Decision Maker:

Outcome: Recommendations Approved (subject to call-in)

Is Key Decision?: No

Is Callable In?: No

Date of Decision: March 5, 2025

Purpose:

Content: RESOLVED that Cabinet:-   1.    Delegates authority to the Executive Director for Growth & Sustainability in consultation with the Executive Director for Core Services to enter into a partnership agreement with South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority to receive £1.705m Trailblazer funding for a 12-month period from April 2025 to address economic inactivity; and   2.    Delegates authority to the Executive Director for Growth & Sustainability in consultation with the Executive Director for Core Services to enter into a partnership agreement with South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority to receive the £2.000m Connect to Work grant from April 2025 for 3 years. This would support existing services and projects under ‘Pathways to Work’; and   3.    Delegates authority to the Executive Director for Growth & Sustainability in consultation with the Director of Finance (Section 151 Officer) to negotiate with SYMCA and the government on behalf of the council to secure the remaining 3 years of the funding; and   4.    Notes that the Council does not commit to any long-term contracts without putting adequate measures in place (e.g. break clauses) until future funding is clarified. Where this is not possible then the council commits to reviewing and reprioritising funding and budgets to meet any future commitments post the National Settlement Review.