Evidence library

EIJB report including:

• Discussion of money saving options for the EIJB including the recommendations to:

a) Bring forward the scheduled end date of the existing grants programme by two months by directing the Council to issue a 90 day notice of cancellation to all grant recipients to support reduction in the EIJB’s in- year deficit.
b) Do not provide an EIJB grants programme in 25/26.

• Monitoring and Evaluation Report of the 2022-23 Edinburgh Integrated Joint Board Grant Programme: 64 third sector organisations currently in receipt of grants of around c. £4.5m, providing services to an estimated 55,500 people across Edinburgh with two key priorities - 'Prevention and early intervention' and 'Tackling inequalities'.

"This paper evidences that the money currently invested in the EIJB grants programme would be better spent on other priorities. This would include a more focused approach to prevention with a greater emphasis placed on the EIJB’s realisation of return on investment"