Agenda item

Report of the CGO

Members considered a report of the CGO advising of funds to be approved that would usually be approved under delegated authority, but were presented instead to the Committee in order to be able to confirm the total grants awarded this financial year. 

It was agreed that Members approve the recommended amounts for the following applications:

21.       Just for Kids Law

£100,000 over three years (£45,000; £35,000; £20,000) of core support for JFKL’s holistic casework in London, including rent and core expenditure.

22.       Cripplegate Foundation

£95,000 over 2 further and final years (£40,000, £55,000) towards staffing and operational costs of the Saturday Socials older persons programme delivered through Islington Giving.

23.       Rushey Green Timebank (RGTB)

£94,000 over 2 further and final years (£49,800, £44,200) towards the salary of a p/t (21 hpw) Co-ordinator and freelance sessional staff and associated costs of maintaining and developing the community green space.

24.       Sound Minds

£63,000 over five years (£15,000; £14,000; £13,000; £12,000: £9,000) for core costs to underpin the successful running of the organisation through and beyond the recruitment and hand-over of a new CEO.

25.       Wac Arts

£100,000 towards the capital costs of improved access facilities to the Old Town Hall.