Purpose

That the recommended
allocations for the Phase 2 of funding for host organisations for
the Children’s Capital of Culture Traineeship Programme are
approved.
 

Decision

ROTHERHAM METROPOLITAN BOROUGH COUNCIL

 

RECORD OF OFFICER EXECUTIVE DECISION

 

Date of Decision:

8th July, 2024

Title:

Children’s Capital of
Culture: 2024/25 Traineeship Programme

Decision Maker:
(Including Job
Title)

Polly Hamilton, Assistant Director, Culture,
Sport & Tourism

Specific Delegation:
(If any)

Sub-scheme of Delegation

 

All financial matters relating to the management and
delivery of cultural, leisure, green spaces, landscape design and
sports services, including:

·      
Awarding and distribution of grants

Brief Description of
Decision:

That the 2024-25 funding allocations for traineeships are
approved.
 

Reasons for the Decision:

The decision supports the delivery of the
Children’s Capital of Culture traineeship programme, which
provides paid job opportunities for local young people, increases
capacity of local cultural organisations, and through this builds
to the delivery of the Children’s Capital of Culture
programme for 2025.
 
This enables seven
organisations to provide paid, part-time employment to 17 x
16-to-25-year-olds from Rotherham, and to run a public-facing
activity programme across the borough that is predicted to reach at
least 50,000 people.
 
 

Details of alternative options
considered and rejected:

Do not allocate the funding
– failing to allocate the UKSPF funding to trainee host
organisations using an open and competitive process would mean
Children’s Capital of Culture is unable to fulfil its
agreement around the purpose and timescales of spending this
funding. This would be a substantial reputation risk for the
Council and its partners, and may mean that the UKSPF grant is
withdrawn and that the Council is unable to access future rounds of
funding allocated through the Department for Levelling Up, Housing
and Communities.

Conflicts of interest declared by any
Executive Member consulted by the decision maker which relates to
the decision:

None

Dispensations Granted:
(If any)

N/A
 

Reports or parts of reports
considered

 

 
I certify that this is a true
record of the executive decision to approve the
proposed route for awarding grant funding to organisations who will
host trainees, for the purpose of covering the costs associated
with each placement.
 
Signed by the
Decision Maker  
Dated:         
04/07/2024
 

 
Name:          Polly
Hamilton                          
Job Title:     Assistant Director,
Culture, Sport and Tourism