,874 to Leeds Women’s Aid to continue developing, managing and funding the Sanctuary Support Team which includes workers from a number of community based organisations
· Up to £106,191 to St Anne’s Community Services to provide domestic abuse support to the people they support through their accommodation based housing services
v) An allocation of £673,426 to Leeds City Council (Safer Stronger Communities and Leeds Housing Options (LHO)) to fund the staff resource required to undertake the administrative function of the Statutory Duty and to continue the specialist domestic abuse team within LHO
vi) that the remaining funding relating to this decision will be allocated via Significant Operational or Administrative Decisions as appropriate