Agenda item

Report of the Managing Director of BHE

The Board considered a report of the Managing Director of BHE requesting funding of £720,000 towards the collaborative funding programme being led and administered by the Greater London Authority (GLA) for programme specific costs to provide additional support to funded organisations, and onward grant-making to grass-roots charities led by and for London’s communities as an “Alliance Partnership” funding programme. The Board noted that the recommendations were supported by the Grants Committee.

RESOLVED – That the BHE Board:

          a) Note the update on the proposed focus on Alliance Partnership fund arrangements, including the proposed application of funding from the designated grant-making fund towards this collaborative funder activity, in furthering the BHE’s ancillary object; and

             b) Agree that a restricted grant of £720,000 be made to the Greater London Authority (GLA, devolved regional governance body of the London region) for the Civil Society Roots 3 programme as an Alliance Partnership programme, with up to £120,000 to be spent on administration costs including the salary of a coordinator (the job description of the coordinator to be provided as a condition of the grant). A payment schedule will be drawn up, allowing the funds to be paid to the GLA in instalments, with payments to be received by the GLA prior to onward grants being committed and/or paid.