Purpose

To seek approval to grant fund Digital Support in Derbyshire to strengthen community based digital inclusion work

Decision

The Cabinet Member for
Health and Communities approved the award of grants to: 

 

a)            
Rural Action Derbyshire
(RAD) to coordinate the Digital Support Derbyshire Network (DSDN) for 2 years,
subject to satisfactory performance, at a cost of £0.050m per annum and a total
value of £0.100m.

 

b)       Voluntary, Community &
Social Enterprise (VCSE) partners to deliver work that strengthens community
based digital inclusion. The Digital Support Derbyshire Network will administer
the governance, approval and issuing of small grants to community partners
within the network, at a cost of £0.050m per annum for a maximum 2 years at a
total value of £0.100m.

 

Reasons for the decision

Agree to the grant funding outlined in the
report will enable the DSDN to grow, supporting stakeholders to work in
collaboration to improve digital inclusion across Derbyshire.

 

Alternative options considered

Share
Derbyshire’s Public Health Digital Inclusion Strategy 2023-2026, without
investing any further public health funding into this area of work. This is not
a preferred option.  

 

Allow
the DSDN to expire in March 2024, at the end of RAD’s funding from NHS
Charities Together. This is not a preferred option.