Decision details

To commission Haringey Basketball Association under CSO 8.02 to manage the commission of an environmental health and wellbeing programme for a 12-month period across Broadwater Farm and Northumberland Park that will provide training opportunities and peer to peer development. The commission is for £4,000.

There is a disconnect between the community’s interaction with their local environment and civic pride and community ownership. Working in partnership with Haringey Community Gold and Homes for Haringey, a programme has been developed that will increase community ownership of the local environment increasing knowledge and skills in the benefits of environmental action that this commission will support. Thus actively engaging the community and increasing social capital and civic pride.

The other option would be to not commission the programme which would result in loss of funding.
1) Do nothing – The community will not be engaged and other mechanisms to increase community ownership and co-management of community spaces will need to be considered. Could result in the loss of funding. The TCA fund was secured in 2014 of which a large portion of the fund has been spent to delivery Socio Economic projects that enhance community benefit.
2) Go out to competitive tender –delivery of this programme has delayed by 12 months due to Covid-19. Going out to competitive tender would unnecessarily lengthen the process at a time when the council should act quickly to promote and deliver projects that enhance physical and mental wellbeing and utilisation of a local provider increases local social value. This process is also not required under CSOs as the contract is below £10k.