Agenda and decisions
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Apologies and Substitutions Additional documents: Decision: There were no apologies. |
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Declarations of Interests To receive notification of any declarations of pecuniary and /or conflict of interests from Members. Additional documents: Decision: There were no declarations of interests. |
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Questions and Deputations To answer questions and hear deputations, if any, asked by any resident of the Borough pursuant to Standing Orders. Additional documents: Decision: There were no questions or deputations. |
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Domestic Abuse Update To provide a summary position of the
management of domestic abuse and commissioning intentions for a
specialist community support service. Additional documents: Decision: RESOLVED The Cabinet Member for Communities and Leisure noted the proposed intentions for the future provision of specialist community support for those aged 16 plus who were subjected to domestic abuse. |
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Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise (VCSE) Sector Development Reserve To request approval for the deployment of the
remainder of the VCS Development Reserve to support the financial
resilience of local voluntary, social enterprise and community
sector groups and organisations with the impact of the rising cost
of living. Additionally to help ensure that local groups and
organisations have the capacity to deliver help and support to
households during this period.. Additional documents: Decision: RESOLVED The Cabinet Member for Communities and Leisure: (i) Approved in principle the use of the remainder of the Councils VCS Development Reserve between now and Spring 2024, to invest in the VCSE sectors to address the resilience and capacity of community groups and organisations. This included investing in the delivery of help and support to households experiencing hardship as a result of the increases in the cost of living. (ii) Approved the use of £29,850 from the VCS Development Reserve previously set aside for the Commonwealth Games Schools Community Programme to fund the current VCS priorities as outlined in the report. (iii) Approved, subject also to approval from Cabinet in accordance with the Financial Regulations, to re-designate £23,760 from the Commonwealth Games volunteers reserve to fund the VCS priorities as outlined in this report. (iv) Agreed to allocate £120,000 from the VCSE Development Reserve to establish a Solihull Community Grant as an extension to the successful Wellbeing and Recovery Grant established to support voluntary and community groups during the pandemic. (v) Agreed to delegate approval to the Assistant Director for Communities and Partnerships, in consultation with the Cabinet Member, to allocate up to £58,590 to enable community groups and organisations to utilise and deliver government grant funded activity such as the Household Support Fund and Holiday Activity & Food Programme. This would be until March 2024. |
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REVENUE AND CAPITAL MONITORING 2022/23 AS AT 31st JULY 2022 To inform the Cabinet Member of the
Portfolio’s latest forecast financial position as at the 31st
July 2022 against Revenue and Capital budgets as summarised below
and detailed in the attached Appendix A. Additional documents: Decision: RESOLVED The Cabinet Member for Communities and Leisure: (i) Considered and endorsed the 2022/23 revenue and capital financial monitoring forecast as at 31st July 2022. (ii) Noted the Portfolio’s progress against the latest 3 year savings targets in the Medium Term Financial Strategy (MTFS) as at 31st July 2022. |