Decision details

The Board had before it a report on grant funding requirements for the financial year 2022/2023 to five grant funded organisations – four counselling services and the THInC transport service - and information regarding preliminary and proposed work to review the service activity and ensure it was aligned to the whole system service provision across Aberdeen City.

Neil Stephenson, Strategic Procurement Manager, spoke to the report.

The report recommended:-

that the Board –

(a)           approve the total grant funded expenditure to the five organisations identified at Item 3.1 of the report, of up to £304,509 to provide grant funding to the identified counselling and transport services for the financial year 2022/2023;

(b)           make the Direction as attached at Appendix A of the Report and instruct the Chief Officer to issue the Direction to Aberdeen City Council to procure the services; and

(c)           note the intention to continue to work with providers to review the service activity and ensure that it was aligned to the whole system provision of services across the City.

The Board resolved:-

to approve the recommendations.