Issue - meetings
Voluntary Sector Funding 2025-2026
Meeting: 16/01/2025 - Community and Wellbeing Committee (Item 26)
26 Voluntary Sector Funding 2025-2026 
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This report considers the continued support of voluntary sector organisations and sets out the proposed funding arrangements for 2025/2026.
Additional documents:
- Voluntary Sector Funding 2025-2026 Appendix 1, item 26
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- Voluntary Sector Funding 2025-2026 Appendix 2, item 26
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- Voluntary Sector Funding 2025-2026 Appendix 3 , View reasons restricted (26/4)
Decision:
The Committee unanimously resolved to exclude the Press and Public from the meeting in accordance with Section 100A (4) of the Local Government Act 1972 on the grounds that the business involved the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in paragraph 3 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Act (as amended) and that pursuant to paragraph 10 of Part 2 of the said Schedule 12A the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighed the public interest in disclosing the information.
The Committee resolved (7 for, and 1 against) to:
(1) Agree to the financial support of the voluntary sector organisations in 2025-2026 as detailed in option 2 (section 3.10 of the report).
Minutes:
The Committee received a report considering the continued support of voluntary sector organisations and setting out the proposed funding arrangements for 2025/2026.
The Committee considered the following matters:
a) Exclusion of the Press and Public. Due to the financial sensitivity of the information contained within Appendix 3, the Committee considered that an exclusion of the press and public would be required in order to enable effective debate on the matter in question.
The Committee unanimously resolved to exclude the Press and Public from the meeting in accordance with Section 100A (4) of the Local Government Act 1972 on the grounds that the business involved the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in paragraph 3 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Act (as amended) and that pursuant to paragraph 10 of Part 2 of the said Schedule 12A the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighed the public interest in disclosing the information.
The summary of the Committee’s debate during Part II of the meeting is recorded in a separate (not for publication) restricted minute.
Following consideration, the Committee resolved (7 for, and 1 against) to:
(1) Agree to the financial support of the voluntary sector organisations in 2025-2026 as detailed in option 2 (section 3.10 of the report).