Agenda item

*RESOLVED –

1.   That the levels of funding provided for Voluntary and Community Organisations via Service Level Agreements remains at £239,544 for 2017/18.

2.   That the SLA Schedule 1 tables for each organisation, as set out at Appendix 2 of the officer’s report, be approved for inclusion within the Service Level Agreements for 2017/18.

3.   That a review of the funding provided to voluntary and community organisations by Chesterfield Borough, the Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) and Derbyshire County Council, as outlined in the Council Plan, is undertaken in 2017/18 to ensure that the funding is prioritised towards existing and emerging community needs and Council priorities, and also contributes towards achieving a balanced budget for the Council in future years.

REASON FOR DECISIONS

To ensure that the future delivery of funding to Voluntary and Community Groups meets the priorities of the Council and the needs of the residents of Chesterfield within a realistic and sustainable budget.

The Health and Wellbeing Manager submitted a report on the achievements of the voluntary and community organisations currently funded via Service Level Agreements (SLA’s) and to seek approval for the funding levels for these organisations to be maintained at 2016/17 levels in 2017/18.

The organisations holding SLAs with the Council for 2016/17 (Citizens’ Advice Bureau, Chesterfield Law Centre, Chesterfield Shopmobility, Derbyshire Unemployed Workers Centre, and LINKS) had attended annual review meetings in early 2017 to discuss their progress, achievements and any issues that they had experienced in the delivery of the SLA.

The Health and Wellbeing Manager advised that on-going discussions with Clinical Commissioning Group and Derbyshire County Council colleagues had identified an opportunity to review the total funding provided across Chesterfield for voluntary and community organisations. This review would enable the council to further consider and evaluate the potential for the co-commissioning of services from voluntary and community organisations to ensure that health, wellbeing and inequalities needs were addressed effectively across the borough. Members commended the excellent and valuable work carried out by voluntary and community organisations in Chesterfield and noted the importance of continuing to work closely with them in the future in order to deliver quality services to the people of Chesterfield.

*RESOLVED –

1.   That the levels of funding provided for Voluntary and Community Organisations via Service Level Agreements remains at £239,544 for 2017/18.

2.   That the SLA Schedule 1 tables for each organisation, as set out at Appendix 2 of the officer’s report, be approved for inclusion within the Service Level Agreements for 2017/18.

3.   That a review of the funding provided to voluntary and community organisations by Chesterfield Borough, the Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) and Derbyshire County Council, as outlined in the Council Plan, is undertaken in 2017/18 to ensure that the funding is prioritised towards existing and emerging community needs and Council priorities, and also contributes towards achieving a balanced budget for the Council in future years.

REASON FOR DECISIONS

To ensure that the future delivery of funding to Voluntary and Community Groups meets the priorities of the Council and the needs of the residents of Chesterfield within a realistic and sustainable budget.