Reference: D1167
Decision Maker: Portfolio Holder for Lifestyles, Health and Wellbeing
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: No
Is subject to call in?: No
In January 2021, Gedling BC established a
delivery partnership with four community delivery partners to
provide eligible households made vulnerable during winter due to
Covid -19 with food support, supermarket vouchers and referrals to
Nottingham Energy Partnership for help with winter energy bills as
part of the Countywide DWP Winter Grant Scheme. To date this has
resulted in over 170 households receiving food support.
At the outset of the scheme, Gedling BC had received an allocation
of £40,800 to deliver the food support element, and NEP had
received a separate County wide allocation to deliver winter warmth
support.
As the scheme has progressed, it has become evident that demand for
winter warmth support is far higher than anticipated, and, in
common with most other Districts, the demand for food support has
been lower than anticipated.
In Gedling, this has resulted in a projected underspend across the
local delivery partnership of £9,560 by scheme end
16/04/21.
In unanimous agreement with our local community delivery partners
and NCC, we are proposing to transfer that underspend to Nottingham
Energy Partnership as a matter of priority, to enable eligible
Gedling households to receive winter warmth payments and other NEP
support up until 16/04/2021.
In order to enable eligible Gedling households
to benefit from the full £40,800 DWP Winter Grant Scheme
allocation, it is recommended that the Portfolio Holder for
Housing, Health and Wellbeing approves:
The immediate transfer of the Gedling DWP Winter Grant projected
underspend of £9,560 to Nottingham Energy
Partnership.
To ensure that the full Gedling allocation of
the DWP Grant is spent on appropriate support for identified
vulnerable households in the Borough, within the timeframe of the
grant.
To return the underspend to DWP.
Publication date: 12/04/2021
Date of decision: 12/04/2021
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