Decision details
Positive Activities for Young People (PAYP) - October/Dec & Feb half-term
Decision Maker: Commissioners' Decision Making Meeting
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: Yes
Is subject to call in?: No
Purpose:
The commissioners are requested to approve recommendations of the independent PAYP/YOF grant board to allocate Grants up to a maximum £2,000 to organisations which have been assessed by external independent officers and LBTH officers, moderated by officer from VCTH.
The decisions are required in order that the Council is able to deliver a successful holiday programme during October/December and February to keep young people engaged in positive activities during these holiday periods
Decision:
Hasan Faruq, Interim Service Development Manager, introduced the report which concerned recommendations from the PAYP Grant Board to approve awards for 17 organisations to provide holiday activities for families with limited resources during the holiday periods (October and December 2015 and February 2016). He noted that application concerned the north east of the borough where provision was under represented.
The Chair invited Members to comment on the proposal. Councillor Golds indicated that he had no comments that he wished to make.
Councillor Saunders advised that she supported the application but was concerned that the report had not been shared with, her prior to the meeting, in her capacity as Cabinet Member for Education and Children’s Services. The Matter was discussed. Commissioner Max Caller advised that Commissioners supported the principles that Lead Members should be able to view reports relating to their portfolios and that Commissioners should receive Member feedback on the merits of applications. Responding to the Mayor, the Chair clarified that Commissioners’ role was to determine grants in accordance with the directions of the Secretary of State. In doing this, Commissioners have taken steps to involve elected Members through the Cross-party Forum and through informal meetings with the Lead Member for Third Sector grants and all other Members.
RESOLVED
1. That the recommendations of the PAYP Commissioning Board be approved, to allocate grants up to a maximum £2,000 for 15 organisations and up to £3,500 for 2 SEND projects (a total 17 organisations) as highlighted green in Appendix 1 to the report.
- That new advertisements be placed in East End Life for the holiday periods December 2015 and February 2016 to seek organisations to provide activities in the North East of the borough.
Report author: Andy Bamber
Publication date: 04/11/2015
Date of decision: 21/10/2015
Decided at meeting: 21/10/2015 - Commissioners' Decision Making Meeting
Accompanying Documents:
- 20151005 KR Commissioners Report - Positive Activities for Young People - HF accepted track changes PDF 117 KB
- Appendix 1 – PAYP Assessment sheet - Oct-dec -Feb PDF 137 KB
- Appendix 2 – PAYP Application Form PDF 120 KB
- Appendix 3 – PAYP Guidance Notes PDF 2 MB
- Appendix 4 Equality Analysis Quality Assurance Checklist v2 PDF 62 KB
- Appendix 5 Equality Impact Assessment v2 PDF 206 KB