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One Borough One Future

 

 

Meeting: 18/12/2012 - Cabinet (Item 306)

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(Report of the Director for  Adult and Housing Services. To be introduced by the Leader of the Council): The report recommends awarding a level of funding for 5 projects, following an application process of 2 phases. An Innovation Panel of cross-party members has judged all applications and selected the final successful projects.

 

 

Additional documents:

Minutes:

Cabinet considered a report, introduced by the Leader of the Council, which sought agreement to the award of funding to five projects from the One Borough, One Future Fund.

 

The Leader noted that over three hundred applications had been received for funding, which had been considered by a cross party panel of Members and thanked the Members and officers that had been involved for their contribution. 

 

RESOLVED:

 

That approval be given to the awarding of funding, as set out below, to the following five projects, from the One Borough One Future Fund, with the  Funding would be awarded to all projects in phases, with progress and performance against agreed targets to be reviewed at the end of each phase before further funding was released:

 

  1. Family Action – for a sum of up to £299,455
  2. Quaker Social Action – for a sum of up to £285,540
  3. Carbon Management, London Borough of Haringey – for a sum of up to £45,000
  4. Women Like Us and Community Development Foundation – for a sum of up to £20,000 for a feasibility study (originally funding request of £350,279)
  5. Worklife – for a sum of up to £18,750 for a feasibility study (originally funding request of £288,750)

 

Alternative Options Considered

The One Borough One Future Fund was set up to challenge current service provision, and to create a space to innovate by funding pilot projects. The initiative in itself has been a new and bold approach for the Council, deemed necessary to ensure that services align with the changing needs of residents in the Borough.

 

All other applications at both Phase 1 and Phase 2 of the selection process have been considered and assessed, based on the criteria set out in Section 5. The recommended final projects have been selected from those applicants, on account of these merits. 

 

Reasons for Decision

A £1.2m budget for the One Borough One Future Fund was approved at Full Council’s budget setting meeting on 24 February 2012 and increased to £1.5m by approval of Cabinet on 12 June 2012. The decision is now being taken to award an initial level of funding to projects recommended by the Innovation Panel of cross-party Members, following a two-phase application process. This decision will enable projects to commence their first stage of implementation or development in January 2013.