Agenda item

The North Area Council Manager introduced this item and apprised Members of the current position regarding the outcome of the Young People’s Emotional Resilience Grant Panel. The opportunity will support Covid-19 Recovery in the short term and transition work in the longer term.

Since the last Area Council meeting, the, multi disciplinary panel of experts with reps from junior and senior school has been very busy.  Two providers have been asked to come on board - YMCA and Ad Astra, with a geographic split.  The model has been slightly adapted l due to Covid and budgetary requirements.  All schools identified for the projects have been offered flexible support but some are experiencing difficulty with bubbles etc. and keeping students and staff safe.  New relationships and trust is being established between schools and our voluntary and community sector organisations, which will take time to embed. 

It was explained that the 6 primary schools were identified and approached through looking at indices of multiple deprivation, free school meals eligibility, special educational needs and layered the statistical information on top of each other.   The Area Council Manager also confirmed that funding given to Emmanuel Church was in the last financial year and has come to an end and so will not duplicate funding.  

RESOLVED that Members note the progress in this priority area