Decision details
COVID Local Support Grant - extension No.2
Decision Maker: Director of Neighbourhood Services
Decision status: For Determination
Is Key decision?: Yes
Is subject to call in?: No
Purpose:
This report outlines proposed indicative spend
of a further extension to the government’s COVID Local
Support Grant (£1,152,580.64).
Decision:
That the Director of Neighbourhood Services agrees the indicative local allocation of the grant extension as outlined below:
Item |
Proposed indicative spend |
Supplement the Holiday Activities Fund (HAF) |
£200,000 |
Food & resilience for families in need of additional support (summer holidays) |
£300,000 |
COVID Local Support Summer Fund – small grants programme |
£300,000 |
Welcome Back to School Food Support Packs |
£123,750 |
Financial support with energy (fuel) and water bills debt |
£125,000 |
Crisis support with emergency call-outs and boiler repairs/replacements |
£20,000 |
Crisis support with white goods |
£17,000 |
Contingency |
£9,200.64 |
Administration costs (5%) |
£57,630 |
Reasons for the decision:
The Grant will help the Council continue its intensive work, in partnership with local agencies, groups and organisations, to support those most vulnerable throughout the coronavirus pandemic.
Alternative options considered:
The option to reject the Grant extension has been discounted, as this would mean that funding available to the Council is not utilised to support vulnerable households.
Different financial allocations to the various projects would not have reflected actual capacity to deliver.
Publication date: 08/07/2021
Date of decision: 08/07/2021
Accompanying Documents:
- OFFICER DECISION COVER SHEET - CLSG extension No2 PDF 70 KB
- COVID Local Support Grant - extension No.2 FINAL PDF 158 KB
- COVID Local Support Grant - extension No.2