We have identified 50 evidence-based social value themes for Hartlepool Borough Council in North East across 30 service areas. These insights are derived from the latest council meeting transcripts and can inform your social value strategy for bids and tenders.
Council Contribution to Heritage Scheme
Hartlepool Council contributed £340,000 to support Church Street Conservation Area Townscape Heritage Scheme, specifically directed towards public realm works in Church Square and Church Street. This …
“the authority has put in 340 and that was directed towards supporting um the um the public realm works so the um you know we wanted to to do that firs…”
Building Grants Programme Revision
Church Street townscape heritage scheme building grants revised to streamline delivery. Changed from original approach targeting two key buildings to simplified model offering 75% grant rate (increase…
“the national lottery heritage fund did advise in september that due to the lack of applications they did they would like us to review this and we've b…”
Pandemic-Related Programme Delivery Delays
Heritage activities paused in March 2020 due to COVID-19. Activity programme delivery delayed approximately 12 months. Planning process slowdowns created knock-on effects for building work scheduling …
“obviously those um activities were paused in march 2020 and and have been since um the corvette pandemic had started um and this was further exacerbat…”
Church Street Conservation Area Townscape Heritage Scheme Extension
National Lottery Heritage Fund-supported programme extended for additional two years through to November 2022, enabling acceleration of delayed activity and building grant delivery. Extension follows …
“we've been able to extend the program for a further two years so this will take us to november uh 2022 and this will allow us to hopefully deliver the…”
Staffing Recruitment Challenges
Townscape Heritage Scheme delivery officer position remained vacant for 10 months (December 2019), significantly impacting programme progress and delivery obligations. Fixed-term contract nature deter…
“we have had some challenges in terms of appointment of officers into this rule and we've had a vacancy for for quite a huge part of the programme deli…”
Current Year Budget Favorable Variance
The emergency planning budget is expecting a favorable variance of £65,000 for the current year. This is primarily due to savings on employee costs, particularly employees not being included in the em…
“in terms of the current year we're expecting a favorable variance of 65 000. there's two main reasons for this first the some of it is down to uh savi…”
LRF Contingency Fund Decision
The Local Resilience Forum Strategic Board decided that a proposed rebate of £43,000 to LRF members should instead be held as a contingency reserve for future collective use. This was agreed because m…
“it was a proposal um i think it's over 12 months ago around looking to rebate lrf members we took that um recommendation to the local resilience forum…”
Continued COVID-19 Response Impact on Operations
The emergency planning unit has been significantly impacted by the ongoing COVID-19 response, which has consumed substantial resources and resulted in non-essential non-statutory duties being suspende…
“early in the year i had to spend all non-essential non-statutory duties and so in terms of last year's action plan a number of the actions remain um o…”
2021-2022 Budget Approval with Increased Member Contributions
Members approved the 2021-2022 budget with a £7,000 increase in member contributions from local authorities. This is the first year of increase after three years of fixed contributions following a pre…
“in terms of the budget for next year um really a few years ago that we've gone through a period where there'd been annual reductions um as part of an …”
COVID-19 Financial Support - Government Funding Package
Hartlepool received total government support of £59 million over pandemic period: £37.9 million (64%) to businesses through rates relief and grant schemes; £8.6 million (15%) to households and care se…
“the scale of the support that the government provide at the hartley pool it's 59 million pounds and 64 of that so 37.9 million is support that's gone …”
Budget Deficit Deferred to 2022-23
Budget deficit of 5.639 million pounds deferred to 2022-23 due to council tax freeze decision
“finance and policy committee recognized this defers a budget deficit into 2223 and will all need to work together to address this position uh next yea…”
Council Tax Freeze Approved for 2021-22
Full Council approved a total freeze on both the core council tax rate and the adult social care precept for 2021-22. This decision defers budget deficits into 2022-23 and requires use of reserves to …
“a freeze in the core council tax and adult social care precept was recommended from finance and policy for 21 22...the council approves these proposal…”
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