Decision details

Chief Finance Officer (sub-delegated to the Assistant Director for Resources - Environment), to authorise the acceptance of the grant for the sum of £176,250 (to a maximum of £217, 074.75) from the Football Foundation to install a Playzone facility at Gallows Close, Scarborough.

To accept the Football Foundation grant offer for the sum of £217,074.75 for the purpose of installing a Playzone facility at the Gallows Close Centre, Scarborough subject to appropriate terms and conditions being agreed and agreement of the sources of match funding set out in the report.

The Gallows Community Centre and partners represent an opportunity to access significant funding from the Football Foundation Playzone scheme that will see a transformational change in the quality of an NYC asset and the ability for key user groups to access and benefit from the facility.

The option to not accept the grant offer from the Football Foundation was considered but rejected. This was because the opportunity to significantly upgrade an asset owned by the Council would be lost, along with the wider benefits of addressing access to safe high quality play facilities for the target groups referenced in the report.