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(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.

At this juncture, and in accordance with article 2(iii) of this minute, Maggie Hepburn withdrew from the meeting.

The Board had before it a report prepared by the Commissioning Lead in respect of grant funding for voluntary organisations.  The Commissiong Lead introduced the report and responded to questions from members.

The report recommended:-

that the Board:

(a)          approve the expenditure for the funding of voluntary organisations as detailed in the business case in Appendix A of the report;

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

(c)          make the direction in Appendix B of the report to Aberdeen City Council and instruct the Chief Officer to issue that Direction to Aberdeen City Council.

The Board resolved:-

(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.