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RESOLVED that Cabinet
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a)      
recalls that
£210,298 of grant funding from Sport England to support the
Place Partnerships scheme was accepted by Cabinet on 19 December
2025, to deliver further priority projects from the Sport and
Activity Strategy action plan;

b)      
following accepting the grant funding, agrees to
enter into a grant agreement with Active Essex, Essex County
Council, with Tendring District Council named as the Delivery
Partner for the Place Partnerships funding on the terms and
conditions, as set out in Appendix B to the report (A.8);

c)      
authorises the Assistant Director (Sport, Culture
and Health), in consultation with Legal Services, to complete the
Grant Agreement with the detail of the Project Outputs and Outcomes
as identified within this report;

d)      
agrees to allocate the budget across the three
schemes set out in the Executive Summary of this report;

e)      
supports the appointment of two fixed-term Active
Wellbeing Activators funded from the Place Partnerships funding, to
facilitate and support additional community activity, as set out in
the Sport and Activity Strategy Action Plan;

f)        
allocates £3,599 from the Sport and Activity
budget to engage ‘PLAYED Ltd’ for the development of
advanced analytics dashboards for the 'Find Your Active' platform
hosted by Active Essex;

g)      
allocates £3,600 from the Sport and Activity
budget towards a total project cost of £9,600 as a
contribution towards a feasibility study for an Active Track at
Cliff Park, Harwich; with the balance being paid by England
Athletics; and

h)      
notes the progress made to date on the projects
contained in the Sport and Activity Strategy.