Issue - meetings
Grant allocations to community and voluntary organisations
Meeting: 12/02/2015 - City Executive Board (became Cabinet on 13 May 2019) (Item 135)
135 Scrutiny Committee Report_Grant allocations to community and voluntary organisations 
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To present comments from the Scrutiny Committee on the council’s grant allocation for 2015/16.
Scrutiny Recommendations: That the City Executive Board:
1. Works with OCVA to improve outreach and engagement activities with diverse community and voluntary groups, with a focus on building capacities and supporting bid-writing.
2. Considers providing a greater separation between grants allocated to smaller, localised community groups and those that seek to achieve wider community benefits.
Minutes:
The Scrutiny Officer submitted a report (previously circulated, now appended) which detailed comments from the Scrutiny Committee on the council’s grant allocation for 2015/16.
Cllr Simmons, Chair of the Scrutiny Committee presented the report.
The City Executive Board resolved to AGREE:
1. To work with OCVA to improve outreach and engagement activities with diverse community and voluntary groups, with a focus on building capacities and supporting bid-writing.
2. To consider providing a greater separation between grants allocated to smaller, localised community groups and those that seek to achieve wider community benefits.