Agenda item

The Area Council Manager provided the Area Council with confirmation that Barnsley Council have submitted a bid for the Warm Homes Fund Round Two and made Members aware that this will provide the North Area with an opportunity to develop a reducing social isolation project with a housing and energy focus piloted in the North Area.  The Darton East Ward has a large population of older people  and a higher than average excess winter death index (the second highest in the Borough).  The project will be advertised on Yortender shortly.   

RESOLVED that

Members agreed to increase the budget for the project to £85,000 if ‘soft’ market testing indicates that this is appropriate and necessary.