Decision details

To approve the grant recommendations

1.  That the grant funding programme allocations set out in appendix 1; for the Early Years (Community Nurseries) and Pre –school Learning Alliance (PSLA) in 2011-12 be approved

2.  That the allocations proposed for 2011/12 are based on organisations receiving a full portioned quarterly allocation of Council grant for the first three months of 2011/12, followed by a 25% reduction in Council grant for the remaining nine months of 2011/12. The total grant reduction for the full year is 19% overall. Note that for every Community Nursery, the Council grant accounts for a minority of their income be noted

3.   To note that one setting is no longer functioning as a community nursery.

4.  That the Strategic Director of Children’s Services should monitor progress and retain the right to withhold funding should the conditions of grant not be met by the organisations concerned.