The consultation asked for feedback on proposed changes to Sheffield City Council's Corporate Grant Aid, that provides grant funding for voluntary sector activity, which would take effect from April 2017. The consultation asked for feedback both on principles and priorities for the proposed funds and on process issues.
There were 71 responses to the online consultation, including from 14 current Grant Aid recipient organisations.
There was clear preference for multi-year grant awards and for funding to still be available to support core costs. VCF representation on the grant award advisory panel was also welcomed, although there wasconcern about how such a representative would be recruited. There was general support for a shift to an outcomes focused approach, although a range of concerns were identified in the sector's readiness to think about their services in terms of outcomes and what support would be available and whether the data and evidence gathering required would be proportionate to the funding available and whether it would detract from service delivery.
The responses having given a steer to the following decisions:
Sheffield City Council wishes to hear the views of the Voluntary and Community Sector on the proposals for city-wide Grant Aid Fund 2017/18-2019/20.
Pease read all the documents listed below before you complete the online survey.
Within the online survey, there are questions on the fund overall and on the individual types of grants proposed.
We will analyse the rresponses to this consultation and this will inform the September Cabinet Report that will propose the structure of Corporate Grant Aid for 2017-20. A separate 'We asked, you said, we did' report will be published in the Autumn through Citizen Space.
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