Issue - meetings

Consideration has been given to the acceptance of a funding offer of £499,500 from the National Lottery Community Fund (NLCF) and its associated grant terms and conditions, to support delivery of the Partnerships project “Locality Working in Gateshead: Towards Recovery and Growth”.

RESOLVED -

(i)

That the NLCF funding offer be formally accepted by the Council, as lead partner for the project and that officers be authorised to agree to the terms and conditions of the grant offer.

(ii)

That officers be authorised to provide NLCF with written confirmation that:

·             the matched funding is in place and ready to use for project delivery;

·             the Council will inform NLCF in writing if there are any changes to the provision of the funding; and

·             the funding will be kept in a dedicated ring-fenced budget.

The above decisions have been made for the following reasons:

(A)

To enable the NCLF funding offer to be secured on behalf of the Council and its partners.

(B)

To enable the overall project “Locality Working in Gateshead: Towards Recovery and Growth” to be delivered in full.

(Councillors J Adams and M McNestry declared personal and non pecuniary interests in the above matter because they are members of partnership organisations involved in the bid and delivery of the Partnerships project “Locality Working in Gateshead: Towards Recovery and Growth”).