Decision details

PCC DN - VRU Venue Booking and Catering

Decision Maker: Director for Police, Crime, Criminal Justice and Fire

Decision status: Recommendations Approved

Is Key decision?: No

Is subject to call in?: No

Purpose:

The Experts by Experience programme is designed to appoint people with lived experience of serious violence to be trained in the skill of Appreciative Inquiry, and to use Appreciative Inquiry to carry out a critical appraisal of the GM VRU’s Community Led Pilots programme and more generally appraise the GM VRU’s Community Led approach. This event in particular is intended as a training day to train the appointed Experts in the skill of Appreciative Inquiry

Decision:

The Greater Manchester Violence Reduction Unit (reserves budget) are seeking to make the following payment for a VRU hosted training event:

Friends Meeting House:
A payment to be made of £225.83 to book a room at Friends Meeting House, Manchester for the Violence Reduction Experts by Experience Training Programme for people with lived experience of serious violence on Wednesday 10th May 2023 as well as Teas & Coffees for the 15 meeting attendees.

The VRU has previously spent a total of £1314.96 on event space at Friends Meeting House in financial year 22/23. The proposed spend of £1,569.83 will be in financial year 23/24, and will take total spend across both years to £1540.79

Publication date: 12/05/2023

Date of decision: 21/04/2023