Agenda item

Joint Report of the Director of Finance and Corporate Services and the Assistant Chief Executive and Chief Digital Officer

1.    That the revised Third Sector Grant Scheme set out Appendix 1, be approved.

2.    That Members support the principle of allocating a higher proportion of the funds available to support the sustainability of strategic partners, the detail to be determined by Members once applications are received and analysed;

3.    That the Neath Port Talbot Council for Voluntary Services is asked to respond to the consequential impact, arising from the recommendation set out at paragraph 29 for those organisations that may be adversely affected by prioritising investment in Strategic Partners. That the CVS be asked to provide assistance to other third sector organisations to seek out other fundraising opportunities which can include seeking assistance from Council officers;

4.    That the Council provides an opportunity to third sector organisation to advertise volunteering opportunities through its vacancy bulletin and through its Voluntary Redundancy Scheme;

5.    That Officers explore the business case for adopting a volunteering policy for the Council’s workforce;

6.    That the other issues raised in this report, set out in paragraph 18 (h) are formally raised in the Voluntary Sector Liaison Forum, with a view to the issues being incorporated into the existing work programme of the Forum as proposed in this report.

Decisions:

1.                  That the revised Third Sector Grant Scheme, as set out Appendix 1 to the circulated report, be approved.

2.                  That Members support the principle of allocating a higher proportion of the funds available to support the sustainability of strategic partners, the detail to be determined by Members once applications had been received and analysed;

3.                  That the Neath Port Talbot Council for Voluntary Services (CVS) be asked to respond to the consequential impact, arising from the recommendation set out at Paragraph 29 of the circulated report for those organisations that may be adversely affected by prioritising investment in Strategic Partners.

4.                  That the CVS be asked to provide assistance to other third sector organisations to seek out other fundraising opportunities which can include seeking assistance from Council Officers;

5.                  That the Council provides an opportunity to third sector organisation to advertise volunteering opportunities through its vacancy bulletin and through its Voluntary Redundancy Scheme;

6.                  That Officers explore the business case for adopting a Volunteering Policy for the Council’s workforce;

7.                  That the other issues raised in this report, as set out in Paragraph 18 (h) be formally raised in the Voluntary Sector Liaison Forum, with a view to the issues being incorporated into the existing work programme of the Forum as proposed in this report.

Reason for Decisions:

To ensure the Third Sector Scheme is aligned with the Council’s Corporate Plan 2018-2022.

Implementation of Decisions:

The decisions will be implemented after the three day call in period.