Agenda item

Lisa Phelan, Area Council Manager, submitted a report providing Members with an up-to-date overview of the Area Council’s current priorities.  It provided an overview of all current contracts, contract extensions, Service Level Agreements and Grant Funded Projects together with the associated timescales.

It outlined the financial position to date for 2022-23 and gave details of the projected expenditure, including future proposals to 2023-2024 as outlined in Appendices 1 and 2 of the report.

Members were informed that the Youth Development Fund Panel had agreed the guidance and commissioning documents for Youth Development Fund – Detached Youth Work.  The fund was now open for applications and would close on 31 January 2023. 

The Panel would then consider all applications and moderation would take place at a Funding Panel meeting scheduled for 14 February 2023.  A further update would be presented at the Area Council meeting on 23 March 2023.

Members were informed that a small grants fund would become available for the financial year 2023/24.  Documentation to support the grants fund had now been updated.

RESOLVED:

i)           That the current priorities and overview of all current contracts, contract extensions, Service Level Agreements and Grant fund projects, together with the associated timescales, be noted.

ii)       That the financial position to date for 2022-23 and the projected expenditure, including future proposals to 2023-24 as outlined in Appendices 1 and 2 of the report be noted.