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Social Inclusion Services Contribution

Meeting: 12/01/2022 - Cabinet (Item 400)

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Housing and Environmental Health

To provide an update on social inclusion services and the opportunity for TVBC to continue to contribute the current level of funding.

Decision:

Resolved:

That Cabinet approves the use of £55,000 ring-fenced grant funding from the Homelessness Reserve for the purposes of supporting local social inclusion during 2022/23.

 

Minutes:

Consideration was given to a report of the Housing and Environmental Health Portfolio Holder which sought approval to make a further £55,000 contribution to maintain social inclusion services at current capacity for financial year 2022/23, representing the last year of the current social inclusion services contract extension.

 

As well as having a role in supporting people who may be on the cusp of social care eligibility, social inclusion services were an important aspect of the local strategic approach to preventing and relieving homelessness.

 

Having considered the options and for the reasons set out in the report, Cabinet agreed the following:

 

Resolved:

That Cabinet approves the use of £55,000 ring-fenced grant funding from the Homelessness Reserve for the purposes of supporting local social inclusion during 2022/23.