Decision details
Delegated Officer Report - Sport Development – TUPE to Oldham Community Leisure (OCL) and School Swimming – Secondment to OCL
Decision Maker: Cabinet Member - Health and Social Care
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: Yes
Is subject to call in?: No
Purpose:
This report sets out the proposed change in
the delivery of both the Sports Development and School Swimming
Services following formal consultation.
Approval is sought to fully transfer the Sports Development service
from the Council to the Council’s leisure provider, Oldham
Community Leisure (OCL). This will require a TUPE transfer of
staff. The contract management arrangements will be retained within
the Council, undertaken by the Assistant Director of Youth, Leisure
and Communities.
Approval is also sought to second the School Swimming Service to
OCL, this is initially for a 12-month period with quarterly reviews
built in as part of the contract monitoring arrangements
Both changes require a variation to the existing Leisure Management
Contract to allow this to happen.
Decision:
RESOLVED - That:
A budget efficiency is achieved but also aligns the delivery of
sport and leisure in one place rather than parts of delivery in the
Council and parts in the Leisure Trust.
In order to facilitate these changes a variation to the existing
contract is required.
Reasons for the decision:
Option 1 - Transfer the delivery element of
the Sports Development Service to the Council’s leisure
provider, OCL. Resulting in a TUPE transfer of 17 FTE staff along
with casuals.
Second the School Swimming Service to the Council’s leisure
provider, OCL, initially for 12-months with quarterly
reviews.
This would align the all delivery of sport and leisure in one place
rather than across two organisations. These changes would achieve a
saving of circa £24K in total.
A variation to the Leisure management contract would be required to
facilitate these changes.
Option 2 – Do nothing. This option would not achieve the
identified saving and continue to have a mixed model of delivery
and strategy split across two parts of the service in the
Council.
Alternative options considered:
Option 2 – Do nothing. This option would
not achieve the identified saving and continue to have a mixed
model of delivery and strategy split across two parts of the
service in the Council.
Other reasons / organisations consulted
Sport Development - Formal consultation with
staff and the trade unions commenced on 20th April 2021
School Swimming – Formal Consultation with staff and trade
unions commenced on 10th May 2021
Contact: Neil Consterdine, Assistant Director Youth, Leisure and Communities 0161 770 8734 Email: neil.consterdine@oldham.gov.uk Email: Neil.Consterdine@oldham.gov.uk.
Publication date: 12/08/2021
Date of decision: 02/07/2021
Accompanying Documents:
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