The Corporate Director Education and Family Support presented a report which updated Cabinet on the Relationship Building Together (RBT) project and to delegate authority to the Corporate Director Education and Family Support to approve the final terms and enter into the funding service level agreement (SLA) on behalf of the Council.

He explained that since February 2023, the RBT project has been in a co-design phase working closely with the commissioned evaluation team from the University of Kent. The codesign phase was finalised in June 2023 and a joint project/evaluation proposal was submitted to the YEF Committee for approval. The proposal was approved by the Committee on 24 July 2023. Further background was at section 3 of the report.

The Cabinet Member for Education welcomed the report and stated that we were the only Council in Wales and one of a handful in the whole of the UK to receive this funding which showed how high regard our youth justice service was seen across the country.

RESOLVED: That Cabinet:

• Noted the content of the report;

• Delegated authority to the Corporate Director Education and Family Support to approve the final terms of the service level agreement (SLA) in consultation with the Chief Finance Officer and the Chief Officer – Legal and Regulatory Services, HR and Corporate; and

• Authorised the Corporate Director Education and Family Support to execute the SLA once in final form on behalf of the Council.