Issue - meetings

(i)       to thank officers and partner organisations for the huge amount of work which had gone in to the Summer in the City programme;

(ii)       to note the high level evaluation of the Summer in the City programme;

(iii)      to instruct the Chief Officer – Education to design and deliver a programme for the October school holiday using underspend from the summer programme; and

(iv)      to instruct the Chief Officer – Education to report to Committee on the impact of the October 2022 programme following delivery.

The Committee had before it a report by the Chief Operating Officer which presented a high level evaluation of the Summer in the City programme and sought delegated authority to allow officers to design and deliver a similar programme for the October school holiday period using underspend from the summer programme.

The report recommended:-

that the Committee –

(a)      note the high level evaluation of the Summer in the City programme;

(b)      instruct the Chief Officer – Education to design and deliver a programme for the October school holiday using underspend from the summer programme; and

(c)      instruct the Chief Officer – Education to report to Committee on the impact of the October 2022 programme following delivery.

The Committee resolved:-

(i)       to thank officers and partner organisations for the huge amount of work which had gone into the Summer in the City programme; and

(ii)       to approve the recommendations.