Review of the Additional Staff Resource funding to support the Community Function in Local Authorities

A comprehensive review of the Additional Staff Resources (ASR) funding to local authorities to support their community functions, commenced in autumn 2022 and has concluded.

The ASR review was a recommendation of the Review of the Local Community Development Committees (LCDCs) published in 2019. The Review found that the LCDCs were performing an expanding range of functions, and that there is a well evidenced need to continue the funding to local authorities, in some form.

It also recommended changes to the allocation model. The focus in designing a new model was on providing maximum flexibility to local authorities whilst keeping the administrative and reporting burden to a reasonable minimum.

The report is accessible below: