Decision details

Outdoor Learning Service Fees and Charges for 2024 / 2025

Decision Maker: Corporate Director Children and Young People's Services

Decision status: Recommendations Approved

Is Key decision?: Yes

Is subject to call in?: Yes

Purpose:

• To agree fees and charges for day and residential provision at the outdoor centres for 2024/2025
• To agree amendments to the fees and charges strategy for 23/24, to enable discounts for new schools and last-minute bookings during winter 2023/2024.
• Agree new timescales for fees and charges decision making, moving from academic to financial year prices.

Decision:

1.1 - approval for fees and charges for Outdoor Learning 2023-24 (academic year) to remain in place from September 2024 to March 2025, enabling the resetting of new fees for 2024-25 to mirror the financial year moving away from the academic year.
1.2 approval to operate two pilot schemes: (1) discounts and (2) corporate and conference
pricing, to generate additional income and guide future strategies.

Reasons for the decision:

To Enable the resetting of new fees for 2024-25 to mirror the financial year moving away from the academic year.
To be able to Offer discounts and incentives to attract new customers and help fill vacancy spaces in the calendar.

Publication date: 19/09/2023

Date of decision: 19/09/2023

Effective from: 27/09/2023

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