Decision details
All Age Advice Centre pilot - Feasibility and Development Funding application
Decision Maker: Chief Executive, West of England Combined Authority
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: No
Is subject to call in?: No
Purpose:
Delegated authority has been granted to the
Combined Authority’s Chief Executive to take decisions on the
award of regional recovery funding.
A Feasibility and Development Funding application was prepared
setting out the case for releasing £336k from this fund to
deliver an All Age Advice Centre pilot.
The project will deliver a portal and advice line to support
individuals in making the right connections to pursue employment
related support, training/learning or other opportunities open to
them, with the aim of progressing into meaningful activity and
progression (for full detail of the pilot, see Appendix 1).
The pilot approach will build in capacity to enable the Combined
Authority and its unitary authority partners to examine the changed
regional landscape, demand for and shortage of skills, and to build
viable, long term, flexible solutions regionally and locally.
There will be rolling evaluation of the All Age Advice Centre pilot
stage to establish viability, impact and the optimum
delivery/staffing model post-pilot, including building on existing
arrangements.
Business and skills leads across the West of England unitary
authorities were involved in developing this proposal and the Chief
Executives of the West of England unitary authorities were also
consulted and in agreement with the decision.
Decision:
To release £336k of funding and approve
the Feasibility and Development funding application for the All Age
Advice Centre pilot.
Alternative options considered:
Not applicable in relation to this specific
decision, i.e. this was the option considered.
Publication date: 23/12/2021
Date of decision: 24/11/2021
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