Agenda item

Report of the Chief Grants Officer (to follow).

The Committee considered a report of the Chief Grants Officer regarding plans to mark the City Bridge Trust’s 20th Anniversary Year 2015-2016 (financial year). Members discussed the need for funders to work together more closely, as well as the need to help smaller charities join-up to reduce their overall overheads. In response to a Member’s query, Officers confirmed that the City Bridge Trust did not fund Local Authority statutory services, but advised that many discretionary services would be under pressure from funding cuts.

Members  considered the draft 20^th Anniversary Year Strapline and ‘elevator pitch’, and the Chief Grants Officer advised this was still being developed and recommendations would be made at the Committee’s next meeting in March 2015.

RESOLVED – That:

(a)  The plans to mark the 20th Anniversary Year be approved; and

(b)  £57,000 be released from the Central Risk budget to support the 20th Anniversary Year, by way of Strategic Initiative comprising of:

                      i.        £24,000 towards project management;

                     ii.        £20,000 towards communications;

                    iii.        £4,000 for design (strap line and refreshed leaflets); and

                   iv.        £9,000 to develop a learning programme, including a 20th year review.