Agenda item

* RESOLVED -

(1)         That the level of funding for Service Level Agreements (SLAs) be maintained at the 2014/15 level to all five currently funded organisations - a total fund of £266,160 for the financial year 2015/16.

(2)         That the SLA Schedule 1 table for each organisation, attached at Appendix 2 to the report, be approved for inclusion within the respective SLAs for 2015/16.

(3)         That as part of the Council’s annual SLA review to be undertaken during 2015/16, the Council has regard to the position of partner organisations from across Derbyshire on the likely future level of funding available for voluntary and community groups, and also takes into account any local impacts arising from changes in the total levels of public finance available.

The Development and Growth Manager submitted a report on the Service Level Agreements (SLAs) that had been negotiated with voluntary and community organisations for 2015/16.

Organisations holding SLAs with the Council for 2014/15 (Citizens’ Advice Bureau, Chesterfield Law Centre, Chesterfield Shopmobility, Derbyshire Unemployed Workers Centre, and LINKS) had attended annual review meetings in early 2015 monitor their respective performance against the objectives established in the SLAs.  Annual Progress Reports were attached at Appendix 1 to the report. 

Each organisation had identified the outcomes, measures and targets from the Council’s Corporate Plan for 2015/16 to which they could contribute, and these were included in revised Schedule 1 tables to each of the SLAs for the coming financial year. The revised Schedule 1 tables were attached at Appendix 2 to the report.

It was proposed that the overall level of funding for SLAs and the level of funding for each organisation for 2015/16 be maintained at the same level as for 2014/15.

A review of all funding allocated to voluntary and community organisations via SLAs was proposed to be undertaken during 2015/16 to inform the budgets for future years. This review would also take into account the ongoing Derbyshire-wide review of voluntary and community sector investment, include consultation with all affected stakeholders, and consideration of the need to prepare a full Equalities Impact Assessment.

* RESOLVED -

(1)         That the level of funding for Service Level Agreements (SLAs) be maintained at the 2014/15 level to all five currently funded organisations - a total fund of £266,160 for the financial year 2015/16.

(2)         That the SLA Schedule 1 table for each organisation, attached at Appendix 2 to the report, be approved for inclusion within the respective SLAs for 2015/16.

(3)         That as part of the Council’s annual SLA review to be undertaken during 2015/16, the Council has regard to the position of partner organisations from across Derbyshire on the likely future level of funding available for voluntary and community groups, and also takes into account any local impacts arising from changes in the total levels of public finance available.

REASON FOR DECISIONS

To ensure that the future delivery of funding to Voluntary and Community Organisations meets the priorities of the Council and the needs of the residents of Chesterfield, having due regard to the current financial challenges faced by the Council.