Agenda item

Progress Report

Report of the Chief Grants Officer (CGO) and Director of City Bridge Trust

Minutes:

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

 

Youth Providers’ Event – Collaboration and Leadership

 

The Chief Grants Officer and Director of City Bridge Trust told the Committee that the event had been held at Mansion House on 15 January, to further encourage organisations in the youth sector to collaborate, and to facilitate more communication between organisations, particularly between larger and smaller organisations. Officers had received positive feedback about the event which had since prompted a meeting between two key organisations to discuss how they would work more effectively together in the future.

 

Charities and Safeguarding

 

The Committee noted that the Charity Commission had recently reissued its guidance on safeguarding. The Association of Charitable Foundations (ACF) had held a half-day seminar last month for funders. Officers would liaise with the ACF, other funders and the Director of Community and Children’s Services to review the City Bridge Trust’s practices and would report back to the Committee. Members suggested looking at what charities were already doing for anything that could be used, and that the City Bridge Trust could be approached by anyone who had concerns about a charity that it was funding.

 

Member training

 

The Chairman told the Committee that training for Committee Members on the Bridging Divides strategy was being arranged, and it was suggested that the training be combined with a Committee meeting, possibly with a later starting time to accommodate a training session and lunch.

 

RESOLVED – That the report be noted.

 

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