Purpose

The purpose of this Delegated Decision is to seek approval to enter into a Deed of Variation from the North East Combined Authority (NECA) to provide a further £100,000 in revenue to the existing contract of £231,967 revenue funding to the Council for the Newcastle Pathways Project in order to further develop the Work & Thrive Employment Partnership.

Decision

It is recommended that there is approval to enter into the Deed of Variation for £132,080 additional revenue funding from NE MSA for the Newcastle Pathways: Work & Thrive project, taking the total funding agreement for the project to £364,047; and authorisation is delegated to the Assistant Director for Law and Governance, in conjunction with the Director of Strategy, Quality, Performance and People to complete the necessary documentation in relation to the deed of variation.