Issue - meetings
Local Community Fund (LCF) Project Performance and Annual Update Report – October 2019 – September 2020
Meeting: 26/11/2020 - Grants Determination (Cabinet) Sub-Committee (Item 8)
Additional documents:
- Appendix. 1 LCF Project Summary - Oct 19 - Sep 20, item 8 PDF 496 KB
- Appendix. 2 LCF Annual Report, item 8 PDF 3 MB
- Appendix. 3 Changes to original Funding Agreements, item 8 PDF 280 KB
- Appendix. 4 Equality Analysis - Oct 19 - Sep 20, item 8 PDF 2 MB
- Webcast for Local Community Fund (LCF) Project Performance and Annual Update Report – October 2019 – September 2020
Decision:
Emily Fieran-Reed (Senior Strategy and Policy Manager) and Robert Mee (Programme Analysis & Review Officer) presented the report. Officers outlined the contents of the report and the Appendices. The following issues were noted:
· Appendix 1 looked at the first 12 months of the programme. All of the projects were rated green. It also looked at the impact of Covid - 19 on project delivery, and the infrastructure capacity projects.
· Appendix 2 presented the annual report.
· Appendix 3 contained the funding agreement. The recent assessment found that no significant variations were necessary, only minor changes, as set out in the report.
· Appendix 4 contained the equalities information. It assessed projects against the original equalities assessment.
· Robert Mee thanked Grants Officers for putting together the report in a short timeframe. He also recognised all of the good work that the projects had undertaken during this difficult time.
· It was commented that it was pleasing to see that the LCF programmes catered for all parts of the community from diverse backgrounds, including those most in need and the report contained examples of this.
The Committee also noted the Overview and Scrutiny’s questions on this report, The written answers to the questions would be attached to the minutes
The Committee welcomed the report and also thanked officers and acknowledged the hard work of all the various community organisations during these difficult times.
RESOLVED:
1. Note the performance of the Local Community Fund programme as set out in 3.2 to 3.4 and Appendix 1 and 2 for Oct 19 – Sep 20.
Minutes:
Emily Fieran-Reed (Senior Strategy and Policy Manager) and Robert Mee (Programme Analysis & Review Officer) presented the report. Officers outlined the contents of the report and the Appendices. The following issues were noted:
· Appendix 1 looked at the first 12 months of the programme. All of the projects were rated green. It also looked at the impact of Covid - 19 on project delivery, and the infrastructure capacity projects.
· Appendix 2 presented the annual report.
· Appendix 3 contained the funding agreement. The recent assessment found that no significant variations were necessary, only minor changes, as set out in the report.
· Appendix 4 contained the equalities information. It assessed projects against the original equalities assessment.
· Robert Mee thanked Grants Officers for putting together the report in a short timeframe. He also recognised all of the good work that the projects had undertaken during this difficult time.
· It was commented that it was pleasing to see that the LCF programmes catered for all parts of the community from diverse backgrounds, including those most in need and the report contained examples of this.
The Committee also noted the Overview and Scrutiny’s questions on this report, The written answers to the questions would be attached to the minutes
The Committee welcomed the report and also thanked officers and acknowledged the hard work of all the various community organisations during these difficult times.
RESOLVED:
1. Note the performance of the Local Community Fund programme as set out in 3.2 to 3.4 and Appendix 1 and 2 for Oct 19 – Sep 20.