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Gloucester Community Building Collective Business Plan

Meeting: 10/02/2021 - Cabinet (Item 89)

89 Gloucester Community Building Collective PDF 166 KB

To consider the report of the Cabinet Member for Communities and Neighbourhoods updating Members on the work of the Gloucester Community Building Collective (GCBC) and seeking approval of GCBC’s Business Plan for 2021-2026, changes to the Board of the GCBC and that the City Council becomes a strategic investor for a period of 3 years.

Please note that appendix 3 is exempt from disclosure to the press and public by virtue of Paragraph 3 of Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972 as amended (information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person including the authority holding that information). If Members wish to discuss appendix 3 the Cabinet will need to resolve to exclude the press and public before doing so.

Additional documents:

Appendix 1 Gloucester Community Building Collective Business Plan 2021-26, item 89 PDF 303 KB
Appendix 2 Appointment of Additional Non-Executive Directors, item 89 PDF 313 KB
Appendix 3 GCBC Business Plan 2021-26 Financial Appendix , View reasons restricted (89/4)

Decision:

RESOLVED that:

(1) the role of the Gloucester Community Building Collective in the response to the current Covid-19 pandemic be welcomed

(2) the Gloucester Community Building Collective Business Plan for 2021-2026 be approved

(3) the appointment of four Directors to the Board of the Gloucester Community Building Collective be approved

(4) the reduction of the number of City Council Directors from currently two to one be approved and for this to come into effect in June 2021

(5) the Cabinet Member for Communities and Neighbourhoods be authorised to sign the Written Resolution in respect of recommendations 2 – 4

(6) Gloucester City Council make a strategic investment in the Gloucester Community Building Collective of £5,000 in 2021/22 and £15,000 per annum in 2022/23 and 2023/24

(7) the City Council’s work to become a centre of excellence in strengths based approaches is formally noted and commitment is given to continue the Council’s strengths based work in cooperation with Gloucester Community Building Collective and other organisations, groups and stakeholders in the City.

Minutes:

Cabinet considered the report of the Cabinet Member for Communities and Neighbourhoods that updated Members on the work of the Gloucester Community Building Collective (GCBC) and sought approval of GCBC’s Business Plan for 2021-2026, changes to the Board of the GCBC and that the City Council becomes a strategic investor for a period of 3 years.

The Cabinet Member for Communities and Neighbourhoods placed the GCBC in the context of the council’s transformation towards being an enabler of services shaped by residents as part of the asset based community approach championed by the current administration which she hoped would continue. She expressed confidence in and excitement for the future of the collective and thanked the Corporate Director and Head of Communities for getting it to this stage. The Cabinet Member for Environment commended its performance across the city during the COVID-19 pandemic with the delivery of food, prescriptions and information direct to the community. The Cabinet Member for Performance and Resources reiterated that the pandemic had proved the worth of the community centred approach and reflected on how much more challenging it would have been without partners drawing together and the leadership of the Cabinet Member for Communities and Neighbourhoods. She noted that this model of working had been recognised as an exemplar of good practice across the country.