Issue - meetings

Committee considered a detailed report in relation to the Bolsover Partnership Annual Monitoring Report.

The Bolsover Partnership Annual Report - April 2022 to March 2023, aimed to provide a comprehensive overview of how the Leader’s Executive and Partnership Team had supported local communities, schools, young people, and local businesses, including key achievements, during the last financial year (2022/23). The Annual Report also provided a resource document for Members, officers, and partners.

Key achievements highlighted throughout the report included;

·       a collective response to supporting communities during the Cost of Living and ongoing pressure post pandemic, which included working closely with local communities, small and large local businesses, and the launch of the social prescribing platform Treacle.me;

·       the successful submission of an Investment Plan securing £1,963,993 through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund, and the inclusive process to work up priorities and the allocation towards projects;

·       the additional award of £427,888 through the Rural Development Fund;

·       the implementation of the Councillor Community Grants, which resulted in 111 awards being made;

·       a rapid response to the Cost of Living crisis involving a wide range of partners to identify and address some of the most pressing issues;

·       the implementation of Treacle.me for the Bolsover District, a social prescribing platform that provides access to information about local support groups and services.

Members attention was drawn to an error in the report under the heading of ‘UK Shared Prosperity Fund’ and that the third bullet point should read 2024/25 and not 2022/23.

In response to a Member’s question, the Contracts and Commissioning Officer advised Members that the reason only £38k of the Rural England Fund had been spent in 2022/23, was due to a delay by the Government where the Council had received the funding very late in the year. However, funding had been rolled over to the current financial year.

Members welcomed the report and congratulated the Leader’s Executive and

Partnership Team for an excellent report.

Moved by Councillor Catherine Tite and seconded by Councillor Hiney-Saunders

RESOLVED that the report be noted.