Issue - decisions

Advice of the Advisory Panel

That the Executive Member be advised:

(i)                 That the recommendations for commissioning projects through the Children’s Early Intervention Fund and Better Play grants, described as Option A in the report and set out at Annex B, be accepted.

(ii)               That the comments made regarding the value of the Playspace organisation be noted.

(iii)             That officers be requested to work with York Playspace in consultation with the Executive Member, the Shadow Executive Member and the Chair to examine how services could be sustained with the funds allocated and to explore what additional funds could be accessed.

Decision of the Executive Member

RESOLVED:That the advice of the Advisory Panel be accepted and endorsed.

REASON:      To deliver a programme of preventative and early intervention work which will more fully meet the emerging needs of children and young people in the city from now until 2011.