Purpose

The Mayoral Delivery Fund (MDF) is a three
year investment fund of £16.675m designed
to support the delivery of the Mayor’s
manifesto commitments across several MCA
portfolio areas.
The MCA Board at its meeting on 24th June
2025 agreed the following
recommendations:
• Endorse the proposed Mayoral Delivery
Fund (MDF) investment areas to enable
the development of further project detail.
• Delegate authority to the Head of Paid
Service in consultation with the Mayor
and MCA Board Members to approve
funding for interventions on the
investments that ‘Tell our story’ and
‘Marketing SY’ up to a value of £3.98m.
• Delegate authority to the Head of Paid
Service, in consultation with the Mayor to
approve funding for investment into
building the MCA’s core capabilities up to
a value of £3.18m.
• Note that projects drawing on the
allocation of Gainshare funding reserved
to the MCA will be progressed in
accordance with the MCA’s Assurance
Framework.

On 26th October 2026 the SYMCA
Investment Board recommended approval of
phase two of the The Mayor's Little Big Book
Club (previously known as Every Child a
Reader) programme via delegated authority.

Decision

Approve the recommendations?
 

Alternative options considered

1. Approve the recommendations?
2. Reject some, or all, of the
recommendations?