Report of the Town Clerk.
Minutes:
The Chairman welcomed Mr Fraser Swift, Head of Learning at Museum of London to the meeting. Mr Swift introduced the report of the Town Clerk regarding Outreach Forum proposals. The Board heard the Outreach Forum had been meeting since autumn 2013, the meetings were positive and productive and involved collaboration across a number of sectors. Mr Swift informed the Board that the Forum had focused on assessing the collective strength of all parties involved, to find methods by which they could work together to benefit schools across London.
The four proposed initiatives of the Outreach Forum were:
Mr Swift explained that the Forum was requesting from the Board support and financial assistance in implementing the initiatives. The Chairman explained that the Outreach Forum and its initiatives were appropriate to be funded by the Education Board and expressed her support; other Members of the Board also expressed their support for the proposals. The Chairman informed Mr Swift that the Education Board was not capable of contributing to the initiatives immediately, but would support an application to the Policy Initiative Fund for funding the proposals.
RESOLVED – That, the Education Board
· review the Education Boards financial assistance of the Outreach Forum initiatives once resources are made available.
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