Issue - decisions

Community Initiative Fund (CIF)

29/01/2019 - Community Initiative Fund (CIF) SSC8 18/19

The Cabinet Member for Safer, Stronger Communities has approved that;

 

(1)     the budget for the Council’s Community Initiative Fund (CIF) be reduced from £280,000 per year to £140,000 per year;

 

(2)     this proposal be included in the Governance Committee review of County Local Committees, with implementation of savings to be delayed until the review has been completed; and

 

(3)     any in-year underspend in the Community Initiative Fund will not be rolled forward into the budget for 2019/20 and will be used to mitigate savings required for 2019/20 in front line service areas whilst alternative funding sources are explored.

 

Update (15/08/19): Implementation of this saving was delayed to enable consideration by a member working group set up by the Council’s Governance Committee to carry out a review of County Local Committees (through which CIF is allocated).  The working group has now considered this matter and has concluded that whilst CIF is an important mechanism for the Council to support community-based projects and programmes, the proposed in-year reduction is appropriate. Therefore this in-year saving will now be implemented.