REPORT OF THE

EXECUTIVE MEMBER

SOCIAL CARE

PART II

GRANTS TO VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS 2005/06

1. The Social Services Department proposes to spend some £43.18m with voluntary organisations in the Social Care sector in 2005-06. Of this, some £41.4m will be used to purchase services under contract arrangements and £1.78m will be used for grants.

2. A voluntary organisation may be considered for grant aid only if it meets the Social Services' eligibility criteria for grants. In general terms this means that the organisation must be undertaking work which is compatible with the Department's objectives, priorities and policies and must agree to give the Department independently audited or examined statements of accounts, if requested. The organisation should also have investigated and, where possible, secured other sources of funding.

3. In dealing with applications for grants regard has been given to the One Compact for Hampshire and the Codes of Good Practice.

4. Due to the implementation of the Best Value Review of the County Council's support to the voluntary sector the new corporate application form has been introduced with different requirements for information and documentation depending on the amount applied for, which is in line with Hampshire County Council's Code of Good Practice on Funding. Despite the fact that the new application form has not yet been publicised (the web site will go live in the next weeks), the new arrangements have resulted in three additional organisations making applications for grant aid.

5. During recent years there has been a steady movement away from contributing towards the cost of services by way of grants towards the purchase of specific services, especially for grants above £5,000. This ensures that services are more directly targeted at both the needs of the service users and the approved policies and commissioning priorities of Social Services. The Department also follows two of the principles of the County Council's Code of Good Practice on Funding, namely the recognition of core costs and stability and long term planning.

6. Approval of grants of £5,000 and less is delegated to designated officers. Over 100 grant applications have been received for 2005-06 of which 80% are for £5,000 and less. Small grants totalling over £50,000 have been provisionally approved to date. A list of all grants will be made available through the corporate grant database.

7. Grants of £5,000 or more are approved by the Executive Member and to date the following grants have been approved:-

Older People


Club Hampshire 106,000


Age Concern, Hampshire, Information and Advice Service 92,880


Age Concern Hampshire, Community Services in
Basingstoke and Deane 25,000


Age Concern Cowplain, Millennium Project 25,000


Age Concern Romsey and District 8,500


Age Concern Winchester 11,000


Winchester Live at Home Scheme 12,000

Total for Older People 280,380



Physical Disability


Hampshire Centre for Independent Living 7,500


Havant and District Socially Independent Disabled 6,290


Huntingdon's Disease Association 8,188


New Forest Disability Information Service 5,300

Total for Physical Disability 27,278





Learning Disability

Community Partners 40,000

East Hampshire Advocacy Scheme 12,500

Eastleigh Advocacy Project 21,000

Speakeasy Advocacy 31,000

Test Valley Community Services, Andover Advocacy Alliance 19,000

Total for Learning Disability 123,500


Mental Health

Cherry Tree Nursery 8,174

The Trinity Centre 15,671

Total for Mental Health 23,845


Children's Services

Hampshire Family Mediation 7,273

Off the Record 13,411

Relate, the Hampshire Group, Relateen Service 9,076

Total for Children's Services 29,760


Other Services


Eastleigh Citizens Advice Bureau, G.P. Outreach 5,145


Hampshire Voluntary Care Groups Advisory Service 48,500


ROCC 25,750

Total for other services 79,395

Total grants approved to date 564,158

Felicity Hindson, MBE

Executive Member for Social Care

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