Reference: D1121
Decision Maker: Portfolio Holder for Lifestyles, Health and Wellbeing
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: No
Is subject to call in?: No
To seek approval of the proposed management
and distribution arrangements for the Government’s package of
extra-targeted financial support for those in need over the winter
period
THAT the Portfolio Holder for Housing, Health
and Wellbeing:
1)Approves the distribution plan for Gedling Borough
Council’s proportion of the DWP Winter Grant Scheme as
detailed in this report.
2)Delegates authority to the Director responsible for Communities
to apportion the funding between supermarket vouchers and community
groups as detailed in this report
To enable the Council to deliver the DWP
Winter Assistance Scheme to vulnerable residents in Gedling in a
timeous and equitable manner between January and March 2021
To deliver the scheme under a different model,
i.e. contracting out to an external provider.
Publication date: 12/02/2021
Date of decision: 12/02/2021
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