Purpose

Approve the awarding of grant funding, to
successful providers, following an external grant bidding
exercise 

Decision

For the reasons set out in this report, the
Corporate Director  will award the
grants as detailed below:
 
Grant 1: Entry to
Employment

Merseyside Youth Association
Ltd         
£80,000
Catch 22 Charity Ltd                             
£80,000
The Big Trust Limited                           
£80,000

Grant 2: Creative
and Sports Programmes

Sound City (Liverpool)
Limited              
£24,000
Merseyside Youth Association
Ltd         
£24,000
Be Free Campaign           
                    
£24,000
The King’s Trust                                   
£24,000

Grant 3: In Work
Support

Blackburne House                                
£110,000

Grant 4 Employer
Training: “Managers as Mentors”

No Place Productions
(NPP)                 
£50,000

 

Alternative options considered

“In-house Provision” - One option
would be for the Council to bring all (or part) of the delivery of
the programme in-house. This would have major implications in terms of
delivering the requirements of the LCRCA Trailblazer Grant as
the Council would find it difficult to mobilise a specialist
in-house team within the required timescales at
this point in time. This option is not recommended.
 
“Do Nothing” - An alternative
option would be for the Council to provide no support. This would
have major implications in terms of delivering the requirements of
the LCRCA Trailblazer Grant and would have a long-term negative
impact on the cohort of young people involved as it is known and
accepted that being NEET at a young age often has negative outcomes
for those young people concerned at a later stage in their lives.
This option is not recommended.