Decision details

PCC DN - SHiFT delivery – VRU intervention in Manchester

Decision Maker: Director for Safer and Stronger Communities, GM Deputy Mayor, Group Finance Officer

Decision status: Recommendations Approved

Is Key decision?: No

Is subject to call in?: No

Purpose:

SHiFT is a national charity that works with vulnerable children and young people caught up in, or at risk of cycles of harm where things are getting worse, not better. SHiFT will collaborate with the Violence Reduction Unit and Manchester City Council to establish trusting professional relationships between practitioners and young people to give them the support they need to improve their lives.
A private donor has provided 50% of total programme cost for 18 months of delivery of the programme to children and young people in Manchester and Manchester City Council are providing the remaining 25%.

Decision:

£150,000 be provided to Manchester City Council as a contribution to deliver targeted interventions to prevent vulnerable young people from being drawn into risky behaviours that could impact negatively on them and their communities, to cover delivery for 2023/24.

Publication date: 03/07/2023

Date of decision: 05/06/2023