Issue - decisions

Date of Decision:

15^th October 2025

Title:

Children's Capital of Culture Family Learning Community Grants

Decision Maker:

(Including Job Title)

Polly Hamilton, Assistant Director Culture Sport and Tourism

Details of Specific Delegation

or

Delegation contained in the relevant Sub-Scheme of Delegation.

Sub-Scheme of Delegation – Strategic Director of Regeneration and Environment

·       Authorisation of grants up to a value of £25000 according to the Council’s criteria for cultural, leisure and events grants (Pg32)

• The implementation of any functions associated with any grant/funding regime, including, but not limited to, National Grants/funding, SYMCA funds, Grants & Programmes and European Funding/Grants. (Pg22)  

Decision:

Award Children’s Capital of Culture Family Learning Community Grants to twelve organisations recommended by the Family Learning Commissioning Panel.

Reasons for the Decision:

Rotherham Museums, Arts & Heritage Service has been commissioned by the Cultural Partnership Board to

deliver a programme of family learning activities as part of its

Arts Council England Place Partnership Funding.

The family learning programme includes targeted

interventions bringing care homes and early years settings

together and two rounds of open grants to support grass

roots community organisations to deliver family learning

programmes locally programme between major events. This

decision relates to the second round of application to spend

the remaining £14, 098 of the funding.

The closed round of family learning grants received 2

applications, of which 2 met the criteria and 2 are

recommended for approval. The remaining funding will be

used for two community network events and targeted

commissions.

Details of alternative options considered and rejected:

Do Nothing – Without the grants programme the Museums, Arts & Heritage service would not be able to deliver a Family Programme to the scale and diversity required by the Arts Council England funding as set out in the original bid proposal. In addition, many of the groups supported would not have the capacity to deliver grass roots activities to the scale and quality proposed in the programmes above.

Conflicts of interest declared by any Cabinet Member consulted by the decision maker which relates to the decision:

No conflicts of interest declared.

Dispensations Granted:

(If any)

n/a

Conflicts of interest declared by the Decision Maker if they sit as a Cabinet appointed representative to an outside body which relates to the decision:

No conflicts of interest declared.

Dispensations Granted:

(If any)

n/a

Reports or parts of reports considered

Children’s Capital of Culture Family Learning Grants

Appendix 1   Equality Screening and Analysis Part A & B

Appendix 2   Carbon Impact Assessment