Grants (for the third sector) People Directorate Budget Consultation 2017/18

Foreword

Birmingham City Council approved its budget on 28 February 2017.

Included in the budget was the requirement to achieve budget savings across identified areas.

Two of the identified budget areas were the Supporting People Programme and the Grants Programme to some third sector organisations. The required savings across both programmes combined is £3.2 million in 2017/18 increasing to £5.0million in 2018/19.

This consultation document and the financial information it contains assumes the full savings being applied to the Grants Programme only. Any savings not achieved from the third sector will increase the amount of savings required from the Supporting People programme.

Introduction

What are we consulting on?

We are consulting on our proposals to achieve the £3.2m reduction for 2017/18 and a further £1.8m reduction for 2018/19.

How will we consult people?

1.   We will be asking for views on our proposals from people who use services, carers, city council staff, health partners, organisations that provide adult social care services in the private or voluntary sectors and the general public;

2.   You can tell us your views by completing a questionnaire, taking part in consultation meetings, by emailing or telephoning us. We will listen to, and take note of all your comments;

3.   We will publish and make widely available what you tell us and what we plan to do next. We will show where we have changed any of the proposals as a result of listening to people’s views. Where we have not made changes to our proposals we will explain why this was the case;

4.   We will write a report to our Cabinet including what we have found out through this consultation. The Cabinet is the governing body of the City Council, made up of elected councillors; it is responsible for decisions on all Council services.

How long will this consultation run for?

This Directorate Budget Consultation begins on 21^st March 2017 and finishes on 10^th May 2017.

Who will be affected by the results of this consultation?

This consultation affects:

·        some adults living in Birmingham who receive or may need adult social care services;

·        young people who receive or may need adult social care services in the future;

·        carers for adults with a social care need who live in Birmingham;

·        Birmingham City Council staff;

·        health organisations in Birmingham and their staff;

·        private, third sector and voluntary providers of adult social care services and their staff; and

·        the Police and Fire and Rescue Service

·        Partner organisations in Birmingham and their staff

Background Information

Grant Funding stream - Vulnerable Adults

This Grant funding provides support services to older and vulnerable citizens, to help them achieve and/or maintain independent living. 

The services support the Council’s priorities of reducing dependency and creating community resilience. One way of doing this is to keep people active and engaged within their own families, communities and neighbourhoods.

These services aim to promote independence by helping people to do as much as they can for themselves for as long as possible.

The services support partnership working with Adult Social Care, and have changed the focus from ‘eligibility and assessment’ to a sustainable model of ‘prevention and independence’ in line with the Care Act.

A total of 41 services are commissioned through the Grant which are broadly categorised into four groups:

·        Day opportunities

·        Advice and Support

·        Advice and Information

·        Domestic Violence

Net Spend  

16//17      

Saving in 17/18

Saving in 18/19

£2.7m

Gross Saving

(£1.35m)

(£2.7m)

Implementation Costs

£0.000m

£0.000m

Net Saving

(£1.35m)

(£2.7m)