Agenda item

The Board had before it a report by Gail Woodcock (Lead Transformation Manager, ACHSCP) which requested the Board to instruct the Chief Officer to (1) authorise grants for up to £10,000 per annum to organisations to support the delivery of strategic priorities; and (2) to bring to the attention of the IJB, a proposed grant to support the delivery of the Golden Games, and which would be authorised under the proposed instruction to the Chief Officer.

The report recommended:-

That the Board –

(a)          Agree that grants up to £10,000 per annum are made to individual organisations and up to £2,000 per annum to individuals, provided that the aims of the project to be funded comply with the Strategic Plan, the Strategic Commissioning Plan and/or the National Outcomes;

(b)          Instruct the Chief Officer, following consultation with the Chief Financial Officer, and the Chair and Vice-Chair of the IJB, to accept, assess and make arrangements for grants up to £10,000 per annum to be paid to individual organisations and up to £2,000 per annum to individuals, and to report quarterly to the Audit and Performance Systems Committee with details of the grants paid and accepted; and

(c)          Note the information about the Golden Games project and that, subject to recommendations 1 and 2 above, this project would be approved and grant funding provided in line with these recommendations.

Gail Woodcock advised that the report was a technical report which aimed to align IJB procedures for paying and accepting grant funding with Aberdeen City Council’s Scheme of Delegated Powers which authorised Chief Officers to approve and accept grants of up to £10k for organisations and £2k for individuals. Ms Woodcock also provided an overview of the Golden Games and how it supported priorities within the Strategic Plan and she requested approval for this year’s project.

Thereafter there were questions and comments on (1) the provision of recurring grant funding for events such as the Golden Games and how the Partnership would monitor compliance and benefits realisation; (2) whether the Partnership had developed a budget line within the Transformation Programme to record the receipt and authorisation of grant funding; and (3) how the Audit and Performance Systems Committee would receive assurance on the Partnership’s management of grant funding.

The Board resolved:-

(i)            to agree that grants up to £10,000 per annum are made to individual organisations and up to £2,000 per annum to individuals, provided that the aims of the project to be funded comply with the Strategic Plan, the Strategic Commissioning Plan and/or the National Outcomes;

(ii)          to instruct the Chief Officer, following consultation with the Chief Financial Officer, and the Chair and Vice-Chair of the IJB, to accept, assess and make arrangements for grants up to £10,000 per annum to be paid to individual organisations and up to £2,000 per annum to individuals, and to report quarterly to the Audit and Performance Systems Committee with details of the grants paid and accepted; and

(iii)         to note the information about the Golden Games project and that, subject to recommendations 1 and 2 above, this project would be approved and grant funding provided in line with these recommendations.