Decision details

(i)            to note the business case in Appendix A of the report;

(ii)          to approve the expenditure for the funding of voluntary organisations detailed at Appendix A of the report for a period of 12 months to 31 March 2026;

(iii)         to agree to no longer provide grant funding to Scottish Care;

(iv)         to amend the timescale of the direction to Aberdeen City Council in Appendix B to an end date of 31 March 2026;

(v)          to make the amended Direction and instruct the Chief Officer to issue that amended Direction to Aberdeen City Council;

(vi)         to instruct the Chief Officer to bring back a report on the future funding of grant funded services beyond 31 March 2026 to the meeting of the IJB on 2 December 2025;

(vii)        to instruct the Commissioning Lead to include qualitative feedback from service users as part of participant reviews in the Service Review at Appendix D of report HSCP.25.021 and to bring this back to the meeting of the IJB on 2 December 2025; and

(viii)       to instruct the Commissioning Lead to issue a Service Update no later than 31 July 2025 in respect of provision of all Counselling Services.