Agenda item

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

A Member, noting that several law centres were recommended for grants, asked if there were any overarching strategies that might encourage co-operation between organisations, and whether City Bridge Trust could ask organisations to tie in with one another as a condition. The CGO responded that officers asked about networking as an assessment question and often cross-referenced other organisations. A Strategic Initiative on a framework for networking is in the process of being formulated. The Chairman added that the law centres recommended for grants at the meeting were all in distinct areas and provided localised services but asked that framework for networking be looked at as an outstanding action to carry forward.