Agenda item

Report of the Chief Grants Officer.

The Committee received the regular progress report of the Chief Grants Officer and discussed the updates provided.

CBT Strategic Review

The Chief Grants Officer encouraged Members to contact the Head of Strategic Review for further information or to feed-in at any stage of the process, and advised that research and analysis from the review so far was anticipated to be brought to and made the main focus of the February meeting.

Communications

The Chief Grants Officer advised that the communications table had been streamlined by audience and would be combined with the events table (currently later in the agenda) in the future. He thanked the Media Officer for the Trust, Kristina Drake, who continued to secure media activity and publications and who was issuing a weekly email to Members regarding media coverage.

Association of Charitable Foundations (ACF) Annual Conference

The Chief Grants Officer advised that there was mistake in the papers – the ACF conference was scheduled for Wednesday 8^th November 2017 and the National Council of Voluntary Organisations conference was scheduled for Thursday 20^th April 2017.

RESOLVED – That the report be noted.