The Cabinet considered the outcome of a consultation on the possible closure of the AGMA Section 48 Grant scheme and the development of a new funding programme for culture and social impact under the Greater Manchester Combined Authority and agreed that
· the outcome and mitigating actions of the completed consultation on the proposed closure of the grants programme be noted;
· authorisation be given to the closure of the Section 48 Grants scheme, noting that it would be replaced by the Greater Manchester Combined Authority Culture and Social Impact Programme.
The Cabinet considered a proposal from the AGMA Executive Board to begin a consultation on closing the current Section 48 Grants Scheme with a view to its replacement by a new scheme under the Greater Manchester Combined Authority and agreed the following:-
· the case for closure of the current Section 48 AGMA Grants programme be noted and authorisation be given for a consultation on closure of the scheme to be undertaken by AGMA to inform a final decision on closure to be taken at a later date;
· the development of a new funding programme for culture, under the GMCA, as a potential replacement for the Section 48 Scheme be supported;
· the intention to run the consultation for a new Combined Authority programme for culture at the same time as the consultation on closure of the Section 48 scheme be noted.