Issue - meetings
Workshop Outcome for Double Click and Agreement to Progress
Meeting: 24/10/2013 - Social & Health Care Overview & Scrutiny Committee (Item 29)
29 Workshop Outcome for Double Click and Agreement to progress 
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Decision:
That the proposal be supported and it be recommended that Cabinet agree to transfer Double Click from a Social Services run work scheme to a Social Enterprise company in the form of a Company Limited by Guarantee.
Minutes:
The Director of Community Services introduced a report to advise Members of the outcome of the Members workshop held at Double Click on 2 October 2013.
The Chair explained that this was the third time that the report had been considered by Members and said that any questions should have been raised at the workshop.
The Director said that a number of issues had been discussed which included the impact on service users, the Business Plan and the opportunities provided by the changes and he highlighted section three of the report. He explained that the business plan had been discussed in detail and added that there were more practical opportunities available to Double Click if the transfer from a Social Services run work scheme to a Social Enterprise company was approved.
RESOLVED:
That the proposal be supported and it be recommended that Cabinet agree to transfer Double Click from a Social Services run work scheme to a Social Enterprise company in the form of a Company Limited by Guarantee.
Councillor Dave Mackie voted against the recommendation.