Agenda item
MSG Project Performance Update Report - Period 6, January - March 2017
Minutes:
Steve Hill, Head of the Benefits Service, presented the quarterly performance report relating to the Main Stream Grant (MSG) Project for September 2015 through to August 2018.
The programme is made up of 5 broad themes covering a range of activities and services;
Project performance for this period (January to March 2017) presently shows there are 18 Red rated projects and 5 Amber rated projects.
Steve Hill proceeded to provide updates with regard to those organisations rated Red or Amber.
Theme 1 – Children and Young People
There are 56 live projects within this theme of which 9 are Red rated and 2 are rated Amber.
Red rated project are:
· Teviot British Bangladeshi Association (TBBA) – Opportunity – Online Monitoring Return not submitted for the quarter
· Osmani Trust - Shaathi Family Support Programme – Online Monitoring Return not submitted for the quarter
· Island House Community Centre - Island House YOU Project – Online Monitoring Return not submitted for the quarter
· Our Base LTD - One Stop Youth Service – Online Monitoring Return not submitted for the quarter / Ongoing premises issues
· Shadwell Basin Outdoor Activity Centre - Girls Can Adventure - Shadwell Basin Outdoor Activity Centre – Online Monitoring Return not submitted for the quarter
· Pollyanna Training Theatre – Musical theatre and Performance Arts Course – Performance issues / further verification required
· Children’sEducation Group– BernerFootball Academy – Premises issues / Performance issues (project halted due to suspension of grant)
· Community of Refugees from Vietnam - East London – Home-School Liaison Project - Premises issue
Amber rated project are:
· CubittTown Bangladeshi CulturalAssociation – performance related issues but the organisation has submitted a significant variation request.
· Half Moon Young People's Theatre – performance related as organisation has increased its fees for beneficiaries without consultation.
Theme 2 – Routeways to Employment & Welfare Advice
There are 20 projects with 4 rated Red and 1 rated Amber
Three of these are due to premises issues, one due to monitoring returns not being submitted and consequently not being able to be assessed and one as the organisation owes money to the council.
- Island House Community Centre - ABLE - Adult Basic Learning & Employment - Readiness Project - Online Monitoring Return not submitted for the quarter
- Bromley By Bow Centre - Integrated Generalist Advice Service for the North East Cluster – Debtor issues
- Legal Advice Centre - Social Welfare Advice - NW Ward Cluster (LAP 1 and 2 ) – Premises issues
- Citizens Advice Bureau – Premises issue.
There is one Amber rated project.
- Princes Trust – Bridging the gap - performance issues.
Theme 3 – Health and Wellbeing
This theme is made up of 35 live projects, of which 5 are rated Red and 1 is rated Amber.
TheRed ratedprojects are:
· BethnalGreen WeightliftingClub – Bethnal Green Weightlifting Club Online Monitoring Return not submitted for the quarter/Premises issues
· Children Education Group – Harkness Luncheon Club - Premises issues/ performance issue.
· Island House Community Centre - Health & Wellbeing Project 2015-18 – Online Monitoring Return not submitted for the quarter
· Toynbee Hall – Wellbeing in Tower Hamlets – Performance issues
· Bromley by Bow – Fit for all – Debtor issue
The Amberrated projectfor theme3 is:
· Green Candle Dance Company – performance related issues.
Theme 4 – Third Sector Organisational Development
This theme consists of 3 projects all of which are rated Green.
Theme 5 – Community, Engagement, Cohesion and Resilience
This theme is made up of 10 projects. One project is rated Red and one is rated Amber.
TheRed ratedprojects are:
· City Gateway – Premises issue.
TheAmber ratedproject is:
· SomaliParents andChildren’s PlayAssociation –Somali women engagementforum – performance related.
Members of the Sub-Committee made the following comments and asked questions relating to the report.
· With regards to Pollyanna Training Theatre, is the red rating due to lease issues?
· With respect to organisations missing their monitoring return deadlines – point 3.27 in report – are you flexible or do they need to meet the deadline line strictly? It was noted that the service would provide earlier deadlines to organisations to ensure timely performance reporting.
· Do you send organisations reminder emails or help them with the completion of returns? This is done and performance information is chased but that there were genuine justifiable reasons why some organisations could not return information e.g. locked out of their building.
The Sub-Committee NOTED the report and agreed for the report to be discussed further at the Grants Determination Sub-Committee meeting of 9th May 2017.
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