Decision details

To approve the payment to Sheffield City Trust, by way of grant, the sum of £2.6m.

Sheffield City Trust requires urgent funding, by way of grant, to meet additional costs and lost revenue caused by the Covid-19 pandemic and the closure of facilities it operates.

The financial support, of a grant of £2.6m (being £0.5m due under existing arrangements plus a further £2.1m to be paid by July 2020) allows SCT to continue trading whilst the Council continues the work to look at the priorities for the leisure provision in the City.