Issue - meetings
MSG Performance Report October 2019 – March 2020
Meeting: 09/09/2020 - Grants Determination (Cabinet) Sub-Committee (Item 6)
6 MSG Performance Report October 2019 – March 2020 PDF 249 KB
Additional documents:
- Enc. 1 for MSG Performance Report October 2019 – March 2020, item 6 PDF 105 KB
- OSC Questions and responses, item 6 PDF 220 KB
Decision:
Robert Mee (Programme Analysis and Review Officer) presented the report. This was the final performance report and covered the MSG extension agreed by Cabinet.
Councillor Tarik Khan (Scrutiny Lead, Resources) advised of the Overview and Scrutiny’s questions on this report, regarding the low take up of the MSG Rent Subsidy scheme, expected participation in the Community Benefit Rent Reduction (CBRR) scheme and whether this was temporary.
In response the following information was noted.
- That the aims of the MSG Rent Subsidy scheme were to provide temporary support to organisations, to prevent large rent increases when agreeing a new lease.
- Only two MSG organisations qualified for support (of the groups listed in the report) - Stifford Centre and Our Base.
- Our Base had discontinued. Therefore, only Stifford Centre participated in the scheme.
- MSG Rent Subsidy was set up as a temporary scheme while the Community Benefit Rent Reduction (CBRR) scheme was developed and implemented.
- To date 11 groups had been awarded funding from the CBRR scheme with one group currently receiving the benefit.
- The other groups need to have their leases finalised before payments can be released.
- The CBRR is a permanent scheme for VCS groups in Council premises, that could demonstrate that they were providing a community benefit.
- Ongoing updates would be provided to the Committee as part of the VCS project updates.
- It was also noted that a video had been prepared showing MSG project outcomes and this could be recirculated.
Written responses to the questions are attached at Appendix 1.
In response, Members noted the amount of work that had gone into the MSG programme and thanked Officers for this. They also acknowledged the wider programme of support provided by the Council to groups, in addition to the Grants programme, which included commissioning and working with partners.
DECISION:
1. Note the performance of the Mainstream Grants (MSG) programme as set out in 3.3 – 3.6 and the premises update 3.7 – 3.9 of the report.
Minutes:
Robert Mee (Programme Analysis and Review Officer) presented the report. This was the final performance report and covered the MSG extension agreed by Cabinet.
Councillor Tarik Khan (Scrutiny Lead, Resources) advised of the Overview and Scrutiny’s questions on this report, regarding the low take up of the MSG Rent Subsidy scheme, expected participation in the Community Benefit Rent Reduction (CBRR) scheme and whether this was temporary.
In response the following information was noted.
- That the aims of the MSG Rent Subsidy scheme were to provide temporary support to organisations, to prevent large rent increases when agreeing a new lease.
- Only two MSG organisations qualified for support (of the groups listed in the report) - Stifford Centre and Our Base.
- Our Base had discontinued. Therefore, only Stifford Centre participated in the scheme.
- MSG Rent Subsidy was set up as a temporary scheme while the Community Benefit Rent Reduction (CBRR) scheme was developed and implemented.
- To date 11 groups had been awarded funding from the CBRR scheme with one group currently receiving the benefit.
- The other groups need to have their leases finalised before payments can be released.
- The CBRR is a permanent scheme for VCS groups in Council premises, that could demonstrate that they were providing a community benefit.
- Ongoing updates would be provided to the Committee as part of the VCS project updates.
- It was also noted that a video had been prepared showing MSG project outcomes and this could be recirculated.
Written responses to the questions are attached at Appendix 1.
In response, Members noted the amount of work that had gone into the MSG programme and thanked Officers for this. They also acknowledged the wider programme of support provided by the Council to groups, in addition to the Grants programme, which included commissioning and working with partners.
DECISION:
1. Note the performance of the Mainstream Grants (MSG) programme as set out in 3.3 – 3.6 and the premises update 3.7 – 3.9 of the report.