Purpose

To
consider the grant funding proposal (and the associated conditions
and criteria) for 2025-28 and beyond, designed to facilitate the
sustainability of Mobile and Community Warden Schemes operating in
South Cambridgeshire.
 

Content

Cabinet:
 

a)   
Agreed the proposed Mobile and Community Warden
3-year funding scheme for 2025-28 in Appendix E to the report
(subject to the Council’s normal annual budget setting
processes) to include –

                                     
i.       
Tapered core funding allocations of £135,000
in year 1, £110,000 in year 2, and £100,000 in year
3.

                                    
ii.       
Ring-fenced funding within each annual allocation to
support new or expanding schemes or to help existing schemes
develop and become financially sustainable.

                                   
iii.       
One-off transition funding of £15,000
(included in the £135,000 of core funding) for 2025-26 to
provide damping to those schemes that would otherwise receive less
grant funding than provided in 2024-25.

b)   
Noted the proposal of a 10-year grant plan that
would be reviewed every three years, and which would see funding
taper off to £0 for existing schemes and maintained at
£20,000 per annum for new or expanding schemes (subject to
inflation).

c)   
Approved the Mobile and Community Warden grant
scheme terms and conditions at Appendix F to the report, and
delegated authority for any minor amends to the Lead Cabinet Member
for Communities.

d)   
Agreed the launch of the 2025-28 Mobile and
Community Warden scheme in October 2024, with grant decisions to be
made by the Lead Cabinet Member for Resources following
recommendations by the Grants Advisory Committee in December 2024
(Timeline at Appendix F to the report).