Agenda item

To consider the Chief Grants Officer’s reports on grant recommendations as follows:-

The Committee considered a report of the Chief Grants Officer which recommended grants to various organisations.

Members considered each application and the following observations were noted:

Item 8.f) (Shoreditch Trust) – officers noted that the revised amount requested was due to the organisation’s revision to its original funding request for two full time posts, which was not Trust policy.

Item 8.g) (The Switchback Initiative) – officers noted that they had examined the trend of deficit spend and were satisfied with the figures to date.

Item 8.i) (Action for Kids) – Members expressed concern over the small number of active volunteers, and officers replied that the number listed was with regard to those volunteers which worked at the headquarters and not across London boroughs. Officers remarked the charity had developed a strong reputation to date with employers.

Item 8.j) (Partnership with Prisoners Abroad) – the Chief Grants Officer stated the programme would receive a Trust grant contribution for an 18 month period initially, upon which support would be re-assessed. Members requested that it be noted the Director of Economic Development at the City of London Corporation was a Trustee of Prisoners Abroad.