The purpose of this report is to seek a decision from Cllr Mayes to approve the awarding of the section 31 grant funding apportioned to Wiltshire Council to the recipients listed below for delivery of Multiply Programme interventions.
These interventions have been selected and proposed from a menu provided by the Department for Education as part of its Multiply Prospectus, published in April 2022.
The report seeks approval of awards of the following amounts:
v Prospects Training Service £100,000
Decision type: Key
Decision status: Recommendations Approved (subject to call-in)
Notice of proposed decision first published: 14/03/2023
Decision due: Not before 22 Mar 2023 by Deputy Leader and Cabinet Member for Children's Services, Education and Skills
Lead member: Cllr Laura Mayes, Deputy Leader and Cabinet Member for Children's Services, Education, and Skills laura.mayes@wiltshire.gov.uk
Department: Education & Skills
Contact: Emily Hughes, Email: Emily.hughes@wiltshire.gov.uk Tel: 01225 756176.
Consultation process
In May 2022, Employment and Skills officers engaged with stakeholders and invited expressions of interest to deliver the Multiply interventions. Subsequent further engagement took place and interventions discussed and defined. Later, the Multiply Team undertook further engagement with local training providers facilitated by the Gloucestershire, Wiltshire and Swindon Training Partnership (GWP). In response to this, Prospects Training Services came forward and engaged with us to scope a localised multiply offer.