Decision details

RECOMMENDATIONS:

1.1. To utilise government asylum dispersal and refugee resettlement grant funding to deliver a £500,000 Sanctuary Grant Programme for local projects that support refugees, migrants and residents seeking asylum in the borough.

1.2. To endorse the establishment of a council-led project team to ensure due diligence for the delivery of this major grants programme and adherence to government resettlement and asylum dispersal funding requirements.

1.3. To approve an innovative participatory grant making approach, with ‘experts by experience’ shaping the delivery of the Sanctuary Grant Programme through a well-supported and informed Sanctuary Grants Community Panel.

DECISIONS:

AGREED RECOMMENDATIONS

Reasons for the decision – as detailed in the report

Other options considered – as detailed in the report

Conflicts of interest / dispensations granted – none