Agenda item

RESOLVED that Cabinet agrees:-

1.    The approach to delivering the DWP £2.3m Household Support Grant (HSG) (to be named Cost of Living Crisis – Household Support Grant) which has to be spent by 31 March 2022 by working with the following BMBC teams:

·         Healthier Communities – to support people with food and wider essentials including essentials linked to energy and water.

·         Sustainability & Climate Change – to allocate funds to support people with energy and water bills.

·         Housing Options – to support people with emergency housing costs.

2.    To utilise £1m BMBC match funding to vulnerable households which can be used post March 2022 when the HSG will cease.

3.    To move to allocating Local Welfare Assistance (LWA) to vouchers to alleviate supplier and stock issues.

RESOLVED that Cabinet agrees:-

1.    The approach to delivering the DWP £2.3m Household Support Grant (HSG) (to be named Cost of Living Crisis – Household Support Grant) which has to be spent by 31 March 2022 by working with the following BMBC teams:

·         Healthier Communities – to support people with food and wider essentials including essentials linked to energy and water.

·         Sustainability & Climate Change – to allocate funds to support people with energy and water bills.

·         Housing Options – to support people with emergency housing costs.

2.    To utilise £1m BMBC match funding to vulnerable households which can be used post March 2022 when the HSG will cease.

3.    To move to allocating Local Welfare Assistance (LWA) to vouchers to alleviate supplier and stock issues.