Purpose

The Corporate Policy Committee
at its meeting on 6 February 2025 delegated authority to the
Director of Growth and Enterprise manage the Cheshire East UKSPF
programme, taking all necessary actions in the interests of
maximising the impacts of the fund aligned to the fund parameters
and local priorities, including but not limited to allocation of
remaining funds to specific interventions, and reallocation of
funds and movement of revenue funds to capital if required. The
Digital Communities Fund forms part of the Enabling Communities
Grants Programme.

Content

Approval of the first set of
recommendations for E15 (UKRPF) totalling £27,919 and E15
(UKSPF) totalling £29,424 under the Digital Communities grant
scheme following evaluation and scoring of applications as set out
in the Appendix to the ODR.
 
This leaves an underspend of
£2,081 for E15 (UKRPF) and £37,076 for E15 (UKSPF). The
underspend is likely to be allocated, as applicants are
re-submitting their applications for reconsideration by the panel
on Monday 20 October.