Team Hackney has developed a strategic commissioning framework to ensure that the Local Area Agreement funding ensures the delivery of priority outcomes based on analysis and evidence in an effective and transparent way.  Strategic commissioning is not solely contracting or procurement, although this is an important element of the process, but more importantly, rather than competing for funding, it enables partners to work together to invest in public resources where they can make the most impact.

Hackney’s Local Area Agreement (LAA) was signed off in March 2008.  The LAA is a three-year ‘contract’ which sets out the delivery targets for Team Hackney to March 2011.  Most of this work is happening through existing funding for local services – for example through funding for police, the Homerton Hospital, Hackney schools, and all the Hackney Council services.

However central government recognises that some additional investment is  needed to help get new work off the ground, and provides Team Hackney with some LAA funding to support this. While this is a relatively small amount when considered against all the service budgets of our partners, it will help the partnership to try out new ways of working to address the specific needs of Hackney.

To obtain information on the activities commissioned through Team Hackney please go to the Projects Database (bottom right).  

The latest Team Hackney Community Grants programme was launched in March 2010, providing a total of £750,000 for a range of community-based projects.  The programme is administered by Hackney Council for Voluntary Service.  

For more information about Team Hackney Community Grants contact  Gillian Trevethan at HCVS on 020 7923 8186 or gillian@hcvs.org.uk.

Applications for the Council's own Grants Programme are currently closed but the process will open again in early Summer 2010 for the 2011/12 grants round.  For more information about the programme contact:  Community Partnerships, Grants Team, Hackney Town Hall, Mare Street, London E8 1EA.  Tel: 020 8356-4066, Email: communitypartnerships@hackney.gov.uk