Lead Member – Councillor Nicholas Bardsley – Portfolio Holder for Children and Young People

Report of the Director of Place and Enterprise

Contact: George Candler   Tel: 01743 258671

RESOLVED:

1. That the feedback from the recent consultation on the LJC funding allocations for the commissioning of youth activity proposed in the Cabinet Report of 18^th October 2017 be acknowledged.

2. That the proposed LJC funding allocations be confirmed for the commissioning of youth activities in 2018/19 that have been revised as a result of the feedback received through the consultation (as detailed at 5.9 within the report)

3. That the intention to work with partners over the next 12 months to develop an integrated approach to the provision of universal and targeted youth activities within the context of the wider review of early help services be approved, recognising that there will be new arrangements from 2019/20 onwards, which could include a further budgetary reduction.

4. That the delegation to the Head of Infrastructure and Communities be confirmed in consultation with the Portfolio Holder for Children and Young People to confirm the final design of the revised rurality needs grant scheme.
   
   

The Portfolio Holder for Children and Young People presented a report from the Director of Place and Enterprise setting out the responses to the public consultation on the proposed changes to the

funding allocations to support the commissioning of youth activity.  The consultation feedback demonstrated that there was strong support for the council continuing to fund youth activities in rural areas, keeping rurality considerations in the funding formula and continuing to offer grants to small voluntary clubs.  The feedback also showed that whilst respondees would like to see all the council’s funding for youth activities continue at current levels, they particularly would like

funding in rural areas to be protected.  The proposals in the report reflected this feedback. 

The Portfolio Holder corrected an error in the printed versions of the report in the table on page 6 – the proposed needs and rurality funding 2018 for Wem and Shawbury should read as £8,000 (not £4,000 as stated). 

RESOLVED:

i.       That the feedback from the recent consultation on the LJC funding allocations for the commissioning of youth activity proposed in the Cabinet Report of 18^th October 2017 be acknowledged.

ii.      That the proposed LJC funding allocations be confirmed for the commissioning of youth activities in 2018/19 that have been revised as a result of the feedback received through the consultation (as detailed at 5.9 within the report)

iii.    That the intention to work with partners over the next 12 months to develop an integrated approach to the provision of universal and targeted youth activities within the context of the wider review of early help services be approved, recognising that there will be new arrangements from 2019/20 onwards, which could include a further budgetary reduction.

iv.    That the delegation to the Head of Infrastructure and Communities be confirmed in consultation with the Portfolio Holder for Children and Young People to confirm the final design of the revised rurality needs grant scheme.