The Director of Finance presented a report on the arrangements for the management of the Community Fund and recommended endorsement of those arrangements. The Fund would continue to be administered by Wirral Partnership Homes (WPH) and overseen by the Joint Working Group comprised of equal membership from the Council and WPH. His report included a summary of grants allocated from the fund until 2011.

Councillor Phil Davies moved a recommendation which was duly seconded, and it was -

Resolved –

(1) That the revised arrangements for the management of the Community Fund be agreed and Cabinet welcomes the fact that the Audit Commission has approved the proposals for the use of the Community Fund put forward by the Cabinet.

(2) That Cabinet recognises that the final decision on any submission rests with the Joint Working Group and will need to meet the legal requirement to ensure that they meet the terms of the Community Fund Deed and the charitable objects of Wirral Partnership Homes.