Decision Maker: Cabinet

Outcome:

Is Key Decision?: Yes

Is Callable In?: Yes

Date of Decision: January 30, 2026

Purpose:

Content: RESOLVED that Cabinet –   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.