On 9
February 2021, Cabinet:-
(A) Approved
the preferred 2-year extension option for the Youth Promise Plus project to include;
(i) approval to bid for £4.098m EU funds to
extend the delivery of the Youth Promise Plus (YPP) project by 2 years from 1
January 2022 to 31 December 2023, and for BCC to remain as the Accountable Body
for its full duration;
(ii) approval of the revised total BCC Match
Funding Package to increase from £8.666m to up to £11.09m;
(iii) approval of £0.357m of Council funding,
currently held in Policy Contingency for Employment initiatives, to be used as
part of the matched funding for the extension of the Youth Promise Plus
project;
(iv) delegates responsibility to the Cabinet
Member for Education, Skills and Culture, with the Director of Education and
Skills and the Chief Finance Officer, Finance & Governance to accept the
revised funding offer from DWP up to value of £48.133m;
(v) delegates authority to the Director for
Education & Skills and Chief Finance Officer to accept any additional funds
from the current YPP project funder Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner
as part of the BCC matched funding to the project;
(vi) Authorises the Cabinet Member for Finance
and Resources, and the City Solicitor (or delegates) to executive and complete
all necessary legal documents to give effect to the above, including amendments
to the Procurement Strategy and extension to contracts (which are to be made in
conjunction with the Assistant Director, Development and Commercial);
(B) Approved
delivery of the Government’s Kickstart employment programme for 16-24 year old
jobseekers and to include:
(vii) Approval to bid for 50 internal Council
placements and at least 150 more placements via an external Gateway function
for other employers; ring-fencing the income from each scheme to contribute to
delivery costs;
(viii) Approves Council funding of up to £0.43m to
fund: salary uplift for the 50 Council posts to Real Living Wage (subject to
due diligence regarding equal pay considerations); and underwrite training and
staffing costs – to also be funded from Employment and Skills reserves (£0.200m)
and unspent Policy Contingency for Employment initiatives (£0.234m);
(ix) Delegates responsibility to the Cabinet
Member for Education, Skills and Culture, with the Director for Education &
Skills and the Chief Finance Officer, Finance & Governance to accept the
funding offer from DWP;
(x) Authorises the Cabinet Member for Finance
and Resources, and the City Solicitor (or delegates) to execute and complete
all necessary legal documents to give effect to the above;
(C) Approved
to bid to the Youth Futures Foundation for up to £6M of funds for a 5 year
project to be delivered in partnership with the Birmingham Children’s Trust,
from mid-2021 to include:
(xii) Approves bidding for and acceptance of
funds, procurement strategy and contracts to be delegated to the Cabinet Member
for Education, Skills and Culture and the Cabinet Member for Finance and
Resources, the Director for Education and Skills, Chief Finance Officer, the
Assistant Director Development and Commercial, and the City Solicitor as
appropriate.
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