Issue - decisions

RESOLVED - To approve the award of grant funding of £50,000 to Homestart Host to enable them to enhance Play, Learn, Grow across the borough and to build on their bilingual support offer to encourage more BAME families to access targeted early help support. The grant would run from 1 September 2025 to 31 August 2026, with an option to extend for
a further one year up until 31 August 2027 should funding be available and it be identified that there is still a need across the borough. Funding will be from the DfE Family Hubs Grant, with no additional cost to the council.