Archived decisions

Contact: Roger Mead, Assistant County Education Officer, Resources and Planning Branch (01962 847991)

1 Background

1.1 The following criteria have applied since March 1998:

· priority to provision for pupils of statutory school age

· relevance to the National Curriculum

· feedback data from the survey of schools

· the impact of any loss of grant on the education service

· the impact of any loss of grant on the organisation in terms of its ability to absorb such reduction or loss as well as its ability to increase charges or raise funding from other sources.

1.2 At the time of agreeing the criteria, the number of organisations receiving grants was reviewed as part of a wider County Council review. For the current year education related grants totalling £25,500 are made to the following organisations:

· Hampshire Schools Sports Federation (£8,150)

· British Trust for Conservation Volunteers (£11,230)

· Hampshire Dyslexia Association (£2,710)

· National Children's Bureau. (£3,410)

2 2005/2006 Grants

2.1 The Education budgetary provision for grants in 2005/2006 (at outturn prices of £26,500) is sufficient only to enable the organisations receiving grant this year to receive a grant plus inflation for next year (providing they continue to meet the criteria).

2.2 The following grants are recommended, with details on each in the appendix, as follows:-

· Hampshire Schools Sports Federation £ 8,350

· British Trust for Conservation Volunteers £11,510

· Hampshire Dyslexia Association £ 2,780

· National Children's Bureau (NCB) £ 3,500

£25,500

2.3 NCB is a grant matched by Social Services and processed by the Social Services department.

2.4 Although the grant applications attached explain how the grant will be used the emerging Children Services agenda suggests that from April 2006 each organisation should set out more precisely how the grant will benefit individual children and families. It is proposed therefore that this additional requirement be advised to the four organisations when the grant for 2006/07 is determined.

3. Legal Implications

3.1 None

4. Financial Implications

4.1 The grant proposals are within the agreed budget provision.

5. Personnel implications

5.1 None

6. Impact Assessment

6.1 Race and equality impact assessment has been considered in the development of this report and no adverse impact has been identified.

7. Crime prevention issues

7.1 The report and the decision arising will have no direct impact upon crime prevention issues.

8. Views of the Local County Councillor

8.1 Not applicable.

Recommendation

1 That the grants totalling £26,200 be awarded to Hampshire Schools Sports Foundation, British Trust for Conservation Volunteers, Hampshire Dyslexia Association and NCB.

Section 100 D - Local Government Act 1972 - background papers

The following documents disclose facts or matters on which this report, or an important part of it, is based and has been relied upon to a material extent in the preparation of this report.

NB the list excludes:

1 Published works.

2 Documents which disclose exempt or confidential information as defined in the Act.

TITLE FILE

None.