Issue - meetings

Report by Director for Corporate Services to propose a revised Discretionary Charitable Relief Scheme from 01 April 2024.

Cabinet:

1)    APPROVED the new Discretionary Charitable Relief Scheme to operate from 1 April 2024.

2)    AGREED that authority be delegated to the Director for Corporate Services, in consultation with the Portfolio Holder for Corporate Governance, Finance and Resources, to make any future amendments to the Scheme.

The Director for Corporate Services introduced the report, the purpose of which was to propose a revised Discretionary Charitable Relief Scheme from 1 April 2024 to allow the scheme to be more transparent and clear.

Members agreed that charity shops are an asset to the economy and recycling attracting a mixture of disposable income from antique dealers to, teenagers to low-income families.

The Portfolio Holder for Town Centre, Growth and Prosperity advised members that 10% of carbon footprint is from the using of charity shops as it is classed as recycled, and the biggest trend genre currently for using charity shops are teenagers.

Cabinet:

1)    APPROVED the new Discretionary Charitable Relief Scheme to operate from 1 April 2024.

2)    AGREED that authority be delegated to the Director for Corporate Services, in consultation with the Portfolio Holder for Corporate Governance, Finance and Resources, to make any future amendments to the Scheme.

Reasons for Recommendations

To ensure there is transparency when awards are made under the Discretionary Charitable Relief Scheme.

To enable sufficient flexibility to make changes to the Discretionary Charitable Relief Scheme going forward by delegating this to an officer in consultation with the Portfolio Holder.