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Status:
Implemented
Title:
SAFE Birmingham Taskforce Funding (Support, Attend, Fulfil, Exceed)
Include item on Forward Plan
No
Is Key Decision
Yes
Item Contains Exempt/Private Reports
No
Reference:
015480/2025
Urgent Decision - Not in Forward Plan
Yes
Details for Agenda Sheet
Report of the Executive Director, Children & Families
Implementation Date (not before meeting on)
Tue 22 Jul 2025
Purpose

Birmingham City Council has been provisionally allocated a grant of £1.51million by the Department of Education to deliver the SAFE Taskforce for Birmingham in the 2025/26 academic year.

SAFE is a schools-led response to serious youth violence, focused on providing earlier intervention in mainstream secondary schools and is aligned with the expectations placed upon Schools, Academy trustees and governing bodies, and Local Authorities by Working Together to Improve School Attendance.

The Children and Families Directorate is recommending acceptance of the grant and the delivery of the SAFE Birmingham Taskforce through a two-track programme comprising:

  • Track 1 - Grants to schools to continue to fund existing evidence-based interventions that positively impact pupil attendance, behaviour and socio-emotional wellbeing.
  • Track 2 - Commissioned evidence-based interventions to procure a framework of interventions providers to meet the reach and impact required by the Department for Education grant.

Birmingham City Council has been provisionally allocated £1.51million of SAFE extension funding by DfE to reach approx. 1,000 young people at risk of serious violence and disengagement from education in 2025/26.

SAFE Birmingham Interventions are commissioned in line with Department for Education approved theories of change, they are Mentoring and Social Skills programmes for children and young people and CPD for professionally supporting pupils.

The SAFE Birmingham Taskforce Pilot supported unique 2,026 pupils and contributed to Improvements in socio-emotional regulation and wellbeing; behaviour and school attendance.

Key Portfolio
Children Young People and Families
Decision Maker
Chief Officer Decision Maker
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Reason For Key Decision
This report is late because the opportunity to respond to the DfE grant was formalised on 25 June 2025. The deadline to accept the grant funding is 25 July 2025, this decision must be made at July Cabinet in order to meet this deadline or the funding will be lost. 
Relevant Documents
Decision Type:
Committee
Decision Maker:
Cabinet
Directorate
Other Information
Private Reason
Decision Outcome

On 22 July 2025 Cabinet:-

(i)     Accepted grant funding of £1.51million from the Department of Education to deliver              the SAFE Birmingham Taskforce in 2025-26;

(ii)    Approved the distribution of grants to schools already enrolled on the SAFE                        programme to support the funding of interventions evidenced as impacting young                people at risk of serious violence and disengagement from education. (Track 1);

(iii)   Approved the commissioning and procurement of further interventions to meet the              scale and reach required by the programme in the extension year. (Track 2);

(iv)   Delegated to the Executive Director of Children and Families in conjunction with the            Director of Schools and Employability, the Director of Children's Commissioning and            Performance, the Executive Director of Finance and Section 151 Officer (or their                  delegate) and the Director of Law and Governance (or their delegate) the approval of          any grant making strategies and grant awards in relation to the delivery of Track 1 up          to a total value of £300,000;

(v)    Delegated to the Executive Director of Children and Families in conjunction with the            Director of Commercial and Procurement, the Executive Director of Finance and                  Section 151 Officer (or their delegate) and the Director of Law and Governance (or              their delegate) the approval of any procurement strategies and contract awards in                relation to the delivery of Track 2 up to a total value of £989,960;

(vi)   Authorised the Director of Law & Governance and Monitoring Officer (or their                      delegate) to negotiate and complete any agreements to give effect to the above                  decisions.

THIS DECISION IS NOT SUBJECT TO CALL IN

 

Would the recommended decision be contrary to the budget and policy framework:
No
Decision Options:

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Decision History

Date & Time CreatedUser Full NameStatus DescriptionDetails
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14/07/2025 14:31:36Mandeep MarwahaBusiness Item Created 
14/07/2025 14:31:36Mandeep MarwahaCommittee AddedCabinet
14/07/2025 14:32:01Mandeep MarwahaMeeting Added22/07/2025 10:00AM
14/07/2025 14:33:12Mandeep MarwahaContacts Edited 
14/07/2025 14:33:22Mandeep MarwahaStatus ChangedDecision Proposed [2]
14/07/2025 14:39:20Mandeep MarwahaGeneral Details Edited 
14/07/2025 17:07:29Mandeep MarwahaGeneral Details Edited 
14/07/2025 17:08:47Mandeep MarwahaReport AddedDocument ID 293511: SAFE Birmignham Notice and Executive Cover Sheet - Late items not included in the FP Exempt notifcation 1
14/07/2025 17:09:24Mandeep MarwahaReport AddedDocument ID 293512: SAFE Birmingham Grant Fund report
14/07/2025 17:10:39Mandeep MarwahaGeneral Details Edited 

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