Decision details

To seek a decision for approval to accept of an offer of additional grant funding (for up to a total of £500,000) from the Department for Education (DfE) under their Sector Led Improvement Partner (SLIP) Programme for 2024/2025.

Decision required to confirm if NYC can accept this grant funding, under the Council’s Grant Funding Application Process.

To authorise the acceptance of grant funding of up to £500,000 from the DfE under the Sector Led Improvement Partner Programme.

In September 2023, the Department for Education (DfE) announced funding for a further SLIP Programme which will run during 2024-2025. On 17th October 2023, NYC received approval to apply for grant funding up to £350,000 from the Executive Member for Children and Families and Assistant Director- Resources. On receipt of the DfE’s final funding criteria for 2024/2025 NYC calculated and submitted a bid for a final funding figure for up to £325,000. On 21st December 2023, the DfE wrote to NYC to confirm in writing that their bid has been successful.

On 16th January 2024, the Executive Member for Children and Families in consultation with the Chief Finance Officer and the Executive Member for Finance, authorised the acceptance of grant funding for up to £325,000 from the DfE under the Sector Led Improvement Partner Programme. Subsequently, the DfE have since made NYC aware of some additional funding that may be applied for by the three ‘innovator’ LAs from their Strengthening Families Protecting Children’s (SFPC) Programme – of which NYC are one. This is with the purpose of maintaining the legacy and learning of the innovation models, including NYC’s ‘No Wrong Door’. The DfE have invited NYC to adjust their SLIP grant funding figure from £325,000 in order to increase the available number of NYC support days. This would be to specifically incorporate work with LAs identified as those who would learn and benefit from No Wrong Door, as part of the DfE SFPC Programme legacy.