Decision details

Voluntary, Community and Faith Sector Strategic Grants Criteria

Decision Maker: Executive

Decision status: Recommendations Approved

Is Key decision?: No

Is subject to call in?: Yes

Purpose:

Strategic grants provide a contribution towards core costs for Voluntary, Community and Faith Sector (VCFS) organisations, working in the borough, who meet the criteria.

Decision:

RESOLVED that Executive –

 

(i)             Approves the recommended criteria for awarding Strategic Grants to the voluntary, community and faith sector, as set out at Annex 1;

(ii)           Approves the proposal that the Strategic Grants fund of £0.184 million in 2024/25 remains unchanged in 2025/26, subject to final decisions on the 2025/26 budget by Council in February 2025;

(iii)         Agrees that decisions about the organisations that are awarded a grant and the amount awarded to them, against the agreed criteria, be delegated to the Community Partnerships Head of Service in consultation with the Portfolio Holder for Community Development & Prosperity under with the Scheme of Delegation in the Constitution.

Corporate Priorities : Supporting residents to enjoy healthy and happy lifestyles.;

Wards Affected: (All Wards);

Contact: Yvonne Parish, Project and Performance Officer Email: Yvonne.Parish@reigate-banstead.gov.uk Tel: 01737 276007.

Report author: Yvonne Parish

Publication date: 20/09/2024

Date of decision: 19/09/2024

Decided at meeting: 19/09/2024 - Executive

Effective from: 28/09/2024

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