Rebecca Fletcher

Treasury Management Strategy Mid -Year Review 2025/26

From: Budget, Cabinet - Monday, 1st December, 2025 6.00 pm - December 01, 2025

Recommendations Approved

Request for a Direct Award of the Domestic Property Disability Adaption Framework for the Provision of Level Access Showers and Shower over Baths

From: Cabinet - Monday, 17th November, 2025 6.00 pm - November 17, 2025

...to ensure continued service for domestic property disability adaptations, the Cabinet approved ending the current framework agreements on November 30, 2025, requesting an exemption from Contract Procedure Rules, approving a direct award to the current four providers under a one-year framework agreement from December 2025 to November 2026, and approving a 5% uplift to the current contract rates backdated from April 2025.

Recommendations Approved

Spring Brook Capital Works

From: Cabinet - Monday, 17th November, 2025 6.00 pm - November 17, 2025

...to enhance provision and increase places for pupils with additional needs at Spring Brook Upper School, the Cabinet of Oldham approved a capital project allocating funding from the High Needs Capital Allocation (HNPCA) and Basic Need Grant to create 36 new places.

For Determination

Extension of Short Breaks Play and Leisure Activities from 1st April 2026

From: Cabinet - Monday, 17th November, 2025 6.00 pm - November 17, 2025

...to extend the contract with POINT for Short Breaks Play and Leisure Activities for two years, from April 1, 2026, to March 31, 2028, at a cost of £200,000 per year.

For Determination

Change Partnership Programme delivery - Early Language Support for every child/Alternative Provision Specialist Taskforce: grant requirements

From: Cabinet - Monday, 17th November, 2025 6.00 pm - November 17, 2025

...to progress the Change Partnership Programme model, the Cabinet approved drawing on grant funding to create fixed-term posts and dependencies to support the SEND Team and wider SEND & Inclusion Service, aiming to improve support for children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities.

For Determination