Purpose

In 2021 Camden established the £1.92 million Community Impacts Resilience Fund, committing to using existing revenue budget and a draw down from reserves of up to £880,000.00 (Appendix 1). The fund was established to support the resilience of the borough’s Voluntary and Community Sector (VCS) in response to the impact of COVID-19.

In March 2023 £811,706.00 of funding was allocated to 34 organisations in the second round of the Council’s Community Impact Resilience Fund.

A further 9 organisations whose applications were recommended in principle, pending further details. These organisations were asked to submit a second stage application. 7 organisations responded to the request, with 3 recommended for Community Impact Resilience Fund, and the remaining 4 awarded Organisational Development Fund. 

This report sets out the final recommendations for funding for these second stage applications, for a total of £88,880.70. This further recommendation of £88,880.70 will mean that a total of  £900,586.70 funding has been allocated for Round 2 of the Resilience Fund. 

The ‘Camden Community Impacts-Resilience Fund Report’, approved in October 2021, stated that the final decisions on allocation of grants should be made under delegated authority by the Director of Community Services.

Decision

THAT the Director of Equalities & Community Strength, in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Voluntary Sector, Equalities and Cohesion agrees the individual award allocations for the 7 stage 2 applications set out in Appendix 2 from the Community Impact Resilience Fund, amounting to a total of £88,880.70.