Issue details
Ageing Well Small Grants - 2017/18
PDF 81 KBTo agree to the process of inviting applicants for the 2017/18 Ageing Well Small Grants fund which aims to provide financial support to groups providing social activities and peer support to older people in the borough.
A decision is required to ensure that all award payments are able to be made before the end of the 2017/18 Financial Year from which the budget has been allocated.
Decision type: Key
Decision status: Recommendations Approved (subject to call-in process)
Wards affected: (All Wards);
Notice of proposed decision first published: 08/08/2017
Open/Exempt: Open;
Decision due: 6 Sep 17 by Grants Scrutiny Sub-Committee
Decision due: 12 Sep 17 by Grants Determination (Cabinet) Sub-Committee
Lead member: Deputy Mayor and Cabinet Member for Health and Adult Services
Lead director: Corporate Director, Health, Adults and Community
Department: Health, Adults and Community
Contact: Keith Burns, (Programme Director Special Projects, Commissioning & Health) Email: keith.burns@towerhamlets.gov.uk.
Consultation process
Organisations in receipt of a Small Grant in 2016/17 have been consulted around the scope of grant funding and process for applying. Discussions with officers from the Third Sector Team have taken place to ensure that the grant fund meets all relevant requirements in relation to running a grants programme.
All organisations who received a grant from the 2016/17 Adults’ Services Small Grants for Pensioners’ Groups programme have been written to, inviting comments on the process and scope of the grant fund. A number of groups have also been visited by a relevant Council officer.
Decisions
- 19/09/2017 - Ageing Well Small Grants - 2017/18
Agenda items
- 12/09/2017 - Grants Determination (Cabinet) Sub-Committee Ageing Well Small Grants - 2017/18 12/09/2017