Decision details

Agreed:

That ExecutiveRECOMMEND that the officer recommendations to Council be amended as follows to approve:-

(1) the 11 recommendations relating to the Community Grants Programme as set out in, section 8.6 of the report and as amended at the meeting .

(2) the five recommendations relating to Wellbeing Exeter as set out in section 8.8 of the report.

(3) the allocation of £154,000 from the NHCIL reserve, to fund the proposed 2024/25 Community Grants programme.

(4) the allocation of £30,970 from the NHCIL reserve, to fund the staffing costs of administering the programme.

(5) the allocation of £275,563 from the NHCIL reserve, to fund the new core Wellbeing Exeter programme in 2024/25.

(6) the allocation of the remaining £760,000 to a general budget under the Community Grants programme and to grant delegate authority to the Portfolio Holder and the Director of Culture, Leisure and Tourism to allocate the additional, available funding from the NHCIL reserve to fund Wellbeing Exeter Enhanced Model to continue community building within Pinhoe and St. James wards which are the areas in the City subject to the greatest housing development.

(7) the allocation of £70,000 of the ring-fenced Wellbeing Exeter reserve to aid the transition to the new core model in 2024/25 and to provide a baseline for other funders to match.

(8) that delegate authority be granted to the Director of Culture, Leisure and Tourism to commission a Lead Organisation to take over from Devon Community Foundation and the co-ordinator of Wellbeing Exeter

(9) that the Portfolio Holder and Director of Culture, Leisure and Tourism be required to update the Executive on the progress of the transition of Wellbeing Exeter and the Community Programme and bring forward recommendations for priorities and spending in 2025/26 by September 2024.

Reason for Decision: As set out in the report and as amended at the meeting.

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