116 External Funding Update PDF 211 KB
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Minutes:
The Board
considered a report of the Strategic Director, Enterprise, Community and
Resources, which provided an update on external funding secured by Halton
during the past year, and an update on the Charging Policy Pilot.
The Board was
advised that the primary role of the External Funding Team was to maximise
external funding into the Borough. The Team focused on Government, European,
National Lottery, Landfill Funding, Trusts and Foundations, as sources for
external funding opportunities for Halton. Details of the type of support
offered by the Team over the previous financial year were set out in the
report.
At its meeting
on 19 July 2018, the Board had agreed to the implementation of a pilot Charging
Policy for bid-writing support for external sectors. The pilot commenced in
September 2018 and charging was operated on a sliding scale but did not apply
to organisations with less than £10,000 in unrestricted funding. It was
reported that to date, two contracts were in place with two further contracts
in the pipeline. Experience through the pilot had identified the need for a
lower fee scale for smaller bids, and a suggested revised fee scale was set out
in the report for Members’ consideration.
RESOLVED:
That the Board
1)
note the level of
funding secured to date; and
2)
agree the revised fee
charges for bid services up to £50,000 as set out in section 5 of the report.