Decision details

To confirm the continuation of grant awards for organisations that were initially offered a one year grant with the option to extend to co-ordinate Equality Hubs.

To approve the grant awards as follows:-

Organisations co-ordinating the Age Hub

Age UK Sheffield: £11,250 for one year (2018-19)

Sheffield Futures: £3,725 for one year (2018-19)

Organisations co-ordinating the LGBT+ Hub

LGBT Sheffield: £10,000 for one year (2018-19)

Organisation co-ordinating the Women’s Hub

Together Women: £10,000 for 2 years (2018-19 and 2019-2020)

The organisations that received a one year grant with the option to extend have all been through a successful application process where they had to demonstrate the necessary requirements. Officer review showed that the 4 organisations were meeting all requirements expected of them and therefore the only viable option was to extend these grants.

The options considered were in line with the September 2016 Cabinet report. All of the current recipients of the Equality and Fairness grants were meeting the expectations of the grant agreement and therefore no alternative options were considered.