Decision details

Wolves at Work 18-24 - Youth Employment Programme (Oct-Nov 2021 Programme Investment Decisions)

Decision Maker: Leader of the Council

Decision status: Recommendations Approved

Is Key decision?: No

Is subject to call in?: No

Purpose:

To seek approval to develop and launch the £100,000 'City Ideas Fund' for City employers and partners to bid for and put forward ideas that will get more young people into sustained employment, apprenticeships, education or training.

Decision:

1.    Approved the broad principles of the £100,000 City Ideas Fund, as set out sections 3-6. 2 to this report.

2.    Approved the proposed evaluation principles and related approval process of the £100,000 City Ideas Fund, as set out in section 7, noting that the final detail of the related processes to be referred to the Leader for final consideration before being implemented.

3.    Approved a budget of £121,000 (from the total approved budget of £3 million), to fund an initial staffing resource of three posts to support the Wolves at Work 18-24 programme.

4.    Approved a budget of £15,000 (from the total approved budget of £3 million) for the Wolves at Work 18-24 City Summit event.

5.    Approved that the Deputy Chief Executive can have delegated authority to approve revenue budget spend (from within the £3 million approved budget) to fund further general staffing and other related general expenditure, required to support the Wolves at Work 18-24 Programme.

 

Publication date: 16/05/2022

Date of decision: 12/11/2021

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