Issue - decisions

Date of Decision:

19^th September 2023

Title:

Approval of the allocation of Multiply Grants for 2023/24 and 2024/25

Decision Maker:

(Including Job Title)

Simon Moss

Assistant Director, Planning, Regeneration and Transport 

Specific Delegation:

(If any)

Sub Scheme of Delegation – Strategic Director Regeneration and Environment; Delegated to Assistant Director – Planning, Regeneration and Transport, and Head of RIDO.

Bidding for external funding and grant aid, special financial packages for economic development/regeneration for both revenue and capital schemes, and their subsequent implementation

Cabinet approved the following recommendations on 19^th June 2023.

1. Approve the acceptance and planned spend of an annual Multiply grant of £408,000 from SYMCA, for each of the years 2023/24 and 2024/25.

2. Delegates authority to the Assistant Director of Planning, Regeneration and Transport in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Jobs and the Local Economy, to agree grant awards, within the terms and conditions of the funding, to colleges, community organisations and other training providers to deliver the agreed learning activity and outputs for the Programme.

Brief Description of Decision:

To approve the allocation of Multiply grants to a range of delivery organisations.

Reasons for the Decision:

To allow the awarding of grants to local voluntary and community organisations to provide numeracy support to local residents, with a focus on those furthest from employment.

Details of alternative options considered and rejected:

Do nothing: This would mean the grant would not be received and the activity not delivered; to the disbenefit of Rotherham residents

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

None

Dispensations Granted:

(If any)

Reports or parts of reports considered

Approval of the allocation of Multiply Grants for 2023/24 and 2024/25 and appendices

Cabinet Report ‘Multiply Programme’, 19^th June 2023