Executive and Officer Decisions

To provide up to a further £500k to Leicester Arts Centre Limited (Phoenix) in order to enable the delivery of the Phoenix 2020 project that will extend the current offer and enable the charity to become more financially self-sufficient.

To approve a grant of up to £500k to Leicester Arts Centre Ltd (Phoenix) to support the delivery of the Phoenix 2020 project, on the basis that if any of this sum is not required to deliver the scheme it will be retained by / repaid to the Council.

To add the Green Homes Grant funding to the General Fund and HRA Capital Programmes to support the delivery of low carbon and renewable energy efficient measures to domestic dwellings in the City.

a)    That £1.225m is added to the 2021/22 General Fund capital programme to fund grants (and associated administration costs) to owner occupied and privately rented dwellings, financed from the Green Homes Grant.

b)    That £1.8m is added to the 2021/22 HRA capital programme to fund the installation of energy efficient measures to council homes, with £900k being financed from the Green Homes Grant and £900k from HRA reserves.

To provide £365,000 funding from Covid recovery funds to support a programme of Coivd-19 Safe Events to be staged throughout the summer.

Approve additional budget of up to £365,000 to support a programme of Covid safe festivals and events in the City.  To be funded from the money set aside to support COVID recovery.

To approve a Knife Crime and Serious Violence Strategy.

To adopt and publish the Leicester City Council Knife Crime and Serious Violence Strategy.