Decision

The Director of Communities submitted a report
to seek approval to spend Home Office allocated funding to fund a
service provider to deliver a Resettler
Support and Signposting Drop-in Service to help support UK
Resettlement Schemes and to reduce pressure on local services.
 
Decisions
 
The Resources Portfolio Holder
agreed:
 

·      
That approval is given to fund the Salvation Army to deliver a
Resettler Support and Signposting
Drop-in Service at a cost of £25,512 per year for two
years.
 

·      
That approval is given to proceed with the engagement of The
Salvation Army under the exemption to Contract Procedure rules
contained within the Financial Regulations and Financial Procedure
Rules on the grounds that exceptions may apply where: “The
services are of a specialised nature carried out by only one or a
limited number of organisations which have local experience with no
reasonably satisfactory alternatives available.”