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(i)           
to note the business case in Appendix A of the report;
(ii)         
to approve the expenditure for the funding of voluntary
organisations detailed at Appendix A of the report for a period of
12 months to 31 March 2026;
(iii)        
to agree to no longer provide grant funding to Scottish Care;
(iv)        
to amend the timescale of the direction to Aberdeen City Council in
Appendix B to an end date of 31 March 2026;
(v)         
to make the amended Direction and instruct the Chief Officer to
issue that amended Direction to Aberdeen City Council;
(vi)        
to instruct the Chief Officer to bring back a report on the future
funding of grant funded services beyond 31 March 2026 to the
meeting of the IJB on 2 December 2025;
(vii)       
to instruct the Commissioning Lead to include qualitative feedback
from service users as part of participant reviews in the Service
Review at Appendix D of report HSCP.25.021 and to bring this back
to the meeting of the IJB on 2 December 2025; and
(viii)      
to instruct the Commissioning Lead to issue a Service Update no
later than 31 July 2025 in respect of provision of all Counselling
Services.