Issue details
One-off Restart Small Grants for Community Languages Providers
The report puts forward a proposal to launch a
one-off small grants programme for community languages providers
that plan to restart mother tongue classes from 201/22 academic
year.
The proposal is for the East End Community Foundation, EECF (who
already run the small grants programme on behalf of LBTH) to manage
this small grants programme of £120k to support voluntary
sector providers of community languages classes (mother tongue
classes) with a one-off small restart grant. There are around 30
provider organisations in Tower Hamlets that would be eligible for
this funding and it would be a closed application process with a
maximum grant of £3-4k. There would be an additional fee of
8% fee to EECF for the administration of the funds.
The report sets out the purpose, criteria and funding available and
EECF’s role in managing the process of assessing the
applications and distributing the funds in the autumn term 2021/22.
It will also propose that a further final report on how the funds
were spent be considered by the Grants Determination sub-committee
later in 2022, once the academic year is complete.
Decision type: Non-key
Decision status: Issue Closed in System
Wards affected: (All Wards);
Notice of proposed decision first published: 03/08/2021
Open/Exempt: Open;
Decision due: 1 Sep 21 by Grants Determination (Cabinet) Sub-Committee
Lead member: (Deputy Mayor and Cabinet Member for Children, Youth Services, Education and Equalities (Statutory Deputy Mayor)
Lead director: Corporate Director, Children and Culture
Department: Children and Culture
Contact: Judith St John, (Director, Commissioning and Culture, Children’s Services) Email: judith.stjohn@towerhamlets.gov.uk.
Consultation process
1. Original consultation carried out prior to
the Cabinet decision in December 2019.
2. Survey of the community languages providers carried out in May
2021.
Consultees
The community languages providers (third
sector organisations) and parents of children attending the mother
tongue were consulted.
Has an Equality Analysis been carried out and if so the result of this Assessment?: Yes. The Equality Impact Assessment was undertaken as part of the original Cabinet decision in December 2019
Agenda items
- 01/09/2021 - Grants Determination (Cabinet) Sub-Committee One-off Restart Small Grants for Community Languages Providers 01/09/2021
Documents
- One-off Restart Small Grants for Community Languages Providers