Agenda and decisions

To note any declarations of interest from councillors. They are asked to

indicate the relevant agenda item, the nature of the interest and in particular

whether it is a disclosable pecuniary interest.

Any declaration of interest made at the meeting which is not on the register of

interests should be notified to the Monitoring Officer for inclusion.

To receive any announcements from the Chair.

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Questions

1.      Written public questions must be received by 5.00 pm, at least 3 clear working days prior to the meeting. For this meeting, this means that questions must be received at the latest by 5.00 pm on Monday 10^th March 2025. Public Questions should be submitted via our webform: www.bristol.gov.uk/publicforum

2.      Any individual can submit up to 3 written questions.

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4.      At the meeting, questioners will be permitted to ask up to 2 oral supplementary questions.

Statements

1.      Written statements must be received at latest by 12.00 noon, at least 2 working days prior to the meeting. For this meeting, this means that statements must be received at the latest by 12.00 noon on Wednesday 12^th March 2025. Public Statements should be submitted via our webform: www.bristol.gov.uk/publicforum

2.      Statements, provided they are no more than 1,000 words in length, will be circulated to all committee members and will be published on the Council’s website at least one hour before the meeting.

Petitions

1.      Details of the wording of any petitions, and the number of signatories to petitions must be received at latest by 12.00 noon, at least 2 working days prior to the meeting. For this meeting, this means that petition details must be received at the latest by 12.00 noon on Wednesday 12^th March 2025. Please email petition details to policycommittees@bristol.gov.uk

2.      At the meeting, individuals presenting petitions may be required to read out the objectives of the petition.

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To seek authority to invite Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise (VCSE) organisations to apply to Bristol Impact Fund 3 (BIF 3) One City Many Communities, which will invest a total of £8.8m grant funding over four years (£2.2m per annum) from 1^st April 2026 to the 31^st March 2030 to build city resilience by growing the power of communities experiencing the greatest inequity.

That the Public Health and Communities Policy Committee:

1.      Approved the approach to funding for Bristol Impact Fund 3: One City, Many Communities - a total grants fund of £8.8m over four years from 1st April 2026 - 31st March 2030.

2.      Authorised the Executive Director for Adults and Communities and the Director for Public Health in consultation with the Chair of The Public Health and Communities Committee to take all steps required to invite VCSE organisations to apply to BIF 3 and to bring a further report relating to the allocation of medium and large grants to the PH&C Committee in November 2025 (TBC).

3.      Authorised the Executive Director of Adults and Communities and Director of Public Health in consultation with Chair of the Public Health and Communities Committee to award two rounds of small grants up to £200,000 over four years.

4.      Noted the learning from BIF 2 outlined in the interim evaluation report, which has informed the proposed approach to BIF 3.

5.      Noted the consultation report at Appendix F.

To brief the Public Health and Communities Policy Committee on performance against the BCC Business Plan as relevant to the remit of this Committee, for Q3 2024/25, and for Members to note areas of specific interest or concern with relevant Directors.

1.      That Public Health and Communities Policy Committee noted performance against the Business Plan relevant to this Committee, including the issues raised and measures to address performance issues to be implemented by relevant services.

This report is for information only to inform the Committee of the outcome of recent procurement exercises to identify providers of a new Integrated Sexual Health Service (ISHS) for Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire (BNSSG).

That the Public Health and Communities Policy Committee noted the outcomes of the sexual health reprocurement processes to identify appropriate providers of ISHS. These new services are expected to launch on 1st April 2025. The providers of each of the three services are:

·       Digital sexual health service: SH:24 (a community interest company)

·       Clinical sexual health service: University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust, with North Bristol NHS Trust and Brook Young People (a charity) as partners/sub-contractors

·       Health promotion, prevention and community engagement service: Brook Young People, with Brigstowe as a sub-contractor (both are charities)

To seek approval to invite community and voluntary sector organisations to apply for the Voluntary and Community Sector Infrastructure Support Grant maintaining the current funding of £316,608 per annum, a total of £1,266,432 over four years from 1^st April 2026 to 31^st March 2030 with an option to extend for a further 12 months.

That the Public Health and Communities Policy Committee:

Contractual:

1.      Authorised the Executive Director of Adults and Communities in consultation with Chair of the Public Health and Communities Committee to:

a.      invite applications for the VCSE Sector Infrastructure Support Grant of £316,608 p.a. a total of £1,266,432 over four years from 1st April 2026 to 31st March 2030

b.      award the grants in-line with the maximum budget envelopes outlined in this report.

c.       extend the funding agreement by a further 12 months making the total programme five years to 31st March 2031 at an additional cost of £316,608.